Dr. Michelle Odden

Biography

Michelle Odden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine and serves as a Research Scientist at the Geriatric Research, Education, Clinical Center within the Palo Alto VA Health Care System. Her NIH-funded research focuses on understanding the biological and physiological mechanisms that characterize the aging process, particularly how aging impacts optimal preventive strategies for cardiovascular disease and dementia-related disabilities among older adults, especially those from underrepresented and minoritized populations. Dr. Odden is adept in epidemiological statistical methods that aim to reduce biases in observational studies. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and has been involved in multiple initiatives to enhance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within her department, including the founding of the Stanford Advancing Health Equity Diversity (AHEaD) program. She obtained her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009, following her Master's in 2006 from the same institution and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Primary Care Research at the University of California, San Francisco in 2011.

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