Professor of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Population Health, and (by courtesy) of Biomedical Data Science and of Statistics at Stanford University and co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS). Recipient of many awards, including European Award for Excellence in Clinical Science; Medal for Distinguished Service, Teachers College, Columbia University; Chanchlani Global Health Award;, Epiphany Science Courage Award; Einstein fellow; Gordon award for epidemiology at NIH; Albert Stuyvenberg Medal; Harwood Prize for Intellectual Courage; European Research Agency chair holder. Inducted in multiple academies including the National Academy of Medicine and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and awarded honorary doctorates from Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Athens, University of Tilburg, University of Edinburgh and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.