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John P. A. Ioannidis (/?i?'ni?d?s/; el:??????? ??a???d??, Greek pronunciation: [i?'anis i?a'niðis];[1][2] born August 21, 1965) is a Greek-American physician-scientist, writer and Stanford University professor who has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, and clinical research. Ioannidis studies scientific research itself, meta-research primarily in clinical medicine and the social sciences.
Ioannidis’ paper on “Why Most Published Research Findings are False” has been the most-accessed article in the history of Public Library of Science (over 3 million views in 2020).[3][4]
Ioannidis has been a prominent opponent of prolonged lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]
John P.A. Ioannidis
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (STANFORD PREVENTION RESEARCH), OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH AND BY COURTESY, OF STATISTICS AND OF BIOMEDICAL DATA SCIENCE
Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Web page: http://web.stanford.edu/people/jioannid
Bio
C.F. Rehnborg Chair in Disease Prevention, Professor of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Population Health, and (by courtesy) of Biomedical Data Science, and of Statistics; co-Director, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS).
Born in New York City in 1965 and raised in Athens, Greece. Valedictorian (1984) at Athens College; National Award of the Greek Mathematical Society (1984); MD (top rank of medical school class) from the National University of Athens in 1990; also received DSc in biopathology from the same institution. Trained at Harvard and Tufts (internal medicine and infectious diseases), then held positions at NIH, Johns Hopkins and Tufts. Chaired the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina Medical School in 1999-2010 while also holding adjunct professor positions at Harvard, Tufts, and Imperial College. Senior Advisor on Knowledge Integration at NCI/NIH (2012-6). Served as President, Society for Research Synthesis Methodology, and editorial board member of many leading journals (including PLoS Medicine, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, JNCI among others) and as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation (2010-2019). Delivered ~600 invited and honorary lectures. Recipient of many awards (e.g. European Award for Excellence in Clinical Science [2007], Medal for Distinguished Service, Teachers College, Columbia University [2015], Chanchlani Global Health Award [2017], Epiphany Science Courage Award [2018], Einstein fellow [2018]). Inducted in the Association of American Physicians (2009), European Academy of Cancer Sciences (2010) American Epidemiological Society (2015), European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2015), National Academy of Medicine (2018). Honorary titles from FORTH (2014) and Ioannina (2015), honorary doctorates from Rotterdam (2015), Athens (2017), Tilburg (2019), Edinburgh (2019, ceremony moved to 2021), Aristotle U Thessaloniki (2020, ceremony pmoved to 2021). Multiple honorary lectureships/visiting professorships (Caltech, Oxford, LSHTM, Yale, U Utah, U Conn, UC Davis, U Penn, Wash U St. Louis, NIH among others). The PLoS Medicine paper on “Why most published research findings are false” has been the most-accessed article in the history of Public Library of Science (>3 million hits). Author of 8 literary books in Greek, three of which were shortlisted for best book of the year Anagnostis awards. Brave Thinker scientist for 2010 according to Atlantic, “may be one of the most influential scientists alive”. Highly Cited Researcher according to Thomson Reuters in both Clinical Medicine and in Social Sciences. Citation indices: h=207, m=9 per Google Scholar. Current citation rate: >5,000 new citations per month (among the 10 scientists worldwide who are currently the most commonly cited, perhaps also the currently most-cited physician). When contrasted against my vast ignorance, these values offer excellent proof that citation metrics can be horribly unreliable. I have no personal social media accounts - I admire people who can outpour their error-free wisdom in them, but I make a lot of errors, I need to revisit my writings multiple times before publishing, and I see no reason to make a fool of myself more frequently than it is sadly unavoidable. I consider myself privileged to have learned and to continue to learn from interactions with students and young scientists (of all ages) from all over the world and I love to be constantly reminded that I know next to nothing.
Academic Appointments
Professor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health
Professor (By courtesy), Statistics
Professor (By courtesy), Biomedical Data Science
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Administrative Appointments
Co-Director, Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) (2013 - Present)
Editor-in-chief, European Journal of Clinical Investigation (2010 - 2019)
Member, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (2010 - Present)
Member, Stanford Cancer Center (2010 - Present)
Affiliate, Stanford Center on Longevity (2012 - Present)
All Administrative Appointments (13)
Honors & Awards
Elected member, National Academy of Medicine (2018-)
Einstein fellow, Berlin Institute of Health, Einstein Stiftung and Stiftung Charite (2018)
Epiphany Science Courage Award, Novim (inaugural award) (2018)
Elected Councilor, Association of American Physicians (2017-2022)
Elected member, Association of American Physicians (2009-)
All Honors & Awards (35)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh (2015 - Present)
Faculty Fellow, Stanford Center for Innovation on Global Health (2015 - Present)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in Social Sciences (2014 - Present)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Open Science (2013 - Present)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, International Epidemiology Institute (2012 - Present)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Reproducibility Initiative (2012 - Present)
Senior Advisor for Knowledge Integration, NCI, NIH (2012 - 2016)
Member, Methodology Committee, PCORI (2011 - 2013)
Vice President, Board of Directors, Hellenic Center for Infectious Disease Control (2000 - 2001)
Professional Education
Fellowship, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (1996)
Residency, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Internal Medicine (1993)
DSc, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, Biopathology (1996)
MD, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, Medicine (1990)
