Helena Chmura Kraemer

Helena Chmura Kraemer is an American professor emerita of biostatistics at Stanford University. She is a fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Helena Chmura Kraemer
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Manchester
Alma materSmith College (BA)
Stanford University (PhD)
ThesisPoint Estimation in Learning Models (1963)
Doctoral advisorPatrick Suppes
Academic work
InstitutionsStanford University

Education

Helena Chmura Kraemer completed a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Smith College in 1957.[1][2] In 1958, Kraemer attended University of Manchester as a Fulbright fellow. Kraemer earned a Doctor of Philosophy in statistics from Stanford University in 1963.[3] Her dissertation was titled Point Estimation in Learning Models. Her doctoral advisor was Patrick Suppes.[4]

Career

Kraemer is a professor emerita of biostatistics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.[1]

Awards and honors

Kraemer became a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1987. She is a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1994) and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2003).[3] She was awarded the Franklin Ebaugh Prize from Stanford University and the Harvard Prize in Psychiatric Biostatistics and Epidemiology (2001).[1][2] In 2014, she was awarded an honorary degree from Wesleyan University.[2]

Selected works

Books
  • Kraemer, Helena Chmura (1992). Evaluating Medical Tests: Objective and Quantitative Guidelines. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9780803946118.
  • Kraemer, Helena Chmura; Lowe, Karen Kraemer; Kupfer, David J. (2005). To Your Health: How to Understand What Research Tells Us about Risk. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199748181.
  • Helzer, John E.; Kraemer, Helena C.; Krueger, Robert F.; Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich; Sirovatka, Paul J.; Regier, Darrel A. (2009). Dimensional Approaches in Diagnostic Classification: Refining the Research Agenda for DSM-V. American Psychiatric Association. ISBN 9780890426548.
  • Areán, Patricia A.; Kraemer, Helena Chmura (2013). High Quality Psychotherapy Research: From Conception to Piloting to National Trials. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199782468.
  • Kraemer, Helen Chmura; Blasey, Christine M. (2015). How Many Subjects?: Statistical Power Analysis in Research. Sage Publishing. ISBN 978-1483319544.

References
  1. "Kraemer, Helena". SAGE Publications Inc. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. Drake, Olivia (2014-05-25). "Wesleyan Confers Honorary Degrees on White, Shaw '76, Kraemer". News @ Wesleyan. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  3. "Helena Chmura Kraemer's Profile". Stanford University. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  4. Kraemer, Helena Chmura (1964). "Point estimation in learning models". Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 1 (1): 28–53. doi:10.1016/0022-2496(64)90016-1. ISSN 0022-2496.
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