Helena Chmura Kraemer | |
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Academic background | |
Education | University of Manchester |
Alma mater | Smith College (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Thesis | Point Estimation in Learning Models (1963) |
Doctoral advisor | Patrick Suppes |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Stanford University |
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 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]
Kraemer is a professor emerita of biostatistics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. [1]
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]
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