| Helena Chmura Kraemer | |
| Education: | University of Manchester |
| Alma Mater: | Smith College (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | Point Estimation in Learning Models |
| Thesis Url: | https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(64)90016-1 |
| Thesis Year: | 1963 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Patrick Suppes |
| Workplaces: | 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.
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). She was awarded the Franklin Ebaugh Prize from Stanford University and the Harvard Prize in Psychiatric Biostatistics and Epidemiology (2001). In 2014, she was awarded an honorary degree from Wesleyan University.