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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Helena C. Kraemer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research work spans several fields, including statistics, probability and uncertainty, economics and econometrics, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience. The primary topics covered in their publications include meta-analysis and systematic reviews, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, treatment of major depression, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and statistical methods in clinical trials.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Helena C. Kraemer are:

  • "Envisioning an improved research strategy for detecting moderators/mediators in intervention studies: A commentary on McClure et al." (2024), International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "The future of psychopharmacology: a critical appraisal of ongoing phase 2/3 trials, and of some current trends aiming to de-risk trial programmes of novel agents" (2023), World Psychiatry
  • "Cognitive markers for efficacy of neurofeedback for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - personalized medicine using computational psychiatry in a randomized clinical trial" (2023), Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • "Wrangling with p-values versus effect sizes to improve medical decision-making: A tutorial" (2020), International Journal of Eating Disorders

Frequent collaborative partners include Daniel S. Pine, Eric Neri, Nadja R. Ging-Jehli, Michelle E. Roley-Roberts, and Roger deBeus. The venues where Helena C. Kraemer publishes often include the International Journal of Eating Disorders, the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, World Psychiatry, and the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

Helena C. Kraemer has been recognized with awards such as membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2003 and fellowship in the American Statistical Association since 1987.

Best Publications

  • EFFECT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENT ON SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER

    David Spiegel;David Spiegel;HelenaC. Kraemer;HelenaC. Kraemer;JoanR. Bloom;JoanR. Bloom;Ellen Gottheil;Ellen Gottheil

  • Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Effects in Randomized Clinical Trials

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;G. Terence Wilson;Christopher G. Fairburn;W. Stewart Agras

  • The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part 1: Test Selection, Reliability, and Validity

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael F. Green;Robert S. Kern;Lyle E. Baade

  • How Do Risk Factors Work Together? Mediators, Moderators, and Independent, Overlapping, and Proxy Risk Factors

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;Eric Stice;Alan Kazdin;David Offord

  • Coming to Terms With the Terms of Risk

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;Alan E. Kazdin;David R. Offord;Ronald C. Kessler

  • The role and interpretation of pilot studies in clinical research

    Andrew C. Leon;Lori L. Davis;Lori L. Davis;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Coming to Terms With Risk Factors for Eating Disorders: Application of Risk Terminology and Suggestions for a General Taxonomy

    Corinna Jacobi;Chris Hayward;Martina de Zwaan;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Untreated depression and hippocampal volume loss.

    Yvette I. Sheline;Mokhtar H. Gado;Helena C. Kraemer

  • ADHD Comorbidity Findings From the MTA Study: Comparing Comorbid Subgroups

    Peter S. Jensen;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Helena C. Kraemer;Nilantha Lenora

  • Clinical relevance of the primary findings of the MTA: success rates based on severity of ADHD and ODD symptoms at the end of treatment.

    James M. Swanson;Helena C. Kraemer;Stephen P. Hinshaw;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Diurnal Cortisol Rhythm as a Predictor of Breast Cancer Survival

    Sandra E. Sephton;Robert M. Sapolsky;Helena C. Kraemer;David Spiegel

  • DSM-5 Field Trials in the United States and Canada, Part II: Test-Retest Reliability of Selected Categorical Diagnoses

    Darrel A. Regier;William E. Narrow;Diana E. Clarke;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women: The A TO Z Weight Loss Study: A Randomized Trial

    Christopher D. Gardner;Alexandre Kiazand;Sofiya Alhassan;Soowon Kim

  • Approaching a consensus cognitive battery for clinical trials in schizophrenia: The NIMH-MATRICS conference to select cognitive domains and test criteria

    Michael F. Green;Keith H. Nuechterlein;James M. Gold;M Deanna

  • A Multicenter Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa

    W. Stewart Agras;B. Timothy Walsh;Christopher G. Fairburn;G. Terence Wilson

  • Size of treatment effects and their importance to clinical research and practice.

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;David J. Kupfer

  • Some conceptual and statistical issues in analysis of longitudinal psychiatric data. Application to the NIMH treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program dataset.

    Robert D. Gibbons;Donald R. Hedeker;Irene Elkin;Christine Waternaux

  • A Case-Management System for Coronary Risk Factor Modification after Acute Myocardial Infarction

    R F DeBusk;N H Miller;H R Superko;C A Dennis

  • A new approach to integrating data from multiple informants in psychiatric assessment and research: mixing and matching contexts and perspectives.

    Helena C. Kraemer;Jeffrey R. Measelle;Jennifer C. Ablow;Marilyn J. Essex

  • Pursuit of thinness and onset of eating disorder symptoms in a community sample of adolescent girls: A three‐year prospective analysis

    Joel D. Killen;C. Barr Taylor;Chris Hayward;Darrell M. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome A. Yesavage
Jerome A. Yesavage Stanford University
David Spiegel
David Spiegel Stanford University
W. Stewart Agras
W. Stewart Agras Stanford University
David J. Kupfer
David J. Kupfer University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Stephen P. Hinshaw University of California, Berkeley
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
C. Barr Taylor
C. Barr Taylor Stanford University
Jeffrey H. Newcorn
Jeffrey H. Newcorn Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Glen R. Elliott
Glen R. Elliott Children's Health Council
James M. Swanson
James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine

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