1. Denise Kandel is known for her epidemiological longitudinal studies on the sequence of first-time use of various legal and illegal drugs, carried out beginning in the 1970s and continuing until at least 2016.
11 Facts About Denise Kandel
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Denise Kandel had a younger brother, Jean-Claude Bystryn, who became a known American dermatologist and scientist at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
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The family lived in Colombes near Paris, and Denise Kandel attended a primary school for girls.
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Denise Kandel was able to stay as a pupil in the convent Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc of Cahors until spring 1944, when she had to flee even from there and then lived with a family near Toulouse.
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Denise Kandel attended the Lycee Francais de New York, where she received the Baccalaureat after one year.
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Denise Kandel then returned to New York to become a PhD student at Columbia University.
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Denise Kandel's tutor was Robert K Merton, and she wrote a thesis in medical sociology about how medical students decide on their professional specialization.
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When in the 1960s research on drug misuse gained in importance, Denise Kandel applied to join a research team that intended to investigate drug use among high school students.
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Denise Kandel assumed she could contribute with her research experience concerning the influence of parents and peer groups on adolescents.
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Denise Kandel developed her own research project, which ultimately led to an influential longitudinal study of 1,325 persons.
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Contrary to many others, Denise Kandel always emphasized the difference between sequence and causation in the first-time use of different substances.