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Denise Kandel (Denise Bystryn) was born on 27 February, 1933 in Paris, France, is an American medical sociologist and epidemiologist. Discover Denise Kandel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 27 February, 1933
Birthday 27 February
Birthplace Paris, France
Nationality France

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1901

Her father Iser Bystryn (1901–1954) studied in Caen and became chief engineer in a truck factory near Paris.

1906

Her mother Sara Wolsky Bystryn (1906–2003) had to abandon her plans to study in Paris for financial reasons and learned making hats and corsets.

1920

Bystryn was born to Jewish parents who emigrated in the 1920s, before knowing each other, from eastern Poland to France to attend university.

1930

Kandel was born two years after the marriage (1930) of her parents.

Her research in this area found a strong resonance in scientific and political discussions, and the catchphrases "stepping-stone theory" (used since the 1930s) and "gateway hypothesis" (used since the 1980s) were associated with her name, though often misleadingly.

Contrary to many others, Kandel always emphasized the difference between sequence and causation in the first-time use of different substances.

These may – but need not – be coupled, a question which is investigated in further research, particularly in physiological experiments.

1933

Denise Kandel (née Bystryn; born February 27, 1933) is an American medical sociologist and epidemiologist, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry at Columbia University and Head of the Department of Epidemiology of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

1938

She had a younger brother, Jean-Claude Bystryn (1938–2010), who became a known American dermatologist and scientist at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Both parents were fluent in French, but spoke Yiddish at home.

The family lived in Colombes near Paris, and Kandel attended a primary school for girls (Ecole des Filles).

The children grew up secularly, the family never went to synagogue, and had presents at Christmas.

1941

In 1941, when Kandel was eight, and one year after the German invasion of France during the Second World War, Denise’s father was arrested as a "foreign Jew" and interned 100 km south of Paris in the Nazi Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp.

After some time he succeeded in fleeing to Cahors in south-western France, where could also meet his family again.

While the parents – separated from each other – had to hide at changing places, the children found more stable shelter.

1944

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.

1949

In 1949 her family emigrated to the US.

Kandel attended the Lycée Français de New York, where she received the Baccalauréat after one year.

At the age of 17 she was accepted by Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, where she graduated within two years for financial reasons.

She then returned to New York to become a PhD student at Columbia University.

Her tutor was Robert K. Merton, and she wrote a thesis in medical sociology about how medical students decide on their professional specialization.

1956

They married in 1956 and had two children.

1960

When in the 1960s research on drug misuse gained in importance, Kandel applied to join a research team that intended to investigate drug use among high school students.

She assumed she could contribute with her research experience concerning the influence of parents and peer groups on adolescents.

However, she was rejected, because she wanted to interview both parents and students, and the research team feared that this might undermine students' cooperation.

Kandel developed her own research project, which ultimately led to an influential longitudinal study of 1,325 persons.

Later, she considered this work as a turning point in her career.

The main subject of this and further investigations was the sequence of first-time use of various legal and illegal drugs.

1970

She 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.

2000

During this time she met neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel, future recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.