Denise Kandel

Denise Kandel
Born	Denise Bystryn (1933-02-27) February 27, 1933 (age 91) Paris, France
Nationality (legal)	American
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr College BA Columbia University MA, PhD
Known for	Longitudinal studies on the sequence of first-time use of various legal and illegal drugs
Spouse	Eric Kandel ​ (m. 1956)​
Children	2
Scientific career
Fields	Social medicine, epidemiology
Institutions	Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry at Columbia University and Department of Epidemiology of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute

Denise Kandel (German: [ˈkandəl]; 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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}