Background
Detre, Katherine Maria was born on April 28, 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. Daughter of Ignac and Irene (Lefkovits) Drechsler. came to Canada, 1949.
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Katherine Maria Detre
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Student, Pazmany Peter Medical School, Budapest, 1945-1949; Bachelor, Queens U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Queens U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1952; Master in Public Health, Yale University, 1964; Department of Public Health, Yale University, 1967.
Career
Rotating intern, Kingston General Hospital, Queens Kingston, Ontario, 1952-1953; resident in internal medicine, Queen Mary Veterans Hospital McGill, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1953-1956; research associate hematology, Yale University, New Haven, 1956-1960; lecturer in biometry, Yale University, New Haven, 1968-1974; biostatistician, VA Cooperative Studies Program, West Haven, Connecticut, 1967-1995; associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1974-1979; professor epidemiology, U. Pittsburgh, since 1979. Member clinical advisory board National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1978, member epidemiology and disease control committee, 1983-1987, member Fogarty International Center advisory board, since 1994. Member research committee B, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, 1978-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (distinguished scientist), American College Cardiology (honorary), Council on Epidemiology (chairman 1981-1983), American College Epidemiology. Member American Statistical Association (Statistician of Year 1993), Biometric Society (regional advisory board 1993), Society Clinical Trials (board directors 1981-1985, program committee 1994-1995), American Epidemiology Society.
Connections
Married Thomas P. Detre, September 16, 1956. Children: John, Anthony.
