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Diana Stiles Friou /free-you/ “Diana”

Graduate Student

Email: diana.stiles@ufl.edu


Education

  • PhD/ABD, Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1993
  • M.A. Demography, UC Berkeley 1993
  • MA Anthropology, George Washington University, 1988
  • Mandarin Language Certificate, National Taiwan Normal University, 1983 B.A.
  • Anthropology, University of South Florida, 1981

Subfield

Cultural Anthropology


Chair


Research Interests

Mixed research methods, Medical Systems, Self Awareness, Self Care, Human Sexuality, Socio-Technical Systems, Political-Economy, Hermeneutics, Biology & Behavior


Selected Publications and Presentations

Diana Friou and Linda Fleisher, Using Information Technology & Quality Improvement Frameworks in Pragmatic Evaluation of Digital Health Innovations, Implementation and Dissemination Science Conference Poster, Academy Health and National Institute of Health (December 2018).

K Gensheimer, MD, S Gunston, Maine Bureau of Health; V Gammino, PhD, EIS Officer, CDC., J Linder, MD, D Friou, PhD[ABD], Portland Public Health Div, Portland; “Tuberculosis Outbreak in a Homeless Population — Portland, Maine, 2002–2003,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); December 5, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 48.

HIV/AIDS In The West Africa Region, Its Impact On The Agricultural Sector And Prospects For Integrating Initiatives To Address HIV/AIDS In The Farmer To Farmer Program, Winrock International, 2002.

Point-in-Time Survey of Homelessness in the City of Portland, Maine 2002, 2003 & 2004

Evaluation: Farmer Led Experimentation in the Development of Hybrid Yam Varieties, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria and Winrock International, 2002

The Greater Portland Community Health Assessment and Source Book, 2000

E. A. Hammel Diana Friou, “Anthropology and Demography: Marriage, Liaison or Encounter?” In Kertzer, David I. and Tom Fricke, editors Anthropological Demography: Toward a New Synthesis, 294 p., 1997 Series: (PD) Population and Development Series

Wilmoth J, Skytthe A, Friou D, Jeune B., “The Oldest Man Ever? A Case Study of Exceptional Longevity,” The Gerontologist 36: (6) 783-788, 1996

David Dodds, Diana Friou and Carl Mason, “Does Intergenerational Wealth Flow Upward In Lowland Tropical America?: A Test of Caldwell’s Hypothesis”, Bloomington, IN: Population Institute for Research and Training, Indiana University, 1997. 16 p. 28 cm. PIRT working paper; no.97-8. Population Institute for Research and Training working paper; no.97-8. PAA paper; 1996. Population Association of America paper; 1996. PAPERS HB880 .I52 no.97-8

Poppy Production in Afghanistan, USAID/Rep-Afghanistan, Mohammad Asef Ikram and Diana Stiles Friou, “The Problems of Reconstruction in Afghanistan,” Writers Union of Free Afghanistan or WUFA, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1990

Cross-Sector Independent Monitoring: Pilot Mission, USAID/Rep-Afghanistan, 1990

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

Scholarship awarded from the William R. & Arlene F. Ruegamer Fund for students of high scholastic standing to pursue Anthropology degree.

Certificate of Achievement awarded from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in recognition of successfully completing the CHOP Improvement Leadership Course, which represents a significant self-development effort covering required professional and leadership skills for leading and implementing clinical quality improvement efforts

Scholarship awarded from the Mellon Foundation to pursue studies in Anthropological Demography at UC Berkeley

Scholarship awarded from American Association of State Colleges and Universities to Study Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan

Certificate of Successful Completion of the Mine Awareness Master Trainers Course awarded by the United Nations’ Operation Salam and UNHCR

Certificate of Accomplishment awarded from the CDC’s Urban MCH Data Use Institute and for Efforts in Improving the Lives of Women, Children, and Families Through Effective Data Use