Esther M. Friedman
M.A., Sociology, UCLA; M.A., Statistics, Columbia University; B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY
Fax: 310-206-9838
E-mail:
efriedman@ucla.edu
Subfield
Social stratification, health and aging, demography, families and households, quantitative methods and survey methodology
Publications
K. Rask, S. Culler, T. Scott, S. Kohler, J. Hawley, E. Friedman, D. Naylor, 2007. "Adopting National Quality Forum Medication Safe Practices: Progress and Barriers to Hospital Implementation." Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2:4, 212-218.
E. M. Friedman, Clusen, N.A., Hartzell, M., "The Net Effect: A Comparison of Internet and Mail Survey Respondents." 2004 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section [CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
E.M. Friedman, Clusen, N. A., and Hartzell, M., "Better Late? Characteristics of Late Respondents to a Health Care Survey." 2003 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section [CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
N. A. Clusen, Friedman, E.M., and Hartzell, M., "Using Alternate Address Information to Increase Response among Active Duty Personnel." 2003 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section [CD ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
F. Potter, Jang, D., Friedman, E. M., Diaz-Tena, N., and Ghosh, B., "Comparison of Procedures to Account for Certainty Primary Sampling Units." 2003 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section [CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
E. M. Friedman, D. Jang, and T.V. Williams, "Combined Estimates from Four Quarterly Survey Data Sets." 2002 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section [CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
Grants and Awards
Summer Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship (2009)
UCLA Sociology Department Fellowship (2008-2009)
Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant (Spring 2008)
Kerckhoff Award for travel to the RC28 Conference on Social Stratification and Mobility (May 2008)
NSF-IGERT Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program (IRSP) Predoctoral Fellowship (2006-2008)
First Prize, Population Association of America (PAA) Poster Competition (2006)
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Competition (2006)
NICHD Predoctoral Training Fellowship (2005-2006)
Conference Presentations
E. M. Friedman, A. Karlamangla, D. M. Almeida, and T. E. Seeman. "SES, Social Conflict and the Diurnal Rhythm of Salivary Cortisol" presented at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting, National Harbor, MD, November 2008.
E. M. Friedman and R.D. Mare. "Education of Children and Differential Mortality of Parents: Do Parents Benefit from Their Children’s Attainments?" Paper presented at the Research Committee 28 International Conference on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Florence, Italy, May 2008. Revised version to be presented at the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, MI, April 2009.
J. A. Seltzer and E.M. Friedman. "Widowed Mothers' Co-residence with Adult Children: Who Will Take Care of Mom?" Paper presented at the Population Association of America (PAA), New Orleans, L.A., April 2008. Revised version presented at the Interdisciplinary Association for Relationships Research (IARR), Providence, RI, July 2008.
E. M. Friedman and J.A. Seltzer, "Providing for Parents: Is It a Family Affair?" Paper presented at the Population Association of America (PAA), New York, NY, March 2007.
E. M. Friedman and J.A. Seltzer, "Nature or Nurturing? Examining the Link between Family Structure, Social Support, and Child Well-being." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association (ASA), Montreal, Quebec, August 2006.
E. M. Friedman, "Thinking outside the House: Family Type, Social Support, and the Wellbeing of Children in Los Angeles." Poster presented at the Population Association of America (PAA), Los Angeles, California, March 2006.
Edit This Page