Background
Friese, Gordon H. De was born on April 25, 1942 in Trion, Georgia, United States.
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Gordon H. De Friese
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Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1963; Master of Arts, U. Kentucky, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kentucky, 1967.
Career
Instructor department behavioral science, U. Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, 1966-1967;
assistant professor sociology and social psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1969-1971;
research associate Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1971;
assistant professor sociology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971-1977;
assistant professor family medicine School Medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973-1975;
clinical associate professor department epidemiology School Public Health, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1978-1982;
associate professor School Medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976-1982;
professor School Medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1982;
professor School Public Health, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1982;
professor department dental ecology School Dentistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1986;
co-director Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1986;
director, Cecil G. Sheps Center Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, Chapel Hill. Adjunct assistant professor Sloan Institute Hospital Administration. Director United States Army Armor School Electives Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1967-1969.
Co-director Comprehensive Health Planning Training Program of the Department of Sociology and City and Regional Planning and the Sloan Institute Hospital Administration, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1969-1971. Co-director graduate program in medical sociology Department Sociology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971-1976. Director Cecil G. Sheps Center for HealthSvcs.
Research, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973. Director North Carolina Cooperative Health Information Sys., North Carolina Department Human Resources, 1974-1978. Staff consultant Joint Committee on Health, North Carolina General Assembly, 1973-1974.
Chairman Ad Hoc Committee to Plan for the Development of a North Carolina Center for Health Statistics, 1973-1974. Consultant department human resources State North Carolina. Consultant North Carolina Medical Peer Review Foundation, Inc., 1974, International Association Bds. of Examiners in Optometry, 1974-1982, North Carolina Regional Medical Program, 1974, Research Triangle Institute, Center for Health Studies, 1974, others.
Member of advisory committee Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program forDemonstration and Research on Health Care Costs, 1986-1991. Member of national advisory board Center for Rural health Superior vena cava syndrome, Policy and Research, U. North Carolina, 1987-1989. Member global advising committee on health system research World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1987.
V.p.for research and evaluation National Center for Health Education, 1987-1989. Chairman advisory panel on preventive health services for the elderly under medicare Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, 1988-1989. Board directors Professional Examination Svc., Inc., New York City, Executive Committee, since 1989.
President, Chief Executive Officer North Carolina Institute Medicine. Consultant and presenter in field. Numerous other career related activities.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow New York Academy of Medicine. Member APHA (medical care section), NAS, American Sociological Association (section on medical sociology), Institute Medicine, National Rural Health Association, Association for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research (board directors 1982-1990, president-elect 1983-1985, president 1985-1986), Foundation for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research (board directors since 1982, president 1986-1987), Society for General Internal Medicine, Society for Public Health Policy, North Carolina Public Health Association (section on epidemiology and statistics), Sigma Xi.
