Draft:Daniela B. Friedman

Daniela Beth Friedman is a public health researcher, professor, and author. Friedman is the current Associate Dean for Research at the Arnold School of Public Health . Friedman has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts on the topics of health communication, health literacy, cancer prevention, and aging . She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Studies and Gerontology at the University of Waterloo in 2006, supervised by Laurie Hoffman-Goetz . Her dissertation, “Health literacy and the World Wide Web: Assessing the readability and comprehension of cancer information on the Internet” has been cited in academic journals more than 500 times . In her time at the University of South Carolina, Friedman has been a tenured professor, department chair of the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Principal Investigator for the South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN), Co-Director of the Office for the Study of Aging, Core Faculty for the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and Affiliate Faculty for the USC Prevention Research Center . In 2000, Friedman obtained her B.Sc.(Honors) in Biology and Psychology from McMaster University with a thesis titled, "Communication techniques of hearing-impaired older adults in health-

related situations: Assertiveness – A positive approach”; and in 2002 she obtained her M.Sc. in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo with a thesis titled, “Cancer coverage in North American seniors’ publications” .