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Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Mexico Region, St. Jude Global
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Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room L1600.15
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
BS - University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2001) MD - University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2005) MPH - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (2013)
Honors & Awards
- 2005 Faculty Award “Dr. Jaime Benitez Rexach”, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
- 2005 Election to Alpha Omega Alpha (Honor Medical Society)
- 2013 Latino Achiever Award, Latino Heritage Committee and Human Resources, Boston Children’s Hospital
Research Interests
- Omproving childhood cancer outcomes in low-and middle-income countries through focus on metrics, health systems, and priority-setting
- Developing resource-level tiered systems in global pediatric oncology, resembling the well-established neonatal intensive care and trauma center levels
- Determining the role of social determinants of health as drivers of outcome disparities between populations in order to identify and address them
- Optimizing treatment for children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors
