Christopher Friese
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Christopher R. Friese | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. 2005, M.S. 2001, B.S.N. 1997) |
| Thesis | Hospital nursing organization and outcomes for surgical oncology patients (2005) |
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| Institutions | University of Michigan (2008–) |
Christopher Ryan Friese (born 1975) is an American nurse scientist, the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing, and Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs at the University of Michigan. In 2020, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine and in 2021, was appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Board.
Born and raised in Connecticut, Friese graduated from Fairfield College Preparatory School.[1] Friese completed his Bachelor of Nursing, Master's degree, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, mentored by Linda Aiken.[2] Following this, Friese worked as a staff nurse on the leukemia intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University.[3] Upon completing his fellowship, Friese received a Young Investigator award from the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer in 2005 and a Merit Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology in 2006.[4]