Professor and Chair
Professor, 1988‑Present, Chair (1997-Present), Department of Health Science, California State University, Long Beach. Director, VA/CSULB Joint Studies Institute, 1995-present.
Clinical Professor, 2003-Present, Department of Community and Environmental Medicine, University of California, Irvine
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1964
European Study: Alliance Francaise (Paris); Centre Universitaire Mediterranean (Nice); University of Munich; Escuela de Idiomas (Madrid), 1964‑1965. Speaking and reading knowledge of German, French, and Spanish
GRADUATE:
M.A., Educational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1966
Ph.D., Higher Education (Research Training Track), Columbia University, 1969
POSTGRADUATE:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Epidemiology, (Research training in health aspects of the work and social environment; statistical methods) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969‑1971
Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, and Dresden Technical University, spring 2001. Sabbatical leave devoted to research on psychiatric epidemiology.
Visiting Researcher, Center for Nutrition and Toxicology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Huddinge), Sweden, fall 1993. Sabbatical leave devoted to research on resettlement and adjustment of migrants/immigrants/refugees in Sweden.
Assistant to Associate Clinical Professor, 1982‑1993, Department of Medicine and Program in Social Ecology, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine.
Director, Epidemiology Field Services, County of Orange, Public Health and Medical Services, Division of Epidemiology, Santa Ana, California, 1978‑1980. This was a combination administrative/research position that involved supervision of infectious disease nurses as well as disease control in Orange County.
Associate Professor (Epidemiologist), Department of Health Science, City University of New York, Brooklyn College, 1976‑1978.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1974-1976. Continued as Visiting Assistant Professor until 1977.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 1971-1974. Continued as part-time course instructor until 1978.
Representative Publications
Friis R. Social support. In: Craighead WE, Nemeroff CB, eds. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience. 3rd Ed.. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; 2000.
Wittchen H, Hoyer J, Friis R. Generalized anxiety disorder – a risk factor for depression? Internatl J Methods in Psychiatric Research. 2001;10(1):52-57.
Wittchen HU, Friis R, Jacobi E, Pfister H. Health is not given - patterns of 12 month somatic and mental disorders comorbidity in the community. European J Psychiatry. 2002; 17: Suppl. 1:82S-82S.
Friis RH, Wittchen H -U, Pfister H, Lieb R. Life events and changes in the course of depression in young adults. European J Psychiatry. 2002;17:241-53.
5. Lieb R, Zimmermann P, Friis R, Höfler M, Tholen S, Wittchen H -U. The natural course of DSM-IV somatoform disorders and syndromes among adolescents and young adults: A prospective-longitudinal community study. European J Psychiatry. 2002;17:1-11.
6. Friis RH, Nomura W, Ma C, Swan J. Socioepidemiologic and health-related correlates of walking for exercise among the elderly: results from the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA). The Journal of Physical Activity and Aging. 2003;11:54-65.
Chernick M, Friis R. Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 2003.
8. Hoefler M, Wittchen H-U, Lieb R, Hoyer J, Friis RH. Statistics: How association chain graphs can model pathways into disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 2003;12(2):78-85.
Friis RH, Sellers TA. Epidemiology for Public Health Practice. 3rd ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2003.
Friis RH, Piane GM, Safer AM. Public Opinion Analysis Regarding the Uses of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) Funds. Public Health. 2004 (In Press)
