Through PEERS, she interviewed patients in the pediatric emergency department at Boston Medical Center to identify any unmet health needs and provide referrals to appropriate resources.įrieson also found the time while a graduate student and MCH fellow to serve as a student ambassador, teaching assistant (twice), and president of the student organization Students of Color for Public Health, as well as continue her undergraduate research on support for Black individuals who breast/chestfeed in New Haven, Connecticut.įrieson’s faculty nominators were in awe of her exceptional intellect, generosity of spirit, and dedication to service.
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Frieson studied ecology, evolutionary biology, and the history of science, medicine, and public health at Yale before moving to Boston to study CAPDIE (Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation) and maternal and child health at SPH.Īs a practice fellow with the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence, she played a key role in developing, executing, and promoting the Partnering for Equity and Empowerment through Research and Support program (PEERS-an acronym Frieson devised).
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