Juliana Friend, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine

Dr. Juliana Friend is a medical anthropologist studying the intersection of tech policy and health equity. Drawing on expertise in digital health, sexual and reproductive health, intimate partner violence, and privacy ethics, Dr. Friend explores the role of digital technologies in combating or amplifying health inequities.

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Her work has investigated how sexually stigmatized communities in Senegal navigate and reconceptualize digital privacy risks. Her new research explores digital surveillance and abortion in the United States. She was recently a member of the Alternative Digital Futures project at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), where she facilitated transnational, multi-lingual dialogue between tech justice activists about privacy and health disparities. Drawing on participatory research methods, Dr. Friend's work amplifies the perspectives of medically underserved communities on how ethics of consent and autonomy can be embedded into online platforms.

Awards

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  • Newcombe Fellowship, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, 2020-2021
  • Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 2017-2018
  • DPDF Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 2016-2017
  • Innovations for Youth (I4Y) Fellow, Center for Global Public Health, 2016
  • Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, 2012-2013

Education & Training

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  • PhD Anthropology University of California, Berkeley 05/2022
  • MPhil Anthropology University of Cambridge 04/2013

Interests

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  • reproductive health
  • digital security
  • privacy
  • health disparities
  • reproductive justice
  • qualitative methods
  • human-centered design research
  • health communication
  • Digital health
  • abortion
  • tech ethics
  • tech policy
  • sexual health
  • maternal health

Publications (3)

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PrivacySenegalPandemicsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSexual HealthHumansFemaleSex Work