Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander
Tamara Eugenia Awerbuch-Friedlander | |
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| Native name | תמרה אוורבוך-פרידלנדר |
| Born | Tamara Eugenia Friedlander June 25, 1941 Uruguay |
| Died | October 15, 2021 (aged 80) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupation | Biomathematician, Public Health Researcher, professor |
| Nationality | Israeli, Uruguayan, USA |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Period | 20th and 21st centuries |
| Genre | biomathematics, Biostatistics, statistics, public health, biomathematics, emergent diseases, Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS |
| Subject | Biostatistics, statistics, public health, biomathematics, disease vectors, entomology |
| Literary movement | Women's health, feminism, university women |
| Notable works | The Truth is the Whole: Essays in Honor of Richard Levins Paperback (1 September 2018) |
| Notable awards | Fulbright Scholarship (mathematical epidemiology), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Relatives | Chaya Clara (Goldman) and Michael Friedlander |
Tamara Eugenia Awerbuch-Friedlander (Hebrew: תמרה אוורבוך-פרידלנדר) was an Uruguay-born Israeli-American biomathematician and public health scientist who worked at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston, Massachusetts. Her primary research and publications focus on biosocial interactions that cause or contribute to disease. She also is believed to be the first female Harvard faculty member to have had a jury trial for a lawsuit filed against Harvard University for sex discrimination.