Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

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2017-present

Duke University, Fuqua Business School

Postdoctoral Researcher                                                                                                             

2018-present

Duke University, Population Health                                                        

Postdoctoral Researcher                                                                                                             

  • Supported by NIH The Mathematics of Breast Cancer Overtreatment: Improving Treatment Choice through Effective Communication of Personalized Cancer Risk (Marc Ryser, PI) 

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2013-2016 

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Researcher                                                                                                                                                                      

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Education

 

2017  Columbia Business School,  PhD,

Management, Organizational Behavior

Dissertation: When Advising a Negative Option, De-intensifying Negative Reactions with a Non-Fit Message Can Help.

Thesis committee: E.Tory Higgins, Joel Brockner, Malia Mason, Michael Slepian, Paul Glare

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2013  Columbia Business School, MPhil,

Management, Organizational Behavior

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2010  Brooklyn College, City University of New York, M.A.   
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (GPA 4.0)

Graduate School Dean’s List

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2003  ST. Petersburg State University of Means of Communication, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, M.A., B.A.

Construction Engineering, with honors (GPA 4.0)
Thesis: Shallow Depth Transfer Subway Station.

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Publications

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Fridman, I., Ubel, P.A., Blumenthal-Barby, J.,  England, C., Currier, J.S., Eyal, N., Freedberg, K.A.,  Halpern, S.D., Kelley, C., Kuritzkes, D.R., Le, C.N., Lennox, J.L., Pollak, K.I., Zikmund-Fisher, B.J., Scherr, K.A. (2020). “Cure” versus “Clinical Remission”: The impact of a medication description on the willingness of people living with HIV to take a medication. AIDS & Behavior.

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Fridman, I., Fagerlin, A, Kahn, V., Ubel P.A.(R&R)  Evaluation of numerical information in clinical encounters and its influence on how patients understand their risks: a quantitative approach to the analysis of transcribed clinical consultations. Health Psychology 

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Fridman, I., Fagerlin, A., Scherr, K, Kanze, D., Scherer, L., Ubel, P. A. (R&R) Deciding to Live or Not to Die: A Linguistic Examination of Information Framing In Physician-Patient Conversations. Medical Decision Making

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Brockner, J., Wiesenfeld, B. M. & Fridman, I., (in press). How Prominent Features of Organizational Life Inform Principles of Social Psychology. Van Lange, P. A. M., Higgins, E. T., & Kruglanski, A. W. (Eds). Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. Third Edition. New York: Guilford.

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Fridman I., Ubel, A.P, Higgins, E.T. (2018). Eye-Tracking Evidence Shows that Non-Fit Messaging Impacts Attention, Attitudes and Choice. PloS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205993

 

Fridman, I., Hart, J. L., Yadav, K. N., & Higgins, E. T. (2018). Perspectives on using decision-making nudges in physician-patient communications. PloS One, 13(9), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202874.

 

Fridman, I., Glare, P. A., Stabler, S., Epstein, A. S., Wiesenthal, A., Leblanc, T. W., & Higgins, E. T. (2018). Information Framing Reduces Initial Negative Attitudes in Cancer Patients’ Decisions about Hospice Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.02.010

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Fridman, I & Higgins, E. T.  (2017). Regulatory Focus Theory and Health Communications. In Ed. Parrott, R.L., Research Encyclopedia of Health and Risk Message. Oxford Press

 

Glare, P., Fridman, I., & Ashton-James, C. E. (2018). Choose Your Words Wisely: The Impact of Message Framing on Patients' Responses to Treatment Advice. International Review of Neurobiology, 139, 159-190.


Fridman, I., Scherr, K., Glare, P., Higgins, E. T. (2016). Using a non-fit message helps to de-intensify negative reactions to tough advice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 42(8):1025-44. doi: 10.1177/0146167216649931

 

Scherr, K. A., Fagerlin, A., Williamson, L. D., Davis, J. K., Fridman, I., & Ubel, P. A. (2016). The physician recommendation coding system (PhyReCS): A reliable and valid method to quantify the strength of physician recommendations during clinical encounters. Medical Decision Making doi: 10.1177/0272989X16654692.

 

Akinola, M., Fridman, I., Mor, S., & Morris, W. M. & Crum, A. (2016). The adaptive role of elevated cortisol in negotiation outcomes. Plos One, 11(12), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167977.

 

Fridman, I., Epstein, A., Higgins, E. T. (2015). Appropriate use of psychology in patient-physician communication: Influencing Wisely. Journal of American Medical Association Oncology, 1(6), 725-726. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0980.

 

Fridman, I., Epstein, A., Higgins, E. T. (2015). Appropriate use of psychology in patient-physician communication: Influencing Wisely. Journal of American Medical Association Oncology, (Letter in response to a comment).

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Work in Progress

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Fridman, I., Kumaresan, V., Vijendra., P., Seshadri,P., Garland, S., Kim, G., Fagerlin, A., Ubel, P. A., Marc D. Ryser.From a Clinical Consultation to a Patient Choice: A Machine Learning Approach to Understanding Treatment Choice in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients

 

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Fridman, I., Ubel, P.A., Scherer L., Non-Gain and Non-Losses: an Elicitation of Preferences for Alternative Options.

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Fridman, I., Glare, P. A., Cross. S H., Epstein, A. S., & Higgins, E. T. (working paper) Patients’ Perspectives on Physician Communication about Discontinuing Cancer Treatment: Patients’ Decisions and Influential Factors.

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Wong, C.A, Hakimi, S., Madanay, F., Fridman, I,  Ford, C., Patel, M., Ubel P.A. A Developmental Window of Opportunity to Apply Behavioral Economics for Improving AYA Health

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Fridman I, Brockner, J, Liu, Z., Feldman, S. Higgins, E.T. (working paper) Separating the effects of person-environment fit and non-fit: Making undesirable situations less undesirable by fomenting non-fit conditions.

 

Fridman, I., Larrick, R. What I Saw - What I Know: How Do We Use Probabilistic Information in Our Decision-Making?

 

Grants and Scholarships

 

 

  • Marge Magner Internship Honoraria (2009)  

  • SHRM HR Internship Scholarship (2009)

  • Brooklyn College University Scholarship (2008)

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Conference Presentations

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Fridman, I., Fagerlin, A., Scherer, L., Scherr, K., Kanze, D., Ubel, P.A., (2019). Asking patients to live or not to die: examining physician-patients conversations using automated text analysis.  Presentation at Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Health Preconference. Portland, OR

 

Fridman, I., Tsvetkova, E., & Higgins, E. T. (2015). Shared decision making: framing of advice influences choice evaluation. Symposium Presentation at Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, CA. Organized Symposium

 

Fridman, I., Komissarouk, S., & Higgins, E. T. (2016). Who wants to share medical decisions?: Moderation effect of regulatory mode. Symposium Presentation at Association of Psychological Science. Chicago, LA. Organized Symposium

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Fridman, I., Scherr, K., Glare, P., Higgins, E. T. (2016) Using a non-fit message helps to de-intensify negative reactions to tough advice. Academy of Management Conference. Anaheim, CA

 

Fridman, I., & Crum, A., Mor, S., & Akinola, M. (2015). The adaptive role of cortisol responses in women’s salary negotiations. Academy of Management Conference. Vancouver, Canada

 

Fridman, I., Mason, M & Iyengar, S. (2013). About bias: Affective forecasting motivates disease
preventive behavior. Transatlantic Doctoral Conference, London, England.

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