Barbara Friedland, an associate in the Population Council's HIV and AIDS program, has been integrally involved in the Council’s microbicides program since 1996, conducting both clinical and behavioral research. She was a study coordinator for several clinical trials of Carraguard®, the Council’s candidate microbicide. Most recently, Friedland directed the behavioral aspects of the Council’s Phase 3 efficacy trial of Carraguard. In this role, she was responsible for the development of informed consent and educational materials, including a 20-minute educational video produced in four languages for the three South African study sites.

Friedland has also collaborated with colleagues on the development, implementation, and publication of behavioral research studies in the United States and developing countries on topics including informed consent in clinical research and men’s and women’s attitudes toward a potential microbicide. Prior to joining the Council, she was orchestra manager for the New York City–based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and was business affairs and public relations manager at Open City Films.

Friedland currently is a candidate for a master's in public health at Hunter College of the City University of New York. A graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers University, she holds a master's of music in piano performance from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She has also produced several films, including a documentary entitled From Coercion to Choice: The Hysterectomy Epidemic in America.