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Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to prevent youth obesity and tobacco use.
National Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL, 60607-7100
312-413-4884
Website
Frank Joseph Chaloupka
Program Director
312-413-2287
Email
Lloyd D. Johnston
Program Director
734-763-5043
Email
Leah Rimkus
Deputy Director
312-413-4884
Email
Maggie Murphy
Communications Officer
773-871-1110
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RWJF Staff
Recent Grants
- $52,700.00 awarded to Denis J. Prager, PhD - Consulting for the Foundation's Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $210,889.00 awarded to Lewin Group, Inc. - Assessment of the Foundation's Bridging the Gap: Research Information Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $2,334,365.00 awarded to University of Michigan Institute for Social Research - Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $6,665,636.00 awarded to University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy - Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $3,087,105.00 awarded to University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy - Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior