Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Ralph I. Horwitz, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ralph Horwitz has helped to train nearly 75 scholars for faculty careers in general medicine and general pediatrics.
Staying on Course
June 1, 2011 | Report
High school dropouts face an uphill battle in a labor market that increasingly rewards skills and postsecondary credentials: they are more likely than their peers to need public assistance, be arrested or incarcerated, and less likely to marry.
The Faces of RWJF Human Capital
February 27, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
For 40 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has been investing in people, or “human capital,” with the potential to be bold, innovative change agents, capable of improving the health and health care of all Americans. Watch a video featur ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
National Program
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.
A Mentor, An Educator, A Shaper of Public Policy - A Nurse
May 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Part of mentoring is helping students recognize their own potential and the potential of nursing to make a difference in health and health care - and their potential to become more influential over time. Nurses often aren’t aware of the ways they ca ...
New Connections Speed-Mentoring Event Supports Young Scholars
September 9, 2009 | Story
Initiative designed to enhance diversity in health care.
A Multi-State Assessment of Employer-Sponsored Quality Improvement Education for Early-Career Registered Nurses
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Less than one-third of registered nurses (RNs) reported being very prepared across all measured QI topics.
Local Health Departments and Specific Maternal and Child Health Expenditures
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As a part of the Public Health Activities and Service Tracking study and in collaboration with partners in two Public Health Practice–Based Research Network states, we examined relationships between local health department (LHD) maternal and child h ...
Mentoring Experiences: Faculty Mentors at the University of Pennsylvania Help Scholars Prepare for Success in the New World of Population Health
October 24, 2008 | Program Result Report
Before entering Health & Society Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Cannuscio, Sc.D., was studying the cardiovascular risks of the drug Vioxx.
Supporting the Next Generation of Leaders
June 5, 2008 | Story
The Foundation supports nearly a dozen programs designed to improve the quality and diversity of health care and health policy leadership.