What's Next Health: Daniel Kraft
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Executive director of FutureMed, Daniel Kraft, MD, discusses approaches to "escape velocity" in health care.
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Building Big Data, One Swab at a Time
March 14, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
PBS NewsHour recently featured Pioneer grantee Kaiser biobank. In her blog post, Nancy Barrand shares how Pioneer first became involved with Kaiser's biobank.
Social Environment Trumps Genetics When it Comes to Teen Friendships
November 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A study finds that important interactions between genetics and the social environment help determine friendship formation during high school.
RWJF Alum Takes Pioneering Role in Nursing and Genetics
September 27, 2012 | Story
Kathleen Hickey, an alumna of the RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars program, will assume the helm of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics this fall.
Expanding a Biorepository at Kaiser Permanente
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
Helping Cancer Patients Choose the Most Effective Treatment
September 13, 2012 | Story
A Physician Faculty scholar creates guidelines for breast cancer patients struggling with the decision of a lifetime.
Human Capital News Roundup: Genetic mutations that cause melanoma, depression in adolescents, and more.
July 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: The Las Vegas Sun interviewed RWJF Executive N ...
Education, Not Ancestry, Key To Hypertension in African Americans
June 14, 2012 | Story
Grantee Debunks Genetic Ancestry Theory of Hypertension in African Americans.
Human Capital News Roundup: Electronic medical records, reducing gang-related violence, cancer-causing DNA mutations, and more.
May 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar David G. Bundy, MD, MPH, ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Genome sequencing of tumors, Medicare physician fees, cervical cancer among Latinas, and more.
May 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Alejandra Casillas, MD, MPH, an RWJF Clinical Scholar, ...