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August 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
A research team at the University of Southern Mississippi with collaborators at other universities, increased and disseminated knowledge and information about state and local public health financing and its impact on population health.
April 18, 2011 | News Release
Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition awards $50,000 scholarships to Rebecca Leong of Vancouver, Wash., and Michelle Lee of Wexford, Pa.
February 23, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Barbara A. Garcia, M.P.A., a RWJF Community Health Leader (1993), began her duties as director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health in January. Garcia had been the Department’s deputy since 1999. “Becoming the director is a really exciti ...
February 16, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations are in order for Sue Birch, R.N., M.B.A., an alum of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program. In January, this blog reported that Colorado Governor-Elect John Hickenlooper had nominated Birch to serve as the executive director of th ...
January 4, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations are in order for Sue Birch, R.N., M.B.A., an alum of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program. Colorado Governor-Elect John Hickenlooper has named her the new executive director of that state’s Department of Health Care Policy and Fi ...
December 21, 2010 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations to Nirav Shah, M.D., M.P.H., who has been nominated by Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo to serve as the Commissioner of the New York Department of Health. Shah is an alumnus of the RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars program (2007-2010) and t ...
December 14, 2010 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations are in order for Art Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., who has been named the new head of the health research division at the RAND Corporation, and will take on the title of director and vice president of RAND Health, effective January 1. Ke ...
October 18, 2010 | Story
"We have a fully universal vaccination program, with all vaccines paid for all populations in the state under age 18," says Montero, who worked with the society to build support for the legislation that funded this program.
November 26, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.
May 6, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN) further developed and deployed its Web-based tools to help disaster relief agencies coordinate their services and share information in the aftermath of natural disasters or terrorist incidents.