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April 12, 2011 | Story
What factors are associated with the clustering of fast food restaurants close to schools? Are they more likely to cluster around schools serving minority or poor children? Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D., set out to find some answers.
March 24, 2011 | Story
Can an optometrist learn more about helping people by being involved in the policy process in Washington? Does working on national public health issues influence the career of a health care professional? Melvin Shipp wanted to explore those issues.
August 5, 2010 | Story
This spring, Debra Pendergast spoke publicly about how a proposed tax increase could affect Arizona's health, safety and education programs.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Lawrence R. Jacobs, PhD, from the University of Minnesota, co-authored the book, Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2000.
April 2, 2013 | Story
A grantee’s new book looks at the possible effects of the new focus on gene-environment interaction in population health.
November 16, 2012 | Story
RWJF grantee presents his research at the American Public Health Association annual meeting.
National Program
To highlight substance abuse as a leading health problem by recognizing those who are striving to bring creative solutions to the field.
February 24, 2011 | Story
In 2003, he received an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research to probe more deeply into pharmaceutical policy at the FDA. The pursuit quickly broadened.
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).