American Board of Medical Specialties Research & Education Foundation

Evanston, IL

$498,000—Preparing the physician workforce for 21st century health care (for 1 year).
ID 51545

Association of Academic Health Centers Inc.

Washington, DC

$44,500—11th Congress of Health Professions Educators (for 18 months).
ID 50865

Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce

A demonstration, research and evaluation initiative to create changes in policy and practice that will lead to the recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in both nursing homes and home- and community-based settings.

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

  Washington, DC

  $586,427—Technical assistance and direction for Better Jobs, Better Care (1 year).
  ID 48421

University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies

San Francisco, CA

$20,000—Report of lessons learned from RWJF workforce development programs (for 6 months).
ID 50465

Dartmouth Medical School, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences

Hanover, NH

$75,000—Developing a blueprint for exemplary learning sites in clinical academic training (for 6 months).
ID 51410

William B. Deal, M.D.

Birmingham, AL

$15,000—Assessing the Foundation’s current Summer Medical Education Program to determine best practices and core curriculum for proposed renewal program (for 2 months).
ID 52567

Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse

Program to provide leadership development through mentoring for individuals who are early in their careers yet have shown the potential to become future leaders in reducing the harm caused by substance abuse through public health approaches.

• Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work

  Portland, OR

  $749,964—Technical assistance and direction for Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse (21 months).
  ID 46914

Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc.

Dallas, TX

$59,296—Summit and white paper on competency-based medical licensing (for 1 year).
ID 50671

Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program

Program to strengthen the presence of generalist physician faculty in the nation’s medical schools through career development awards to outstanding junior faculty in departments/divisions of family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics.

Program Sites

• University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

  Davis, CA

  $300,000—Improving palliative care by primary care physicians (4 years).
  ID 51074

• University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine

  Irvine, CA

  $300,000—Understanding and improving diabetes care for ethnic minorities (4 years).
  ID 51084

• University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

  San Francisco, CA

  $300,000—Improving quality in Medicaid: care management for chronic illness and preventive care (4 years).
  ID 51080

• Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  Cincinnati, OH

  $296,648—Studying the changing role of the generalist physician and its effect on treatment for childhood asthma (4 years).
  ID 51078

• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

  Denver, CO

  $299,980—Decreasing cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care (4 years).
  ID 51082

• University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

  Honolulu, HI

  $299,878—Developing and testing cost-effective prescribing guidelines for generalist physicians (4 years).
  ID 51085

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Baltimore, MD

  $299,998—Studying methods to improve medication adherence and self-care for adolescents with pelvic inflammatory disease (4 years).
  ID 51077

• University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine

  Columbia, MO

  $300,000—Promoting physical activity in people with diabetes mellitus and insensate feet (4 years).
  ID 51079

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

  New York, NY

  $300,000—Patient-physician communication about costs of care (4 years).
  ID 51089

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  Piscataway, NJ

  $300,000—Balancing priorities and healing in the context of evidence-based medicine (4 years).
  ID 51076

• Northwestern University, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute

  Evanston, IL

  $300,000—Extending the safety net in identifying postpartum depression (4 years).
  ID 51075

• Olmsted Medical Center

  Rochester, MN

  $106,587—Screening mothers for domestic violence when the children are present (1 year).
  ID 50436

• Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

  Portland, OR

  $299,995—Assessing the impact of the generalist physician supply on the quality of care for children (4 years).
  ID 51083

  $231,413—Developing an evidence-based, patient-centered mode of delivery decision aid for women with prior cesarean birth (34 months).
  ID 51544

• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  Philadelphia, PA

  $299,993—Studying the role of the family on adherence to depression treatment among older adults (4 years).
  ID 51088

• University of Washington School of Medicine

  Seattle, WA

  $300,000—Increasing booster seat use in at-risk communities through tailored communication and behavior change (4 years).
  ID 51072

• Yale University School of Medicine

  New Haven, CT

  $299,999—Diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in the homes of patients with transient ischemic attack (4 years).
  ID 51081

Other Program Activities

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  San Antonio, TX

  $540,368—Technical assistance and direction for the Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program (1 year).
  ID 47905

The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

Four-year postdoctoral research awards offered to historically disadvantaged physicians who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine, to improving the health of underserved populations, and to furthering the understanding and elimination of health disparities.

Program Sites

• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Related Professions

  Birmingham, AL

  $365,318—Jamy Ard, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 51894

• University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine

  Irvine, CA

  $288,679—Jose A. Camacho, M.D. (3 years).
  ID 51663

• University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center

  Los Angeles, CA

  $365,400—Jesus A. Araujo, M.D., Ph.D. (4 years).
  ID 49595

• University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

  San Francisco, CA

  $365,400—Malcolm John, M.D., M.P.H. (4 years).
  ID 49585

  $365,392—Meshell Darlene Johnson, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 49586

• Children’s Hospital Corporation

  Boston, MA

  $365,400—Raymond E. Samuel, M.D., Ph.D. (4 years).
  ID 49590

• Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

  Nashville, TN

  $324,727—Dineo Khabele, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 52466

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  New York, NY

  $365,400—Gregory M. Springett, M.D., Ph.D. (4 years).
  ID 49592

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

  New York, NY

  $365,400—Carlton Moore, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 49587

• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

  Rochester, NY

  $60,437—Jeffrey D. Alexis, M.D. (9 months).
  ID 51454

• The Medical University of South Carolina

  Charleston, SC

  $365,400—Vanessa A. Diaz, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 51896

• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  Houston, TX

  $110,373—Kenneth D. Aldape, M.D. (11 months).
  ID 38555

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  St. Louis, MO

  $365,400—Brett A. Taylor, M.D. (4 years).
  ID 49593

Other Program Activities

• The Morehouse School of Medicine Inc.

  Atlanta, GA

  $578,236—Technical assistance and direction for the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (1 year).
  ID 48486

Health Policy Fellowships Program

Program that allows midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists to experience a residency in Washington, D.C. working for a member of Congress on health policy.

Program Sites

• Cambridge Public Health Commission d/b/a Cambridge Health Alliance

  Cambridge, MA

  $155,000—Danny McCormick, M.D. (3 years).
  ID 51325

• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  Cleveland, OH

  $155,000—Leona Cuttler, M.D. (3 years).
  ID 51329

• Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions

  Philadelphia, PA

  $155,000—Marlene F. Watson, Ph.D. (3 years).
  ID 51333

• Duke University School of Nursing

  Durham, NC

  $155,000—Nancy M. Short, Dr.P.H., M.B.A. (3 years).
  ID 51331

• George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development

  Washington, DC

  $155,000—Chris D. Erickson, Ph.D. (3 years).
  ID 51474

• University of Tennessee Health Science Center

  Memphis, TN

  $155,000—John C. Ring, M.D. (3 years).
  ID 51324

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

  Galveston, TX

  $155,000—Kira Bacal, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (3 years).
  ID 51328

Other Program Activities

• National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine

  Washington, DC

  $696,000—Technical assistance and direction for the Health Policy Fellowships Program (1 year).
  ID 46999

Health Professions Partnership Initiative

Program, co-sponsored with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to address long-standing underrepresentation in the health professions of certain racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.

• Association of American Medical Colleges

  Washington, DC

  $364,636—Technical assistance and direction for the Health Professions Partnership Initiative (1 year).
  ID 47899

Health Research and Educational Trust

Chicago, IL

$100,000—Redesigning the Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship Program (for 1 year).
ID 51342

Health Workforce Solutions LLC

Alameda, CA

$194,400—Defining RWJF’s scope of interest in front-line health and health care workers (for 7 months).
ID 52218

Innovators Combating Substance Abuse

Program to highlight substance abuse as the nation’s number one health problem by recognizing those who are striving to bring creative solutions to the field of substance abuse.

Program Sites

• The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Inc.

  New York, NY

  $300,000—Increasing access to methadone treatment through the criminal justice system (3 years).
  ID 49535

• University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy

  Gainesville, FL

  $122,626—Investigating the roles of law and policy in reducing alcohol-related problems (1 year).
  ID 52033

• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  Dallas, TX

  $224,195—Investigating health care policies on alcohol screening in trauma settings (27 months).
  ID 49812

• Treatment Research Institute Inc.

  Philadelphia, PA

  $300,000—Developing approaches to integrate drug abuse issues into mainstream health care (2 years).
  ID 49534

Other Program Activities

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Baltimore, MD

  $529,265—Technical assistance and direction for Innovators Combating Substance Abuse (19 months).
  ID 46909

• M Booth & Associates, Inc.

  New York, NY

  $185,000—Communications activities promoting Innovators Combating Substance Abuse and Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse (1 year).
  ID 51600

Institute for Professional Development in the Addictions Inc.

Albany, NY

$50,000—Developing a plan for a state-specific model to attain skills that promote quality among the front-line addiction treatment workforce (for 1 year).
ID 52282

Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program

Program to support highly qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of the most challenging health and health care policy issues facing America.

Program Sites

• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

  New York, NY

  $223,392—Study of famous patient cases and health policy debates (2 years).
  ID 50593

• Duke University Center for Health Policy, Law and Management

  Durham, NC

  $274,903—Preparation of a book about changes in medical malpractice (2 years).
  ID 50449

• Harvard University School of Arts and Sciences

  Cambridge, MA

  $274,746—Reputation and regulation: a study of pharmaceutical policy at the Food and Drug Administration (27 months).
  ID 50591

• The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University

  New York, NY

  $270,705—Living organ donors’ challenge to social and health policy (2 years).
  ID 50595

• University of Michigan School of Public Health

  Ann Arbor, MI

  $274,999—Assessing racial and ethnic disparities in access to mental health care (2 years).
  ID 50594

• National Bureau of Economic Research Inc.

  Cambridge, MA

  $274,655—Study of the private long-term care insurance market and its effects on public insurance and tax policy (3 years).
  ID 50534

• New York University College of Arts and Sciences

  New York, NY

  $274,995—Studying social isolation in American life (3 years).
  ID 50592

• Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

  Princeton, NJ

  $274,973—Examining how lay and professional ideas about fetal personhood affect the practice and ethics of obstetrics (3 years).
  ID 50590

• Stanford University School of Medicine

  Stanford, CA

  $274,100—Research on the efficiency of health care delivery (3 years).
  ID 50448

Other Program Activities

• Rutgers, The State University, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research

  New Brunswick, NJ

  $774,896—Technical assistance and direction for the Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program (1 year).
  ID 48495

Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

New York, NY

$14,736—Gene therapy research experience for a Native American medical school candidate (for 1 year).
ID 51538

Ms. Foundation for Women Inc.

New York, NY

$12,500—Exploring the feasibility of a collaborative funding model focused on front-line health workers (for 6 months).
ID 52279

The NASW Foundation Inc.

Washington, DC

$85,000—Defining the role of professional social workers in the front-line workforce (for 1 year).
ID 52209

National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics Inc.

Lutherville, MD

$300,000—National forum and a Web-based educational tool on race and genetics for health professionals (for 2 years).
ID 51150

North Carolina Central University College of Arts and Sciences

Durham, NC

$65,000—Defining the qualities of the front-line health and health care workforce (for 1 year).
ID 51341

Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education

Program to assist dental schools to increase access to dental care for underserved populations.

• Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

  New York, NY

  $710,000—Technical assistance and direction for Pipeline, Profession and Practice (1 year).
  ID 48386

The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars^® Program

Program to augment clinical training by providing new skills and perspectives necessary to achieving leadership positions both within and outside the walls of academia in the 21st century.

Program Sites

• University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

  Los Angeles, CA

  $745,000—(2 years).
  ID 50721

• University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine

  Chicago, IL

  $660,000—(2 years).
  ID 50722

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Baltimore, MD

  $825,000—(2 years).
  ID 50723

• University of Michigan Medical School

  Ann Arbor, MI

  $415,000—(2 years).
  ID 50724

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

  Chapel Hill, NC

  $493,925—(2 years).
  ID 50725

• University of Washington School of Medicine

  Seattle, WA

  $745,000—(2 years).
  ID 50726

• Yale University School of Medicine

  New Haven, CT

  $744,800—(2 years).
  ID 50727

Other Program Activities

• Stanford University School of Medicine

  Stanford, CA

  $1,318,700—Technical assistance and direction for the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (1 year).
  ID 48334

The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program

Program to build the field of population health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions based upon integration of these determinants.

• Communications Project

  Multiple Contractors

  $526,809—Technical assistance and direction for the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program (1 year).
  ID 48417

Scholars in Health Policy Research Program

Program to help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology.

• Boston University Health Policy Institute

  Boston, MA

  $547,425—Technical assistance and direction for the Scholars in Health Policy Research Program (1 year).
  ID 48474

Summer Medical Education Program

Program to identify talented students from historically disadvantaged groups interested in careers in medicine and increase their rate of acceptance into medical school through participation in summer enrichment programs.

Program Sites

• United Negro College Fund Inc.

  Fairfax, VA

  $300,000—(1 year).
  ID 50019

• Yale University School of Medicine

  New Haven, CT

  $299,947—(1 year).
  ID 49902

Other Program Activities

• Association of American Medical Colleges

  Washington, DC

  $594,206—Technical assistance and direction for the Summer Medical Education Program (1 year).
  ID 48352

The Tides Center

Oakland, CA

$40,050—Scanning leadership capacity-building efforts in health and health care (for 6 months).
ID 52307

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Burlington, VT

$75,000—Clinical Research 2004 meeting (for 1 year).
ID 48771

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