We invest in preparing health professionals for leadership; enhancing the skills and careers of frontline health workers; training scholars to conduct health policy research; and encouraging youth to pursue health careers. We aim to boost the diversity of people working in health and health care, to better serve the health needs of a demographically and culturally changing America.

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Q&A on RWJF's Strategy for Change


Scholars, Fellows and Investigators

Learn more about the Foundation's many opportunities for career and leadership development.

Resources Needed to Support Nursing Education

Rep. Lois Capps, a member of the House Nursing Caucus, offers a passionate statement on the urgent nursing shortage. Her statement elicited comments from President Obama.

Has the Recession Solved the Nursing Shortage? Experts Say No

The recession may have given some hospitals a temporary reprieve from chronic shortages, but it isn’t curing the longer-term problem—and it might be making it worse.