Father working from home while daughters homeschool
Father working from home while daughters homeschool

We value community wisdom and institutional knowledge, and our commitment to continuous learning allows us to listen and connect insights to chart a course to health equity—faster and together. Explore news, research, policy updates and thought leadership from experts within and outside RWJF, below.

Trending Topics

The landscape affecting the barriers to health equity is constantly shifting. Stay up to date as RWJF experts share their perspectives on timely news affecting our collective ability to get to a future where health equity is a reality.

Strengthening Medicaid should remain a national imperative

Perspective from Vice President of Policy Avenel Joseph
Read the op-ed in Route Fifty

The Promise and Peril of Being Transgender in America

Perspective from RWJF Executive Vice President Julie Morita and Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, National Center for Transgender Equality
Read their op-ed in U.S. News

Work requirements are a policy failure: Why are they still an option?

Perspective from Katherine Hempstead, Senior Policy Adviser
Read her op-ed in The Hill

Expert Insights

Sharing solutions and stories from communities across America, along with critical perspectives and the best available data and evidence that can inform progress toward a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.

Blog Post
An illustration of a diverse group of people.

Expert Insights & Thought Leadership

Our blog features perspectives from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation staff and guest authors, grantees, and partners who are working to achieve health equity—faster and together.

1-min read

Blog Post
Illustration of people with disabilities stand by the Capitol building.

Race-Conscious Policymaking: A Key Way Forward for Health Equity

Race-conscious policies can pave the way to a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

5-min read

Health Disparities Policy and Law Structural Racism
Blog Post
Illustration of diverse healthcare workforce.

Advancing Equity in Higher Ed, in a Post-Affirmative Action Era

Researchers share strategies that can help universities achieve a healthier, more inclusive future.

6-min read

Health Leadership Development Policy and Law Education
Full Library

Our Research

We work to expand our nation's evidence base on what can help us achieve health equity faster and together. We recognize that equitable data collection and analysis is necessary to dismantle barriers to health equity.

Research
A woman holds her daughter's hand while carrying a plant.

Advancing Solutions for Reproductive Justice

This series highlights some evidence-based policy solutions that can help advance reproductive justice.

1-min read

Health Disparities Policy and Law
Research
A young boy having fun on a shopping cart while out buying groceries with his mother.

SNAP Benefits Remained Too Low to Help Families Afford Food in 2023

This brief contains the latest data on the gap between SNAP benefits and meal costs.

1-min read

Economic Inclusion for Family Wellbeing Policy and Law Nutrition
Research
SITKA, ALASKA - SEPTEMBER 2019: Community meeting at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium SEARHC/Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in Sitka, Alaska.

2023 Center for Effective Philanthropy Grantee Perception Report

The Center for Effective Philanthropy Grantee Perception Report is one of RWJF’s tools to gather, understand, and ultimately implement grantee feedback.

1-min read

Health Disparities
Full Library

Advocacy & Policy

We are committed to advancing the policies, practices, and systems changes that can dismantle structural barriers to wellbeing, especially racism. We take the long view and focus on efforts that have a lasting impact on systemic, generational change.

Brief
Women and a baby in a stroller crossing the street.

Who Benefits From Enhanced Premium Tax Credits in the Marketplace?

Research by the Urban Institute finds the enhanced premium tax credits will lead to millions of additional people across America getting health coverage.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law Healthcare Costs & Outcomes
Brief
A man and young boy stand together outside smiling.

Increasing Community Resilience for Climate-Related Events Through Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure, like parks, street trees, and shrubs on rooftops, improves air quality, reduces flooding and heat islands, improves water quality, and promotes community resilience in the face of extreme weather.

2-min read

Public and Community Health Policy and Law Climate Change & Climate Action
Brief
A doctor tending to a young girl in the hospital.

State Variation in Medicaid and CHIP Unwinding for Children and Adults

An analysis of data shows Medicaid disenrollments as a result of pandemic-era coverage protections ending surpassed original projections.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
Full Library