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RWJF 40th Anniversary

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RWJF Honors First-Ever Young Leaders

RWJF Honors First-Ever Young Leaders

Ashley Atkinson, MSW, director of Urban Agriculture and Openspace; The Greening of Detroit, is one of 10 winners of the award, which recognizes leaders under the age of 40 for their exceptional contributions to improving the health of the nation. Foundation leaders established the award in recognition of RWJF's 40th anniversary.

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A Call for Civility In the U.S. Health Care Debate

A Call for Civility In the U.S. Health Care Debate

In a keynote address at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 40th Anniversary Connections conference, former Medicare administrator Donald Berwick, MD, noted that Washington is polarized, with little hope that change can be made by government policy-makers. Berwick said nonpartisan foundations like RWJF and others have the ability to spur change.

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An RWJF 40th Anniversary Greeting

As the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation marks its 40th year as a national philanthropy, our President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey reflects on the legacy of General Robert Wood Johnson, acknowledges the important accomplishments of current and former grantees and notes the challenges that lie ahead to improve the health and health care of all Americans.

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Follow Us at Our 40th Anniversary Conference

A Look Back On a Successful Conference

Read blog posts by nationally known health care reporter Bruce Japsen from the Foundation’s conference in Princeton, N.J.

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What Is a Force Multiplier?

It's a program, a policy, or an approach to a challenge that dramatically increases—or multiplies—effectiveness or impact.

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More About Our Legacy

Project ECHO

Project ECHO

In 2003, Sanjeev Arora, MD, saw that his New Mexico community was in crisis. An estimated residents desperately needed treatment for hepatitis C. Today, hepatitis C treatment is available at 21 centers of excellence in the state, and more than 50 primary care teams provide treatment to 6,000-plus patients enrolled in Project ECHO’s comprehensive disease management programs.

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End-of-Life Care

End-of-Life Care

Between 1996 and 2006, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation took on the challenge of improving care at the end of life. It is important for us at the Foundation and for the field of end-of-life care to understand the impact of this body of work and to monitor the state of the field into the future.

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The Tobacco Campaigns

The Tobacco Campaigns

In 1991 we began to tackle one of the most intractable problems in the field of public health—tobacco addiction. Over the next two decades, our work focused on policy and systems changes, such as higher tobacco excise taxes, smoke-free indoor air laws, access to cessation treatments and the federal regulation of tobacco.

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Clinical Scholars: Physicians Committed to Change

Clinical Scholars: Physicians Committed to Change

When RWJF opened its doors in 1972, the Clinical Scholars program was the Foundation’s first grant program, and the progenitor of its sustained investments in human capital. This marked the beginning of a four-decade commitment to investing in those who would challenge the status quo, and shape the future of health and health care in the United States.

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