Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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How Can People Improve Their Health?
July 24, 2009 | Story
Businesses, schools and policymakers all have a role to play in helping to create environments that encourage people to make healthful choices every day.
Better Health for All Americans
August 23, 2011 | Commentary
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivers keynote at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Health Equity Summit.
A Tree in the Storm
April 1, 2006 | Annual Report
The President's Message of the RWJF 2005 annual report, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses the state of our public health system in the wake of catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, and the ways philanthropy can strengthen that system.
2004 Annual Report President's Message: Holding the Needle on True North
April 1, 2005 | Annual Report
In the President's Message of the RWJF 2004 annual report, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey describes being on the front lines of patient care at a community health clinic in New Brunswick, N.J., a clinic that provides health care for thousands of the area's most vulnerable, low-income or uninsured families.
Tobacco Regulation is a Step Toward Better Health
July 5, 2009 | Commentary/Story
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses the signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in a column in The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.
Improving the Quality of Health Care
May 16, 2005 | Commentary/Story
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., outlined the Foundation's approach to reducing disparities using quality improvement approaches already familiar to the health care field.
Getting it Right
August 10, 2009 | Audio
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivered the keynote address at the Strand Union Building at Montana State University on August 10, 2009.
RWJF Statement Regarding the Number of Americans Without Health Insurance
September 13, 2011 | Story
The following is a statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, regarding the 49.9 million uninsured Americans in 2010.
Initiative on the Future of Nursing
November 30, 2010 | Commentary
Health care leaders gather in Washington, D.C., to discuss future of nursing.
Initiative on the Future of Nursing
October 5, 2010 | Commentary
Related websites The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health On October 5, 2010, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., attended the release of "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" (IFN) landmark report on nursing develo ...