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Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to prevent youth obesity and tobacco use.
National Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL, 60607-7100
312-413-4884
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Frank Joseph Chaloupka
Program Director
312-413-2287
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Lloyd D. Johnston
Program Director
734-763-5043
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Leah Rimkus
Deputy Director
312-413-4884
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Maggie Murphy
Communications Officer
773-871-1110
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RWJF Staff
Recent Grants
- $15,959,747.00 awarded to University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy - Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $740,150.00 awarded to University of Illinois at Chicago - National study of school district policies and elementary school practices addressing childhood obesity
- $7,676,077.00 awarded to University of Michigan Institute for Social Research - Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
- $60,000.00 awarded to Elsevier, Inc. - American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement on policy and environmental determinants of childhood obesity
- $855,541.00 awarded to University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy - National study of school district policies and elementary school practices addressing childhood obesity