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Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health
To build the evidence for public health law and policy, and translate research findings into practical tools that policy-makers, public health practitioners, and leaders in other fields and venues can use to increase the support for and use of law to improve and protect health.
National Program
Temple University Beasley School of Law
1719 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19122-6002
215-204-2217
Website
Scott C. Burris
Program Director
215-204-6576
Email
Heidi E. Grunwald
Deputy Director
215-204-2217
Email
Bethany Swanson
Communications Officer
215-204-2134
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RWJF Staff
Recent Grants
- $227,272.00 awarded to Systems Research and Applications Corporation (SRA) - Administrative support services for RWJF's Public Health Law Research program
- $1,162,482.00 awarded to Temple University - Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Public Health Law Research program
- $149,059.00 awarded to University of San Diego School of Law - Identifying ways in which individuals make decisions that affect their health and how public health law can support healthier actions
- $100,000.00 awarded to University of Virginia - Studying the implementation of Virginia's 2009 Health Care Decision Act and its potential impact on persons with severe mental illness
- $150,000.00 awarded to Arizona State University - Building evidence about legal triage and real-time decision-making during declared emergencies