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May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Whitney Robinson, PhD, MSPH, used methodologic innovations to study the incidence and causes of obesity in the United States.
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Wizdom Powell Hammond, PhD, MPH, MS, studied psychosocial factors and attitudes among African American men and how these affected their use of health care and trust in the medical system.
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, clinical psychologist Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, studied the effect of (1) social environments on suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens, and (2) same-sex marriage laws on health care use and costs.
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Andrew V. Papachristos, PhD, studied the role of social networks on the diffusion of gun violence in Chicago and Boston.
July 22, 2011 | Story
Persuading physicians to focus on social risk factors. As a Health & Society Scholar, Jutte studied the interaction of biological and social risk factors in early childhood, and their relationship to long-term health and educational outcomes.
July 6, 2011 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Glymour investigated the relationship between geographic risk factors and adult cognitive impairment and stroke.
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
July 6, 2011 | Story
"The RWJF program is set up to allow scholars to make a substantive shift in what they study. It allowed the time and resources and mentorship I needed to make a dramatic change in my research focus and topics. It was profound."
January 31, 2008 | Story
For Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, PhD, Health & Society Scholars was "a perfect way to get training in population health and to be able to collaborate with people in other disciplines."
January 31, 2008 | Story
For David T. Grande, MD, MPA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars provided a bridge to academia.