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October 28, 2012 | Journal Article
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study suggests that government incentives are needed to encourage the research and development that goes into producing novel antibiotics, in addition to increasing development of new ones.
November 14, 2011 | Journal Article
Index developed to quantify changes in drug resistance over time.
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure looks at the obstacles around developing a staph vaccine.
July 8, 2009 | Program Result
RWJF subcontracted with two independent researchers to produce a report titled Issues in Evaluating Health Department Web-based Data Query Systems: Working Papers.
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
Staff at UCLA conducted a health impact assessment to investigate how public markets affect the health of communities. As its study site, staff selected the 60-year-old Trenton Farmers' Market in Trenton, N.J.
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure examines phages the advantages and disadvantages of phage therapy, other potential applications and the road ahead
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation organized two meetings of the Genetics Awareness Coalition.
November 10, 2009 | Program Result
Can the emerging technology of reality mining - which involves inferring human relationships and behavior by measuring physical and social activity - be used to improve public health and medicine?
February 22, 1010 | Journal Article
A new study, based on national hospital discharge data, finds the clinical and economic costs of sepsis and pneumonia infections contracted while in the hospital are substantial and vary among patient groups. Commentary estimates that in 2006, 48,000 people died from these infections and there were $8.1 billion associated hospital costs.