Leaders who are transforming health and health care

These visionaries are fundamentally changing the landscape. They are creating new approaches to health and health care by spanning boundaries—across areas of expertise, organizations, cultures, and communities.

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Approaching Health and Health Care From a New Angle

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is invested in developing boundary-spanning leaders—innovative and inspired people who are taking creative, 360-degree approaches to solving problems. These leaders are cutting cut across professions, organizations, and sectors to forge solutions to today’s complex health and health care problems and improve the health of their communities. They are forming partnerships that bring together sometimes unlikely collaborators to break down silos and create an even bigger impact.

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Addressing our nation’s health challenges requires leadership and collaboration across all sectors—and the kind of innovation that none of us can achieve alone.”

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
RWJF President and CEO

Meet the Leaders

Working Together to Create Healthier Communities

San Bernardino County, California

The 2011 County Health Rankings ranked San Bernardino County—which spans more than 20,000 square miles and a population of more than 2 million—50th out of 56 California counties in health factors like physical environment, social and economic factors, health behaviors and clinical care. In response, County leaders and community partners created the San Bernardino Healthy Communities Initiative to address the county’s health crisis.

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Supporting Leadership Development

RWJF Scholars, Fellows, and Leadership Programs

The RWJF Scholars, Fellows, and Leadership Programs, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio, invest in a diverse group of innovative and inspired people, supporting their efforts to improve health and health care for everyone. The programs work to ensure that the nation has a diverse, well-trained workforce—across disciplines and career paths—who can address the health care needs of all Americans.

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National Prevention Strategy: Engaging Leaders Across Sectors

Duncan Arne

Interviews With Prevention Council Leaders

The National Prevention Strategy is engaging 17 federal agencies to develop cross-sector strategies to improve Americans’ health. NewPublicHealth.org is talking with Agency directors and their designees to the Prevention Council about their participation in efforts to address the many factors that influence our health—from housing and education, to transportation, clean water and access to healthy foods.

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