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September 30, 2013 | Story
RWJF Health & Society Scholar finds epidemic of trauma among U.S. teens, urges greater focus on prevention and supports.
July 16, 2013 | Story
A 2013 Rutgers graduate takes the first significant step toward her dream to become a psychologist.
November 20, 2011 | Story
Projects in Boston and Minneapolis, Minn., provided special school-connected mental health services to help refugees and immigrants recover from trauma under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
August 27, 2013 | Story
Studies by RWJF scholars explore how depression and social risk factors are linked to weight gain in adolescents transitioning to adulthood.
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.
April 10, 2013 | Story
A clinical supervisor at a center for troubled children near Cleveland, Habeebah Rasheed Grimes figured out her next career move after participating in Ladder to Leadership, designed to build the capacity of nonprofits serving vulnerable populations.
September 27, 2013 | Story/Grantee
USA Today Profiles Violence Prevention as Urgent Health Priority
August 1, 2013 | Story
Grantees adapt technology to educate patients, prevent domestic violence, improve physician-patient visits, and even make us happy.
July 24, 2013 | Story
Grantee team works to heal secondary trauma in nurses, physicians, and social workers.
January 31, 2008 | Story
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has given Matt Wray, PhD, the opportunity to pursue research with important clinical and policy implications.