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August 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Listen to our Pioneering Ideas podcast for perspective on the types of innovations the Pioneer team funds, from investigations into placebo studies to behavioral economics to a platform that puts health outcomes in patients’ hands.
May 21, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Pioneer Program Officer Lori Melichar discusses using social network insights to solve perplexing health and health care problems.
May 9, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Behavioral economics is one of a range of disciplines and research fields RWJF is exploring to shed new insight on persistent, perplexing health and health care problems.
March 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar spoke with Drs. Kevin Volpp and David Asch, co-directors of the Foundation’s Behavioral Economics Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about low-value health care.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar Gadkari, PhD, MA, a labor economist and senior program officer in the Foundation’s Research and Evaluation team shares information on Pioneer's newest CFP in the field of behavioral economics.
April 4, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Eight Innovative Ideas to Influence Health Behavior
October 13, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
To improve people’s health, we ask them to change their behavior. Quit Smoking. Eat right. Lose Weight. Take a walk. Get your blood pressure checked. See a doctor. But, as many have noted, making a commitment to do the “right” thing is often easier ...
August 10, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Luke had Yoda, Kirk had Spock...Brian introduces the esteemed members of the Pioneer Advisory Group.
November 8, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
In October, RWJF’s Pioneer portfolio laid down a challenge. Recognizing that good health behaviors often require behavior change, but that making those changes is usually easier said than done, we asked the pioneering world of behavioral economics t ...
January 24, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Brian Quinn follows up with Pioneering Ideas readers regarding his call for problems in health and health care.