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May 2, 2013 | Story
Political scientist Brendan Nyhan, PhD, a RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research, 2009–11, has focused his research on the origins and spread of misinformation in public discourse, especially on issues of health reform and health practice.
May 2, 2013 | Story
During the decade since he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, political scientist Vincent Hutchings, PhD, has continued to explore the intersection of race, politics, communication, and conflict in America.
May 2, 2013 | Story
Political scientist Andrea Campbell, PhD, a former RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research, studies the health insurance choices that governments make and how they affect individuals, especially older Americans.
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Raised in a small town in Alabama, SMDEP alumna Monique Trice writes about why her community's geographic makeup has "set the stage for an oral health care crisis."
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A report from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) indicate that efforts to grow and diversify the nursing workforce are showing results.
May 2, 2013 | Story
An interest in health care inequities led Helen Levy, PhD, an alumna of the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program, to study insurance coverage, health literacy, and health care decision making among low-income and elderly individuals.
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni and grantees.
May 2, 2013 | Program Result
Scholars in Health Policy Research builds a field of creative thinkers in the field of health policy. Recent graduates of PhD programs in economics, political science, and sociology study health policy at one of three universities for two years.
May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
May 2, 2013 | Story
Former RWJF Scholar Dalton Conley, PhD, brings sociology, economics, and genomics to bear in research on the determinants of economic opportunity.