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Recommended Reading: Are Mammograms More Hopeful than Helpful?

May 1, 2013 | New Public Health Post

A New York Times article raises the controversial question of whether the uber-awareness campaign about breast cancer led to more mammograms than were necessary.

Confusion Reigns: Cutting Through the Overload of Information on Cancer Prevention

March 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Health & Society Scholar writes about research on how Americans make sense of information on the causes of cancer and ways to prevent it.

Will Evidence on Prostate Cancer Screening Shape Clinical Practice?

June 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

With my colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, I fielded a survey to shed some light on what PCPs thought about the recommendations. In the setting of changing recommendations, we wanted to understand whether PCPs believed the recommendations were ...

In the Business of Giving Hope

January 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: Speaking of your patients, you write in the book about some of them. Can you share how they’ve impacted you? Quinones-Hinojosa: I always focus on the things I can learn from my patients. How can I give them hope and how can I talk about brain s ...

An RWJF Community Health Leader Remembers Her Award - One Year Later

October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

Chrysanne Grund reflects on her experience in the year since she was named an RWJF Community Health Leader.

An RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Becomes a Bald Hero

April 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

"I told him never to underestimate the power of nurses. Just think of what we can do when we come together for the greater good." So I revised my goal to $1,500 and let everyone know that…and I passed that new goal within one hour. Then I revised my ...

Human Capital News Roundup: Medication errors affecting children with cancer, particulate matter, the needs of urban communities, and more.

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.

Human Capital News Roundup: Lead exposure from soil, breast cancer mortality, climate change, and more.

April 11, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.

Human Capital News Roundup: Care transitions, "chemobrain," medical research funding, and more.

October 4, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.

Human Capital News Roundup: Genetic mutations that cause melanoma, depression in adolescents, and more.

July 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: The Las Vegas Sun interviewed RWJF Executive N ...

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