July 27, 2009
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Program Result
Baylor College of Medicine is using the Internet to provide learning opportunities usually available only at top-tier colleges and universities.
June 1, 2004
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Program Result
In June-July of 2003, the Native American High School Summer Programs at Harvard Medical School brought Native American students and teachers to Harvard for a three-week program.
November 1, 2000
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Program Result
The New Jersey Collegiate Consortium for Health in Education developed a manual on safe sexual health practices for college students, covering topics such as the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
March 1, 2002
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Program Result
Duke University supported four premedical students to work as summer interns in community-based health clinics across the country.
January 27, 2011
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Program Result
From 1996 to 2008 the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention developed a project to help colleges and universities promote evidence-based "environmental management" policies designed to prevent alcohol and drug abuse.
May 1, 2013
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Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program builds population health leaders through innovative, interdisciplinary research.
March 23, 2009
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Program Result
RWJF staff, in partnership with researchers at the American Medical Association (AMA), designed A Matter of Degree to reduce binge drinking among college students through an environmental approach.
March 23, 2009
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Program Result
Owners of the regional distributorship of Anheuser-Busch, which dominates the beer industry in Florida, undermined the university's A Matter of Degree project. This sidebar describes how Anheuser-Busch did this and the impact on the project.
March 23, 2009
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Program Result
This sidebar describes criticism the program received as a result of not working with the alcohol industry and focusing on the health impacts of alcohol.
December 8, 2008
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Program Result
From 1993 to 2001, Henry Wechsler, PhD, and researchers at the Harvard University School of Public Health conducted four national surveys examining the drinking patterns and practices of American college students.