New Connections Speed-Mentoring Event Supports Young Scholars
September 9, 2009 | Story
Initiative designed to enhance diversity in health care.
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Former RWJF Grantee Kathryn Flores Profiled on NBC Nightly News
March 10, 2009
Flores recognized for helping middle school and high school students from disadvantaged and underrepresented communities pursue their dreams of entering a health profession.
Overcoming Barriers to African American Participation in Research
September 30, 2008 | Story
Instead of looking at the issue from patients' perspective, Corbie-Smith focused on the investigators' side. "I said, 'There are two sides to this issue,' and the investigators have as much responsibility as the participants in this,'" she explains.
Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.
Examining the Intersection of Race, Politics, and Society
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.
Meet the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
January 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This is part of a series introducing programs in the RWJF Human Capital Portfolio.
Breaking Down Barriers to Medical Education
January 8, 2013 | Story
Inspired, in part, by the students he guided as an RWJF program mentor, a physician finds a way to offer open access to MCAT tutoring.
Health Care Disparities, Dr. King and a Meeting Long Ago
January 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
In March 1966, only two years before he would be assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. uttered what I consider one of his most profound statements. “Of all the forms of inequality,” he said, “injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane ...
Valerie Cordero, Minority Medical Education Program, 1996
July 27, 2011 | Story
Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."
Blacks and Hispanics Are Less Likely Than Whites to Complete Addiction Treatment, Largely Due to Socioeconomic Factors
January 7, 2013 | Journal Article
More than one-third of the approximately two million people entering publicly funded substance abuse treatment in the United States do not complete treatment.