Human Capital
AARP Foundation
Washington, DC
Center to Champion Nursing in America
$9,999,575
(5 years)
ID 62022
Achieving Competence Today (ACT) Collaborative
To disseminate an action-based interprofessional curriculum that incorporates quality improvement.
Program Sites
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
$100,000
(2 years)
ID 59421
American Academy of Nursing Inc.
Washington, DC
Raising nurses' voices to foster adoption of nursing models of care
$841,978
(2 years)
ID 60778
American Dental Education Association
Washington, DC
Online resource to provide data needed by minority and low-income students in their quest for information about health careers
$672,688
(2 years)
ID 60107
Association of Professors of Medicine, Inc.
Washington, DC
Convening a national conference on the survival and growth of the physician-scientist workforce and publishing the proceedings
$84,200
(1 year)
ID 61360
Janis P. Bellack, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Bedford, MA
Consultant to the Human Capital program area for new nursing programming
$20,000
(4 months)
ID 61295
Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
To create changes in policy and practice that will lead to recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in nursing homes and in home- and community-based settings.
Other Program Activities
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Washington, DC
Developing and disseminating a catalog of tools and materials for grantees of the Better Jobs, Better Care program
$149,472
(9 months)
ID 61289
Boston University
Boston, MA
Scan of training opportunities for health and health care workers seeking expertise in quality improvement
$108,272
(8 months)
ID 60944
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Funds to support RWJF national program alumni efforts to improve diversity of new program applicants
$210,000
(1 year)
ID 62058
Supplemental funds for distributing the third edition of On Doctoring and the CD-ROM Prime-Time Doctors, 2007
$136,000
(6 months)
ID 62629
Consulting and meeting costs for RWJF's Human Capital program area
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63627
Emergency Medicine Foundation
Dallas, TX
Planning task force for an emergency medicine workforce study
$49,982
(1 year)
ID 60803
Emory University, Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Atlanta, GA
Developing a graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum for creating safe and effective health care environments
$163,285
(15 months)
ID 58385
Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program
To strengthen the presence of generalist physician faculty in the nation's medical schools through career development awards to outstanding junior faculty in medical school departments/divisions of family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics.
Program Sites
Dartmouth Medical School Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Hanover, NH
Assessing the impact of the generalist physician supply on the quality of care for children
$240,906
(2 years)
ID 57691
Other Program Activities
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Scholars' alumni association for RWJF's Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program
$64,962
(1 year)
ID 61490
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program
$168,739
(1 year)
ID 47954
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program
$32,949
(7 months)
ID 48018
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
To provide four-year postdoctoral research awards to physicians from historically underrepresented groups who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine, to improving the health of underserved populations, and to furthering understanding and elimination of health disparities.
Program Sites
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Jewell H. Halanych, M.D., M.Sc.
$415,875
(4 years)
ID 58822
University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Jaqueline Casillas, M.D., M.S.H.S.
$416,546
(4 years)
ID 58832
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Pedro Alfonso Sanchez, M.D.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 63517
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Carlos Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 58828
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Haimanot Wasse, M.D., M.P.H.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 58829
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Alicia I. Arbaje, M.D., M.P.H.
$413,433
(4 years)
ID 63518
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.
$416,560
(4 years)
ID 63519
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN
Monica B. Jones, M.D.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 58823
MetroHealth System
Cleveland, OH
J. Daryl Thornton, M.D.
$187,118
(2 years)
ID 58091
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Ana C. Krieger, M.D.
$416,560
(4 years)
ID 63521
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
David T. Pride, M.D., Ph.D.
$416,560
(4 years)
ID 63520
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Joseph Ravenell, M.D., M.S.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 58827
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Caroline Marshall, M.D.
$416,560
(4 years)
ID 58826
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Marsha K. Guess, M.D., M.S.
$416,558
(4 years)
ID 63522
Other Program Activities
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
$670,331
(1 year)
ID 61463
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Developing a formal proactive approach that establishes, promotes and disseminates a diversity research agenda
$390,000
(2 years)
ID 63564
Health Policy Partnerships in Diversity
To increase the diversity of those with formal training in the fields of economics, political science and sociology who engage in health services and health policy research.
Program Sites
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Planning for the creation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy
$76,767
(2 months)
ID 60895
University of New Mexico Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
Creating the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy
$10,173,999
(57 months)
ID 58120
Developing the health policy capacity of nursing students and faculty at the University of New Mexico
$4,768,580
(5 years)
ID 60128
Innovators Combating Substance Abuse
To highlight substance abuse as a leading health problem by recognizing those who are striving to bring creative solutions to the field.
Other Program Activities
M Booth & Associates, Inc.
New York, NY
Communications activities for Innovators Combating Substance Abuse
$113,000
(1 year)
ID 61193
Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
To support interdisciplinary studies that address critical knowledge gaps about nursing quality and for the synthesis, translation and dissemination of results to key stakeholders.
Program Sites
Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc.
Boston, MA
Translating fall risk status into interventions to prevent patient falls
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 62572
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Examining the link between nursing inputs and patient care quality
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 62600
Children's Hospital Inc.
Columbus, OH
Identifying hospitalized children's perceptions of the linkages between quality of nursing care processes and quality of outcomes
$299,779
(2 years)
ID 62575
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
Iowa City, IA
Impact of system-centered factors and processes of nursing care on fall prevalence and injuries from falls
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 62597
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Economically supporting direct care providers in medication reconciliation to ensure safe transition to and from hospital and community
$299,028
(2 years)
ID 62596
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Quality and cost analysis of nurse practice predictors of readiness for hospital discharge and post-discharge outcomes
$298,432
(2 years)
ID 62577
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Evaluating the effect of a rural hospital collaborative on heart failure patient care
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 62573
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Examining the impact of nurse staffing and nurse work environment on hospital performance improvement
$299,986
(2 years)
ID 62574
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Studying the effects of nursing staff levels and practice environments on low-birthweight mortality, morbidity, failure to rescue and length of stay
$299,685
(2 years)
ID 62601
University of Rochester School of Nursing
Rochester, NY
Understanding the use of supplemental registered nurses by hospitals and its impact on the quality of care and cost
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 62576
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Health Professions
Charleston, SC
Examining how adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices affects nursing-sensitive patient safety outcomes and barriers to their adoption
$299,888
(2 years)
ID 62603
Other Program Activities
Constella Group, LLC
Durham, NC
Administrative support services for RWJF's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
$370,358
(1 year)
ID 63144
Mary D. Naylor, Ph.D., R.N.
Newtown Square, PA
Independent consultant for RWJF's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
$87,687
(1 year)
ID 63145
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
$203,831
(1 year)
ID 63130
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
To encourage researchers whose crosscutting and innovative ideas promise to contribute meaningfully to improving U.S. health and health care policy.
Program Sites
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Theory, evidence and policy implications of a pay-for-performance strategy
$275,003
(2 years)
ID 60479
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Studying how pharmaceutical industry television advertising affects consumer health behavior and whether those effects are positive, negative or mixed
$283,049
(3 years)
ID 60464
University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Examining the changing role of prenatal care to determine if more high-risk pregnancies lead to more preterm births
$283,247
(4 years)
ID 60470
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY
Improving the cancer care experience for rare cancer survivors
$283,242
(2 years)
ID 60480
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY
Political economy of the National Institutes of Health
$283,247
(3 years)
ID 60477
Cornell University, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College
New York, NY
Study of severe brain injury and health policy
$283,249
(3 years)
ID 60460
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Analyzing the societal value of new psychotropic drugs
$283,250
(30 months)
ID 60468
University of Michigan School of Information
Ann Arbor, MI
Research on the design of safer practices when hospitalized patients are transferred from one unit or health professional to another
$282,942
(27 months)
ID 60457
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Research on the complex causes of the determinants of health
$283,235
(3 years)
ID 60466
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Study on the public's belief structure on health inequities and how it impacts the framing of issues for policy-makers
$282,174
(33 months)
ID 60473
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Comprehensive look at nurse practitioners and their role in health care delivery
$283,250
(3 years)
ID 60459
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton, NJ
Institutional analysis of immigration and the health care system
$282,923
(2 years)
ID 60474
Other Program Activities
Rutgers, The State University, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
New Brunswick, NJ
Technical assistance and direction for Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
$896,956
(1 year)
ID 59919
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Additional research funds for Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
$224,000
(4 years)
ID 60418
Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care
To establish systems that train, develop, reward and advance current front-line health and health care workers to improve the quality of care and ensure the quality of services provided to patients and communities.
Program Sites
Portland State University
Portland, OR
$198,170
(2 years)
ID 63057
University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Ray Marshall Center
Austin, TX
Measuring ROI for work-based learning and other components for frontline health/healthcare workers.
$199,641
(2 years)
ID 63056
Other Program Activities
Jobs for the Future Inc.
Boston, MA
Technical assistance and direction for Jobs to Careers
$925,000
(1 year)
ID 56463
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute on Aging
Chapel Hill, NC
Analysis of Jobs to Careers program grant proposals
$29,856
(1 year)
ID 61026
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc.
Washington, DC
Increasing the number and effectiveness of diversity programs at health professions schools to help address the problem of health disparities
$200,000
(2 years)
ID 61861
Ladden Consulting LLC
West Roxbury, MA
Consultation services to help develop strategies to strengthen the nursing workforce and provide quality improvement training
$147,480
(1 year)
ID 63681
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders
To develop a cadre of future health leaders from community-based nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable people.
Program Sites
Center for Creative Leadership
Greensboro, NC
$4,000,000
(4 years)
ID 61553
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Study to characterize the optimal health care workforce for an aging society
$250,000
(15 months)
ID 57803
Studying conflicts of interest in medical research, education, patient care and institutional management
$300,000
(20 months)
ID 63229
National Urban Fellows Inc.
New York, NY
Support for nine National Urban Fellows mentorships at RWJF, 2007–2010
$567,000
(3 years)
ID 61620
New Connections: Bringing Diversity to RWJF Grantmaking and Increasing Secondary Data Analyses
To bring new perspectives to RWJF grantmaking by supporting researchers from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to conduct secondary analysis on existing datasets and to help RWJF address specific research questions.
Program Sites
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Measuring quality: understanding the patient satisfaction profiles of vulnerable populations
$54,999
(1 year)
ID 61869
Boston University
Boston, MA
Measuring the effect of incarceration on fathers' health
$55,000
(1 year)
ID 61870
Boston University School of Social Work
Boston, MA
Study of racial and ethnic disparities in caregiving and mental health services received by abused children
$55,000
(1 year)
ID 61904
Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Waltham, MA
Determinants of treatment engagement and time-to-event of recidivism for young African-American and Latino males
$54,468
(1 year)
ID 61854
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Investigating the relationship between residing in public housing and violence, substance abuse and risky sexual behavior
$44,070
(1 year)
ID 61871
California State University, Long Beach Foundation
Long Beach, CA
Influence of social factors on African-American women's experiences of domestic violence
$2,060
(1 year)
ID 61872
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Impact of exposure to violence, depression, post-traumatic stress, substance abuse and health care utilization within two Native American communities
$54,779
(1 year)
ID 61857
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY
Health, hardship and race/ethnicity in vulnerable families: a multifactorial examination of the fragile families dataset
$16,116
(1 year)
ID 61903
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Measuring the impact of violence exposure on children's health
$53,608
(1 year)
ID 61856
University of Michigan Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Impact of privatization of primary care services on racial and ethnic populations in Florida health departments
$55,000
(1 year)
ID 61902
Examining the influence of psychosocial factors on the mental health of African-American men
$54,176
(1 year)
ID 61906
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Malibu, CA
Influence of social factors on African-American women's experiences of domestic violence
$45,425
(1 year)
ID 63216
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Mental health outcomes among new U.S. immigrant children
$54,886
(1 year)
ID 61900
Research Foundation of State University of New York
Albany, NY
Utilizing national data to obtain local health disparity estimates
$55,028
(1 year)
ID 61855
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Examining the promise of church-partnered fatherhood programs for increasing paternal involvement in African-American nonresident fathers
$54,299
(1 year)
ID 61905
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Examining substance use and related psychosocial factors among female intimate partner abuse survivors
$53,957
(1 year)
ID 61858
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Examination of local health department partnerships with nongovernmental agencies in improving public health outcomes
$42,551
(1 year)
ID 61901
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Study to determine the impact of household instability and the obesogenic environment on adolescent obesity
$18,561
(5 months)
ID 62333
New Jersey Nursing Initiative
To address the New Jersey nurse faculty shortage by developing, implementing and evaluating a statewide model for recruitment and retention of nurse faculty.
Program Sites
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark
Newark, NJ
Support for a conference of health care stakeholders to collaborate for change leading to an increase in the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses
$25,000
(4 months)
ID 63447
Other Program Activities
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Process evaluation of RWJF's New Jersey Nursing Initiative program
$599,976
(5 years)
ID 63225
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Trenton, NJ
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's New Jersey Nursing Initiative
$1,061,706
(1 year)
ID 62424
TSI Consulting Partners, Inc.
Kalamazoo, MI
Facilitating strategic planning for the statewide collaborative on nursing education in New Jersey
$49,334
(6 months)
ID 62351
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Planning for RWJF's New Jersey Nursing Initiative
$105,823
(5 months)
ID 63045
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's New Jersey Nursing Initiative
$173,087
(1 year)
ID 63640
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Chapel Hill, NC
Developing a nursing school curriculum on quality and safety
$1,094,477
(18 months)
ID 59182
Partners Investing in Nursing's Future
To provide support, in partnership with local foundations, to address important local- and state-level nursing issues.
Program Sites
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
Portland, OR
Support for program sites for Partners Investing in Nursing's Future
$2,750,000
(2 years)
ID 61296
Technical assistance and direction for Partners Investing in Nursing's Future
$702,032
(1 year)
ID 59644
Technical assistance and direction for Partners Investing in Nursing's Future
$848,730
(1 year)
ID 63131
Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
To assist dental schools in increasing access to dental care for underserved populations.
Other Program Activities
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Evaluation monograph of Pipeline, Profession and Practice
$164,909
(9 months)
ID 58942
Columbia University Center for Community Health Partnerships
New York, NY
Technical assistance and direction for Pipeline, Profession and Practice
$984,937
(1 year)
ID 61071
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
To augment clinical training by providing new skills and perspectives necessary to achieving leadership positions within and outside academia.
Program Sites
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
$507,419
(1 year)
ID 59963
Support for five Clinical Scholars and two VA Fellows
$1,024,983
(2 years)
ID 59981
Third year support for four Clinical Scholars and one VA Fellow
$346,862
(1 year)
ID 61063
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
$507,500
(1 year)
ID 59964
Support for five Clinical Scholars and two VA Fellows
$1,024,998
(2 years)
ID 59978
Third year support for one Clinical Scholar
$84,375
(1 year)
ID 61066
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
$505,776
(1 year)
ID 59966
Support for five Clinical Scholars and two VA Fellows
$1,025,000
(2 years)
ID 59975
Third year support for two Clinical Scholars and one VA Fellow
$177,267
(1 year)
ID 61067
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
$507,420
(1 year)
ID 59967
Support for five Clinical Scholars and two VA Fellows
$1,024,260
(2 years)
ID 59972
Other Program Activities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Technical assistance and direction for the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
$791,625
(1 year)
ID 48347
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders
To provide recognition for the contributions community health leaders make to achieving RWJF's mission and goals, and to enhance their capacity to have more permanent and widespread impact on health problems.
Program Sites
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
$600,000
(3 years)
ID 63534
Make the Road New York
Brooklyn, NY
$105,000
(1 year)
ID 63505
Other Program Activities
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Technical assistance and direction for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders
$1,065,557
(1 year)
ID 60226
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
To build the field of population health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health and develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge and best practices.
Other Program Activities
New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
Technical assistance and direction for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
$865,629
(1 year)
ID 62703
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars
To increase the stature and academic standing of nursing faculty and draw more nurses to teaching careers by creating a cadre of national leaders in academic nursing through career development awards to outstanding junior nursing faculty.
Other Program Activities
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Startup costs for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars
$90,000
(5 months)
ID 62450
Constella Group, LLC
Durham, NC
Administrative support services for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars
$156,855
(4 months)
ID 63426
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
Technical assistance and direction for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars program
$594,031
(1 year)
ID 62451
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars
To strengthen the leadership and academic productivity of junior medical school faculty who are dedicated to improving health and health care.
Program Sites
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Improving the health and developmental outcomes of premature infants using community-based early intervention services – C. Jason Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61546
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Multidisciplinary approach to improving outcomes following bariatric surgery – Melinda A. Maggard, M.D., M.S.H.S.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61541
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Examining the outcomes, preferences and costs of cesarean, vaginal and operative vaginal delivery – Aaron B. Caughey, M.D., Ph.D.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61535
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Overdiagnosis in thyroid cancer: providing patients and physicians with tools for management – Louis Davies, M.D., M.S.
$299,998
(3 years)
ID 61538
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Developing culturally tailored interventions to reduce disparities in childhood obesity – Elsie M. Taveras, M.D., M.P.H.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61544
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Space-time analysis of adolescent health-risk behaviors – Sarah E. Wiehe, M.D., M.P.H.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61547
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Impact of specialty hospitals on delivery of care to financially vulnerable populations – Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A.
$299,987
(3 years)
ID 61537
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Studying outpatient medication errors in children with chronic conditions – Kathleen E. Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
$299,957
(3 years)
ID 61545
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding disparities in breast cancer reconstruction – Amy K. Alderman, M.D., M.P.H.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61533
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Ethnicity, follow-up care and renal function monitoring after kidney transplantation – Ajay K. Israni, M.D., M.S.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61539
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Outpatient cardiovascular guidelines applied in practice (GAP) study – Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61543
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Generating a cost-effective and resource-efficient mechanism for the field triage of injured persons – Craig D. Newgard, M.D., M.P.H.
$299,997
(3 years)
ID 61542
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Weight status and quality of care among older adults in the United States – Virginia W. Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61536
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Primary-care-based mental health screening for adolescents in foster care – Sandra H. Jee, M.D., M.P.H.
$300,000
(3 years)
ID 61540
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Iron deficiency and prolonged bottle-feeding: risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities – Jane M. Brotanek, M.D., M.P.H.
$203,626
(2 years)
ID 63424
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Can we tailor clinical guidelines to the comorbidity profiles of patients? – R. Scott Braithwaite, M.D., M.Sc.
$298,979
(3 years)
ID 61534
Other Program Activities
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars
$708,148
(1 year)
ID 59921
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology.
Other Program Activities
Boston University Health Policy Institute
Boston, MA
Technical assistance and direction for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
$649,594
(1 year)
ID 59920
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Program
To allow midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists to participate in a one-year residency in Washington, D.C., working for Congress on health policy issues.
Program Sites
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Nancy Ridenour, Ph.D., R.N.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61491
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Deborah Trautman, Ph.D., R.N.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61493
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Renee Ellen Fox, M.D.
$154,912
(3 years)
ID 61465
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
William L. Turner, Ph.D.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61494
Missouri State University School of Nursing
Springfield, MO
Susan M. Hinck, Ph.D., R.N.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61472
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
Daniel J. Derksen, M.D.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61464
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Kathleen A. Klink, M.D.
$155,000
(3 years)
ID 61475
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
Portland, OR
Lupita Salazar Letscher, R.N., M.S.
$154,976
(3 years)
ID 61492
Other Program Activities
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Technical assistance and direction for the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Program
$897,785
(1 year)
ID 59924
Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
To develop and implement a six-week academic enrichment program for undergraduate college students from minority groups, rural areas and economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine or dentistry.
Other Program Activities
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, DC
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
$1,195,767
(1 year)
ID 53038
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
Multistate online nursing education aimed at increasing the number of baccalaureate-level graduate nurses
$725,000
(3 years)
ID 62520
Wisdom at Work: Retaining Experienced Nurses
To build an evidence base for what works to retain experienced nurses and develop better understanding of the impact of such interventions.
Program Sites
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
Understanding the virtual ICU as an alternative work environment for experienced nurses
$44,540
(8 months)
ID 63294
The Lewin Group, Inc.
Falls Church, VA
Case studies of strategies used by employers to retain experienced workers
$400,000
(1 year)
ID 63658
Other Program Activities
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Support for the national advisory committee and grantee convenings for Wisdom at Work
$105,766
(20 months)
ID 61229