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| Dec 17, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $8.6-Million Grant to Kaiser Permanente to Develop Largest, Most Diverse U.S. Biobank
The Pioneer Portfolio has awarded $8.6 million to develop a biobank to help reveal environmental and genetic factors behind diseases. |
| Dec 4, 2008 |
Happiness is a Collective, Not Just Individual, Phenomenon
If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends—and their friends. And while you’re at it, their friends’ friends.But if you’re sad, hold the blame. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California,... |
| Sep 17, 2008 |
Design Teams Unveil Innovative PHR Applications that Help People Take Charge of Their Health
Nine research teams from across the country unveiled innovative prototypes of personal health record (PHR) applications that provide a glimpse of the "next generation" of PHRs. |
| May 29, 2008 |
Discovering How Video Games Can Motivate Healthy Behaviors: More Than $2 Million Awarded to 12 Research Teams
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced today the first round of grants awarded through the Health Games Research national program. More than $2 million in grants will enable research teams to help strengthen the evidence base that supports the... |
| May 21, 2008 |
Smoking is Addictive, But Quitting is Contagious
Over the last 30 years, the number of smokers in the United States has steadily decreased—a tribute to the efforts of public health workers everywhere. And while this fact is unarguable, less obvious are the social and cultural forces that lead an individual... |
| Mar 18, 2008 |
Winners Announced in HopeLab's Global Competition to Get Kids Moving!
HopeLab today announced the winners of Ruckus Nation, a global idea competition to get kids moving. The $50,000 grand prize, awarded at an event held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, went to "Dancing Craze," submitted by Stacy Cho, 30, from Seattle,... |
| Mar 6, 2008 |
Sports4Kids Named Top "Changemaker" by Nike, Ashoka
The program was recognized for bringing play back to school playgrounds in low-income communities in the U.S. |
| Jan 24, 2008 |
Statement on IOM Report on "Knowing What Works in Health Care"
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., comments on IOM's "Knowing What Works in Health Care report," a road map for identifying the nation's most effective health care services. |
| Jan 11, 2008 |
Regina Benjamin, Juliet Garcia and Eugene Washington Join Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees
The three new members were praised for their expertise, credentials, judgment and their understanding of the role of philanthropy in American life. |