Claire Gibbons manages research and evaluation programs for the Foundation’s efforts in improving health care quality, and the work in its Pioneer Portfolio. Drawn by the Foundation’s “commitment and passion to quality health and health care,” she views RWJF’s strong policies and programs for families and communities as closely aligning with her expertise in maternal and child health. Since joining the Foundation in 2007, Gibbons has primarily focused on research and evaluation of the Foundation’s regional approach to improving the quality of health care for patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, depression and heart disease. She also serves as program officer for the evaluation of Aligning Forces for Quality, a national program to support community coalitions to work toward high quality, patient-centered and equitable care.

Previously, Gibbons was project coordinator for an RWJF-funded study, Substance Abuse Needs and Services for Families Involved in the Child Welfare System, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work. She also served as research assistant for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Gibbons also has held teaching assistant positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health and the University of Rochester, New York.

She has written and presented in the areas of child welfare services, substance abuse, child victimization, diabetes, and end-of-life care.

Gibbons earned a Ph.D. from the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.P.H. from the University of Rochester, New York, and two B.A. degrees, in economics and in health and society, from the University of Rochester.

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