Ideas for An Equitable Future
The equitable future we all deserve won’t simply arrive—we must create it together.
We work with scientists, anthropologists, engineers, artists, and other creative thinkers across the nation to explore and accelerate cutting-edge ideas that could pave the way toward a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
Together, we can build a future where health is for everyone.
Related Initiatives
New technologies, scientific discoveries and cultural shifts are redefining our future. We support research and pilot projects that shine a light on how these forces are shaping our future and uncover solutions that can help us tap into these emerging trends. The initiatives featured here are examples of ideas that could help us achieve health equity faster and together.
Challenge Assumptions
Rather than leading to bad decisions, "crowdsourcing" can actually improve medical decisionmaking.
Upend the Status Quo
Gig work can be made more equitable with fair pay, stable hours, and safe working conditions.
Explore Emerging Trends
Could generative AI pomote collaboration, compassion, and other behaviors in online communities?
Expand Thinking
Often overlooked as a health issue, noise can trigger stress and heart-related conditions.
Offer New Perspectives
Nurses with a "maker" mindset are improving care at the bedside.
Ideas from Other Fields
Using Afrofuturism, high school kids are imagining a healthier future where Black and Brown people thrive.
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Work and Health: What Does the Future Hold?
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How the Future of Work May Impact Our Wellbeing
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How the Maker Movement is Innovating Healthcare
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Evidence and Health: What Does the Future Hold?
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Featured Resources
Unscripted: Candid Conversations About the Future of Research
Six visionary thinkers take the mic to rethink the way society produces, collects, shares, and uses knowledge about health to advance health equity.
Hunches
A hunch is an inkling, a possibility, a sneaking suspicion about the future. We don’t often share our hunches, but when we do, amazing things can happen. Share yours!
What’s Next Health
Our publication explores a range of signals, emerging trends, and pioneering ideas that can help us all anticipate and influence a more equitable future.
Take Us to a Better Place: Stories
Using the power of fiction, this collection of 10 short stories published by RWJF helps readers imagine possible pathways to a Culture of Health.
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