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Programs' Progress
Record Number of Applicants for theHealth Policy Fellows Program
With a new Congress and administrationin place, applicants for the
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Program
are ready to be part of the change.When the 2009
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2010 call forapplications closed on November 14,2008, the program staff counted themost applicants they had received in theprogram
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January/February 2009
Foundation Focus
I am delighted to present the inaugural edition of the
RWJF
Leaders
’
Link
e-newsletter. For those of you who have been receiving the
Scholars Communications Link
, this new e-publication will take its place. Each of you isessential to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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s mission of helping Americanslive healthier lives. As a grantee, scholar, fellow, leader or investigator, you are avital resource for your field and your community. As a group, you
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re catalyzingchanges in health care for an increasingly diverse population.I hope the
Leaders
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Link
provides a convenient way for you to learn about andaccess each other
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s knowledge and skill. By joining your expertise with that ofothers in these programs, you can create a resource that serves the public andfurthers your own professional goals.To that end, you
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ll also want to share your published research or health initiativewith a wide audience. Help us help you reach this goal: e-mail your request andyour study to
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30 to 60 days prior
to publication orkickoff. We can provide tips that may help generate media interest in your work.For a start, see the "Communication Corner" in this issue.
Linda Wright Moore
Senior Communications Officer
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Inside Intelligence
Want to stay current with national newscoverage of health reform, healthinsurance, vulnerable populations,public health, and other subjects?Subscribe to the
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RWJF Daily MediaClips
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listserv, and the latest healthnews will be delivered to your inbox.
Communication Corner
What Makes News? How ToTranslate Your Project Into
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Media- Speak
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Your study is about to be published in amedical journal, or your initiativeunveiled to the public. You want togarner media attention and reachimportant stakeholders. Below aresome tips to help frame your work interms that help the media appreciate itssignificance:
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See if you can connect your work to atopic already in the news. Forexample, if you direct a local health
Health & Society Scholars
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was published in the December 2008issue of the
Journal of School Health
. The paper found that a school-based asthmacurriculum designed specifically for urban students has been shown to reducesymptoms, activity limitations, and health care utilization for interventionparticipants. News stories on the study appeared in the
Washington Post
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RWJF Year in Research
Features Human Capital Scholars andInvestigators
The voters have spoken. Among the list of the 10 most influential RWJF-fundedresearch articles of 2008
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as determined by more than 1,400 ballots cast
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halfare from scholars or investigators in the Human Capital Portfolio. The list, the
, is compiled annually by David C. Colby, Ph.D., vicepresident for research and evaluation. This year, voting was opened for the firsttime to RWJF Web site visitors, Twitter users and e-mail subscribers, who chosethe 10 articles from a list of 25 nominees.The winning studies they cited address a range of pressing health concerns facingAmericans, their health care providers and developers of health policy. Five wereauthored or co-authored by members of the Human Capital Portfolio.Continued» Read More Achievements & Accolades »
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clinic servicing an underservedcommunity, your efforts might be tiedto national trend stories on the needto reduce health care costs, or toprovide medical care for theunderserved. Or perhaps you canpeg your story to a regional orstatewide issue.
Do you want to promote yourresearch?
Do you have a story to tell orinformation to share?
RWJF
Leaders
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Link
by March 12, 2009.
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RWJF Leaders Link highlights these Human Capital programs:
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Annual Meetings and Seminars
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Executive Nurse Fellows
, Reston, Va., Apr 1-5
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Nurse Faculty Scholars
, San Francisco, Calif., Mar 9-11
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Health & Society Scholars
, San Diego, Calif., May 11-14
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Scholars in Health Policy Research
, Aspen, Colo.,May 27-30
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Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development
, TBD,Oct 7-9
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Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
, San
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