The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program provides 2 years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the United States's capacity for research and leadership to address the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. The program's goal is to improve health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health, and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health. The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions available to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans. To be eligible, scholars must have completed doctoral training by the time of entry into the program (August or September 2010) in one of a variety of fields including, but not limited to: the behavioral and social sciences, the biological and natural sciences, health professions, public policy, public health, history, demography, environmental sciences, urban planning, engineering, and ethics. Applicants must have significant research experience, clearly connect their research interests to substantive population health concerns, and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application. As many as 18 scholars will be selected to begin training in August or September 2010 at one of six nationally prominent universities (Columbia University; Harvard University; the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley; the University of Michigan; the University of Pennsylvania; and the University of Wisconsin). Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $89,000 during the 1st year and $92,000 in the 2nd year of the program. Deadline: 2009-10-02