Elevating Health Leadership and Development
LEADERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH
In communities around the nation, RWJF is working to develop leaders from different backgrounds and disciplines. We position them at the forefront of evidence and research and help them become key ambassadors for health and drivers of change.
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Featured Initiatives
RWJF funds many initiatives in support of our vision for a Culture of Health. For this focus area, these initiatives were selected to demonstrate grantmaking that is helping us achieve the greatest impact.
Clinical Scholars
Clinical Scholars is a leadership opportunity for practitioners from diverse fields of healthcare. Through intensive learning, mentoring, and networking, this program develops fellows across health care settings and disciplines to create leaders of transformational change.
Culture of Health Leaders
Culture of Health Leaders supports pioneers and change-makers across all sectors to address health equity and move communities and organizations toward Building a Culture of Health.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Health Policy Research Scholars invests in scholars from underrepresented backgrounds who can help shape policy toward a Culture of Health through research and leadership.
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Equipping teams of researchers and community partners to apply advanced
leadership skills and rigorous research in meeting pressing community
health needs.
Leadership Participant and Alumni Resources
Clinical Scholars Alumni Verification
To verify that an individual physician was an RWJF Clinical Scholar for the purposes of hospital credentials or licensure, please review the list of names of former Clinical Scholars.
Communications Planning Tool
The tool is designed to help you create and implement a proactive plan. It will help you engage more intentionally and strategically in times of urgency and changing circumstances. And it should complement other communication planning tools and training you may have received. If you already have a communications plan, reviewing this tool might help you add new insights and dimensions to it.
Current Grant Opportunities
We realize that building a Culture of Health will take unprecedented collaboration and a deeper understanding of where barriers exist and how to overcome them.
We have previously funded opportunities in this area of focus with the goal to strengthen and advance health equity, and we have more work to do.