News releases
| Dec 17, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $8.6-Million Grant to Kaiser Permanente to Develop Largest, Most Diverse U.S. Biobank
The Pioneer Portfolio has awarded $8.6 million to develop a biobank to help reveal environmental and genetic factors behind diseases. |
| Dec 10, 2008 |
RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America Holds Third Public Hearing Focused on How Work and the Workplace Impact Health
At its third and final field hearing today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America heard testimony from more than a dozen experts about how workplace wellness initiatives, working conditions and benefits provided through the... |
| Dec 10, 2008 |
Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously
Americans overwhelmingly believe that schools have a major role to play in advancing the health of our nation’s kids, and they are specifically concerned about the lack of recess and physical activity in schools, according to new polling results released by... |
| Dec 9, 2008 |
Report Finds Economic Crisis Hurting U.S. Preparedness for Health Emergencies
More than half of states score 7 or lower out of 10 in readiness rankings in the sixth annual Ready or Not? report issued by Trust for America's Health. |
| Dec 4, 2008 |
Happiness is a Collective, Not Just Individual, Phenomenon
If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends—and their friends. And while you’re at it, their friends’ friends.But if you’re sad, hold the blame. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California,... |
| Dec 3, 2008 |
Small Business Owners Say Cutting Health Care Costs, Need for Reform are Top Concerns
Making health care more affordable is a top concern of small business owners, saying health care costs are the primary issue confronting their businesses. |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
First Blog Launched Dedicated to Juvenile Justice Teens Struggling with Substance Abuse
The blog is dedicated to serving the community with useful information about juvenile justice reform and teen drug treatment. |
| Nov 19, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program Names Richard Krugman New National Advisory Committee Chair and Names Five New Committee Members
Applications accepted for Clinical Scholars mid-December 2008 to February 27, 2009. |
| Nov 19, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for $18-Million Initiative to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
RWJF announced 11 grant recipients of an unprecedented four-year initiative. |