Human Capital Development
Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
Established in 1992, the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program has enabled outstanding new Ph.D.s in economics, political science, and sociology to advance their involvement in health policy research through two-year fellowships at three nationally prominent universities—the University of California at Berkeley/San Francisco, Harvard University, and the University of Michigan. Based at HPI, the national program office oversees Program operations and provides technical assistance to the participating universities. Alan B. Cohen is the National Program Director, Catherine M. Player is the Deputy Director, Melissa Manolis is the Program Manager, and Jedediah Horwitt is the Research Analyst.
In 2007, the Program successfully recruited a diverse group of 13 highly talented individuals to its 14th cohort of Scholars, bringing the total number of past and present Program participants to 166 and the Foundation’s total investment in the Program to $67.3 million. The Foundation also made a grant of $901,000 to the HPRP to support three additional Scholars, to be selected by the National Program Office and the National Advisory Committee. The competition for the 15th cohort is now underway. The 13th annual meeting—held at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado in June 2007—showcased the research of the Scholars in a broad array of areas within health policy. Program alumni who were honored recently include: Mark Sawyer (recipient of the American Political Science Association's 2007 Ralph J. Bunche Award); Elizabeth Bruch (co-recipient with Professor Robert Mare of the 2007 Robert Park Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association's Community and Urban Sociology Section); Julia Lynch (recipient of the 2007 Best Book Award in European Politics from the American Political Science Association); and Kelly Devers (recipient of AcademyHealth’s 2006 HSR Impact Award for outstanding research that has been successfully translated into health policy, management or clinical practice). Further information about the Program may be found at http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org.
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