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From Tragedy to a Purpose-Driven Life: How Dr. Joseph Sakran Transformed Personal Adversity into Public Policy with the RWJF Health Policy Fellowship

March 23, 2024

Hear from Dr. Joseph Sakran on how the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program allowed him to build relationships and understand what's happening where policy meets practice in this fea...

How The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Has Influenced Health Policy – And My Own Life – For Five Decades

March 22, 2024

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use t...

From Bedside to Beltway: A Nurse’s Journey into Health Care Policy

February 22, 2024

Nurse and professor Dr. Brenda Baker says nurses should have a “bigger footprint” in the health policy arena—the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program helped her see how big a differe...

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Placements of the 2023-2024 RWJF Health Policy Fellows Announced

January 12, 2024

The National Program Office is pleased to announce the placements of the 2023-2024 RWJF Health Policy Fellows!

Thinking Outside the Box: How the RWJF Fellowship Helped Army Reserve General and Health Policy Professor Dr. Peggy Wilmoth Transform Her Career

October 19, 2023

Before joining the program, Wilmoth navigated dual careers as a professor and a Brigadier General in the Army Reserve. She also wanted hands-on experience in the policy world that...

Bridging Health Policy and Economics: How the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Helped Carrie Colla Make an Impact

July 20, 2023

By Marisa Coulton Health economist Carrie Colla had been teaching at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice for seven years when she decided it was time fo...

From Front-Line Practice to Policymaking: How the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Helped David Keahey Open New Doors

June 22, 2023

Hear from David Keahey on how the RWJF fellowship helps clinicians have an impact on the design of policy & care systems. He reflects on how he brought the front-line, rural clinic...

Gettinger (center) with two other 2012-2013 Fellows: Hassan Tetteh (left) and Stephen Ferrara (right). Photo courtesy Andy Gettinger

Sending Clinicians to Congress: The Need for Real-World Clinical Experience to Inform Health Policymaking in Washington

May 16, 2023

Dr. Andy Gettinger reflects on his experience in the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program to discuss how his expertise and passions shaped his career and advice for prospective fello...

Life After the Fellowship

April 20, 2023

How the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Helps Participants Advance Their Careers The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows Program is often described as a...