Category: Featured Stories
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...
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...
From Clinical Psychology to Public Policy: How Dr. Kimberlyn Leary Took Clinical Experience to the White House with the RWJF Health Policy Fellows
February 14, 2023
For nearly 50 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program has sought to build a strong, diverse network of leaders and maintain a workforce skilled in h...
The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Offers Insider Access to Life on Capitol Hill
October 7, 2022
By Marisa Coulton When it comes to the world of federal health policy, there is nothing that compares to being there, in the room where it happens. “Working in Congress is really s...
How to Advance Health Equity Through Health Policy
September 28, 2022
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...
“Transformative”: The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Orientation Is a Crash Course in American Health Policy
September 6, 2022
By Marisa Coulton Brian Williams was at the top of his field as a surgeon and was looking for a way to expand his impact beyond the patients that he cared for every day. “I was at...
How to Advance Health Equity Through Health Policy
August 4, 2022
Kirsten Johnson, MPH, discovered a passion for public health while serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa focusing on family planning and vaccine distribution. After receiving h...