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The Unstoppable Barbara Incardona Damron: How the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Helped Her Become an Education Policy Champion

By Shannan Lynes | July 30, 2024 | Comments Off on The Unstoppable Barbara Incardona Damron: How the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Helped Her Become an Education Policy Champion

By Marisa Coulton Barbara Incardona Damron is unstoppable. For decades, the University of New Mexico professor has made waves in the health policy world at the municipal, state, and federal level. Through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows program and the force of her own will, Damron has been able to fly…

Seven Health Professionals Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program at the National Academy of Medicine

By Shannan Lynes | June 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Seven Health Professionals Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program at the National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2024-2025 class of RWJF Health Policy Fellows. Beginning in September, seven health professionals will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working on health-related legislative and regulatory issues with members of Congress and the executive branch. The fellows were chosen…

“Knowledge is Power”: The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Gave Angie Perone the Tools to Become an Elder Health Policy Expert

By Shannan Lynes | April 25, 2024 | Comments Off on “Knowledge is Power”: The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Gave Angie Perone the Tools to Become an Elder Health Policy Expert

Perone advocates for the health needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults By Marisa Coulton Angie Perone is one of California’s foremost elder health policy experts. She currently works at the University of California, Berkeley, where she serves as an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare and director of the Center for the Advanced Study…

Dr. Hassan Tetteh and the Art of Circling Back

By Shannan Lynes | March 28, 2024 | Comments Off on Dr. Hassan Tetteh and the Art of Circling Back

Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Dr. Hassan Tetteh became became a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow in 2012, an experience that fundamentally altered his perspective on life, politics, and medicine, he said. His path to the fellowship was far from linear, however. His journey began at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, where he majored in biochemistry. He planned to be a doctor. But another field had captured his attention: policy.

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

By Shannan Lynes | March 23, 2024 | Comments Off on From Tragedy to a Purpose-Driven Life: How Dr. Joseph Sakran Transformed Personal Adversity into Public Policy with the RWJF Health Policy Fellowship

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 feature story.

He reflects on his time in the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program, focusing on the potential for clinicians to impact populations by getting involved with policy.