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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Change Agents In Medicine For More Than 40 Years

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Change Agents In Medicine For More Than 40 Years. Photo: Harold Shapiro. Mission. Develop physician leaders to improve U.S. health and healthcare while preserving a commitment to service & patients.

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Change Agents In Medicine For More Than 40 Years

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  1. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical ScholarsChange Agents In Medicine For More Than 40 Years Photo: Harold Shapiro

  2. Mission Develop physician leaders to improve U.S. health and healthcare while preserving a commitment to service & patients. Leonard Lesser (UCLA CSP 09-12) (center) and teens at the Youth, Schools, Community - Partnership in Action Photo: Harold Shapiro

  3. Diversity Commitment The Program: embraces racial, ethnic, gender and disciplinary diversity encourages candidates with diverse backgrounds to apply provides all qualified candidates an equal opportunity to compete for a Clinical Scholar position

  4. Training Sites & National Program Office Training Sites • University of Pennsylvania • University of California, Los Angeles • University of Michigan • Yale University National Program Office: • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  5. About the Program • Founded in 1969 and adopted by RWJF in 1972 • Oldest RWJF program • An RWJF Human Capital Scholars & Fellows program • Long-standing collaboration with US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) • RWJF and the VA fund Scholar stipends & health insurance • RWJF supports research related expenses • VA provides in-kind faculty, clinical and research resources

  6. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1936 Founded as the Johnson New Brunswick Foundation by Robert Wood Johnson • 1963 Focus on hospital management and nursing care 1948 2000 shares of J & J stock Depression & WWII Dormant with $475 in bank 1952 Name change to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - health & health care, scholarship support, community service in NJ became focus

  7. 1972 Value of stock rises to $1 billion Board appoints Dr. David Rogers president (Dean at Hopkins) Aides: Bob Blendon (Hopkins), Terry Keenan (Ford Foundation), Margaret Mahoney (Carnegie Corporation) 1968 Robert Wood Johnson II dies - Foundation has $53 million $300 million bequeathed 1971 Gus Leinhard becomes Chair of Board Foundation goes National in December Legal requirement to spend $45 million within the year

  8. We have studied previous foundation triumphs and failures. We have held conferences with a number of the best minds working on broad problems in health. We have had discussions with our colleagues in medicine and other health professions, and with the staffs of many of the decision-makers in government who are working to develop effective legislation in health…And we’ve contemplated—a rare privilege in our world. 1972 Annual Report

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