The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is launching four new programs as part of their Advancing Change Leaders national initiative to achieve a Culture of Health.  Each program focuses on leaders at different levels (doctoral students, post docs, junior faculty, mid-career clinicians, and multi-sector leaders outside of clinical practice). Selected candidates remain in their current communities and apply as teams. Attached is a brief description of each program and calls for applications. RWJF is looking for a diverse an applicant pool  and that all potentially eligible candidates know about the new focus of the programs.

Please consider applying and share with your networks!

Information about the programs can be found at http://www.rwjf.org/changeleaders 

A webinar describing the Advancing Change Leaders Initiative and each of the four programs is scheduled for 2/25 from 1-2pm EST.  Below are details to join the webinar.  

• Weblink: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/v0jucx1jekv2&eom
• Dial-In Number: (877) 795-5431
• Conference ID/Passcode: 54562744

Programs:

• Health Policy Research Scholars is an unprecedented initiative supporting full-time doctoral scholars, from underrepresented populations and disadvantaged backgrounds, who are entering the first or second year of their doctoral program. Participants will complete their doctoral program concurrently and: 

• Design and apply their health-policy-related work in new ways to meet the pressing needs of communities;

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  Collaborate with other scholars and professionals from diverse fields to create a healthier, more equitable future for all people; and,

• Develop profound leadership skills to advance a Culture of Health that will enable all to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come.
• Participants will become the next generations of leaders, collaborating across sectors to upend the status quo, address health disparities, and take bold steps to achieve greater equity in communities across the country. 
• In the Clinical Scholars program, interprofessional teams of clinicians will: 
• Prepare to lead transformative change—centered on health equity—in their communities. 
• Realize their unique role as both health care providers and trusted leaders within their communities.
• Work across disciplines to tackle real, complex health problems in their communities and, ultimately, build a nationwide Culture of Health. 
• Participants will become the next generations of leaders, collaborating across sectors to upend the status quo, address health disparities, and take bold steps to achieve greater equity in communities across the country. 
• Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is a groundbreaking program supporting teams of researchers and community leaders to:

• Bridge the gap between the pressing needs of communities and health research and policy efforts;

• Collaborate in new ways to create a healthier, more equitable future; and,

• Develop leadership skills to advance a Culture of Health, enabling all people to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come.

• Participants will become the next generations of leaders, collaborating across sectors to upend the status quo, address health disparities, and take bold steps to achieve greater equity in communities across the country. 
• Multi sector leaders for health will equip 20-30 individuals, plus five to six established and emerging teams with tools, skills, knowledge, relationships, and competencies to create cross-disciplinary, collaborative solutions to health inequities. Particular emphasis on cooperation, inspiring communities, and influencing local and national conversations. Includes such diverse disciplines as education, transportation, technology, public health and public policy, business, health care, community development, and urban planning.