10 Grants Awarded By The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards In Health Policy Research

Main Category: ADHD
Also Included In: Alzheimer's / Dementia;  Public Health;  Nutrition / Diet
Article Date: 10 Sep 2009 - 1:00 PDT

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In an effort to tackle major health policy issues in the United States, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® (RWJF) has announced the selection of this year's recipients of its Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research. Sixteen scholars affiliated with major universities across the country will receive funding to support 10 new research projects. The winning researchers are tackling a wide range of health policy issues such as ways to treat children with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) more effectively and improve their quality of life; the way we define and assess risk for developing Alzheimer's Disease; consumer understanding of health claims made about food and beverages; the connections between child and adult health; and the politics surrounding research that compares the effectiveness of medical treatments.

"This program stimulates thinking that is creative and crosses disciplinary boundaries in search of solutions to vexing issues affecting health and health care in the United States," says David Mechanic, Ph.D., national program director for the Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research.

RWJF created the Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program to support talented researchers whose crosscutting and bold new ideas promise to contribute meaningfully to improving U.S. health policy. Funded projects produce enduring insights, sophisticated analyses of pressing problems, potential solutions for improving health and health care, and evidence that informs policymakers, the media, and the public. Since 1992, the Foundation has supported 157 projects involving 202 investigators.

Source:
Barrett Whitener
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research