The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program provides two years of support to United States (US) post-doctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nation's capacity for research and leadership to address the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change. It is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange.

Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to:

• investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioural, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and
• develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health.

The foundation intends to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyse problems, and the range of solutions to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all people in the US.

Eligibility requirements include completed doctoral training, prior research experience, and citizenship or residency in the US.

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Email from Jeffrey Price to The Communication Initiative on August 17 2009.