The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program at the University of Wisconsin offers a two-year postdoctoral experience designed to meet the following goals:
- To provide scholars with an understanding of population health that is broad and integrative
- To insure that scholars understand how to translate new population health knowledge into policy and practice
- To provide scholars with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to become leaders in the emerging field of population health
- To contribute to the understanding of population health concepts at the university, state, and national levels.
The Health & Society Scholars program at Wisconsin is housed in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
Health & Society Scholars at Wisconsin: The "Slide-Show Tour"
Join Co-Director Stephanie Robert for a tour of the Wisconsin site via a slide-show presentation (PDF version).
Funding Competitions
Health and Society Research Prize 2011-2012:
The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural prize for the Best Research in Health & Society at UW-Madison is:
Christopher L. Coe, Gayle D. Love, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Shinobu Kitayama, Hazel R. Markus, Russell P. Tracy, and Carol D. Ryff. 2011. "Population Differences in Proinflammatory Biology: Japanese Have Healthier Profiles than Americans." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 25: 494-502.This award is designed to call attention to scholarship published by faculty and/or academic staff during calendar year 2011 that addresses aspects of population health or health and society, broadly defined, such as addressing the multiple determinants of health (e.g., biological, medical, behavioral, social, economic and environmental) and their important interactions over the life course; examining the measurement, distribution, or experiences of health; or evaluating interventions (at individual, community, or policy levels) for their impact on population health outcomes. This year's competition saw many impressive nominations that suggest scholarship on health and society topics at UW-Madison is vibrant across the campus.
Please join us in congratulating Professor Coe and his colleagues on this accomplishment.
Population Health Dissertation Grant 2012-2013
Deadline: 5/1/2012 by 5:00 p.m.
Please see the 2012-2013 application instructions and our list of past awardees.
Faculty Course Development Grants on “Expanding Interdisciplinary Course Content on Population Health” 2011-2012
Competition now CLOSED.
Please see our list of 2011-2012 awardees and past awardees.
Scholars: New Cohort
In Fall 2012 we will welcome our 10th Cohort: Fenaba Addo and Julie Maslowsky. Finalist candidates for the 11th Cohort will be interviewed in late January 2013.
How to Apply
To select the Health & Society Scholars program at Wisconsin on your application, please see the application instructions on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program's national web site. Please note: The Health & Society Scholars program at Wisconsin does not directly accept applications or handle questions about the national application process and timetable.
Thank you for your interest!