The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
at the University of Pennsylvania aims to develop leaders
who will produce significant scholarship, design interventions,
and build the infrastructure and prestige of a new field
focused on the multiple determinants of health.
Description
Penn's program is based on an eclectic and expansive vision
of the kinds of knowledge and actions that are needed to
improve the nation's health. Over 50 core
faculty are drawn from Penn's schools of medicine, arts
and sciences, communication (Annenberg), business (Wharton),
social work, fine arts, nursing, and law. Penn's history
of interdisciplinary collaboration, location in Philadelphia
and compact campus facilitate a unique interdisciplinary
atmosphere for conducting research and training new leaders.
Our diverse core faculty collaborate on projects such
as those that:
explore aspects of health inequalities, race relations/ethnicity,
nutrition, and effects of the built environment;
involve novel applications of multi-level modeling and
spatial analysis to understand the complex interplay of
factors that produce health; and
design and test interventions at the community, mass
media and social policy level.
Developing scholars' capacity for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary,
research is the major focus
of the program. Scholars acquire new skills, span disciplinary
boundaries and launch innovative scholarly programs of their
own design. From recruitment on, scholars are linked with
mentors who will provide guidance and serve as advocates
for their interests and careers.
Scholars take part in a common curriculum
and also formulate an individualized learning plan that
takes advantage of the program's core faculty and courses
and other learning opportunities in Penn's many departments
and centers.
Benefits
Scholars receive generous research support that includes
seed money for new projects, research assistants, travel
funds, and additional University resources. Health professionals
have opportunities to maintain clinical skills.
Cohort 5 Scholar
Mehret Mandefro has been named a
2009-2010 White House Fellow!
Cohort 5 Scholar
Sabrina McCormick's film "No Family History" received the honor of being named Best Real Time Documentary at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
We are pleased to announce our
7th Cohort of Scholars!
Congratulations to:
Michael Bader
Alison Buttenheim
Jooyoung Lee
FEATURED PROJECT
Mapping the Du Bois PhiladelphiaNegrois a research, teaching, and outreach project aimed at recreating the survey W.E.B. Du Bois conducted in 1896 that served as the basis for his 1899 classic, The Philadelphia Negro. The centerpiece of the project is an interactive GIS of the Seventh Ward that Du Bois surveyed that allows visitors to identify the residents of each property and create thematic maps showing household composition, race/ethnicity, and other patterns using historical US census and archival data. The project will also include a documentary, board game, and high school curriculum materials.
Cohort I Scholar Jose Pagan produces short film
about uninsurance in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas Play Film
For More Information on Jose's Project,
view his bio on the Scholar's
page
