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Health & Society Scholar Finds Lack of Sleep Jeopardizes Potency of Vaccines

We’ve all heard that a good night’s sleep can yield major health benefits, but a new study by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar has found that losing sleep can reduce the effectiveness of vaccinations.

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Meet the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College

This is part of a series introducing programs in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Human Capital Portfolio. The mission of the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College is to provide leadership in health policy education along with research and reform on a national, state and local level while continually supporting the historic mission of Meharry Medical College: to improve the health and health care of minority and underserved communities.

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RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow to Become Dean of Duquesne School of Nursing

RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program helps Mary Ellen Glasgow become a leader in nursing education.

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Health & Society Sholar Studies the Lingering Wounds of Gunshot Survivors

RWJF scholar examines how victims’ lives are disfigured, physically and ‘existentially,’ by the lingering effects of gunshot injuries.

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RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow is Part of Olympic History

Debra Toney is torchbearer for 2012 London Olympics.

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Leaders' Link Newsletter: May/June 2012
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Exceptional Young Physicians Named 2013 RWJF Clinical Scholars
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New roadmap provides expert guidance on how to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities
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Increasing diversity: Discussion leads to opportunities to expand the nursing workforce
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Community Health Leaders are Transforming Health and Health Care in Vulnerable Communities

Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award honors America’s best―10 unsung heroes who have forged their own solutions to the shortcomings and challenges facing our nation’s health care system.