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For three decades, tile Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships
Program leas enhance tile careers of outstanding mid-career academic
health professionals, community Stealth leaders, and behavioral scientists.
Though a unique and comprehensive orientations program clesigned acid
acIministerec' by the Institute of Medicine, followed by high level work
assignments in the U.S. Congress or tile Administration, almost 200
Fellows have participated in scraping fecleral health policy. Fellows, strate-
gically positioned at the Plexus of health care, policy, and politics in
Washington D.C., accept front line responsibilities in shaping the nation's
legislation and r egulations governing health and health cat e in tire
United States.
Formal evaluations of the program leave demonstrates! treat tire fellow-
sl~ip promotes and accelerates professional career development. I he com-
missionect studies, corroborated by recent surveys and focus groups of
alumni, leave repeatedly documented tire transfort~i~g nature of tile expe-
rience including:
~ Attainment of subsequent leadership roles in major professional
societies and voluntary health organizations;
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· A track record ot prestigious promotions in academia and health
care organizations; ant!
· A lasting connection to both the picogram and fellow alumn
creating an influential and powerful health policy network.
Fellows leave beers frequently cited Icy members of Congress, tire
Administration, and the health policy community at large as significantly
improving else outcomes of I~ealtl~ policymaking process. For example,
Mario PacI~eco (2000-2001) arrived ilk Washington witty a concern about
obesity ilk tire Hispanic pol)ulatio~. During his Congressional assignment,
Mario energetically acid effectively supported the successful passage of
a~ti-obesity legislation pleat created a study of scI~ool-based vending
nacI~ines Alice their effect on cl~ildI~ood nutrition. Tire scientific ant! clini-
Cal expertise Fellows possess make valuable contributions to the delibera-
tions that face federal policymakers. Consequently, tire demand for Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation Healths Policy Fellows is high, both cluring the
year in Washington D.C. amuck cluring flee years that follow. Fellows are
aggressively recruited for Congressional committees and personal staff
,oositior~s on biotic sicles of tire aisle. Tizzy are also sought for assignments
in the Administration, including the Office of the Secretary of Healths ant!
Human Services, tire Department of Defense, ant! tire Wl~ite House Office
of Domestic Policy.
After completion of the DC experience federal and state agencies and
professional organizations ant! associations aggressively pursue alumni for
theist insights and leeway fount! abilities to serve in leaclersl~ip Blokes. Fo~-
example, Lisa lkaplowitz (1996-1997) is tire current Deputy Con~nissioner
of Emergency Preparedness and Response for tire Co~n~no~wealtI~ of
Virginia; wirily Larry Kerr (1998-1999) serves in tire Executive Office oftl~e
President of tire United States.
Alumni also serve as University Presidents, Vice Chancellors, ant! Deans
of Scl~ools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Healths. Wiley are Directors of
State Medicaic! Programs, Department Chairs, ant! Healths Policy Directors.
Alumni also continue to enthusiastically maintain their connections to
Washington D.C. and some have even become official liaisons in govern-
ment relations for their universities and professional societies.
WI1ile many changes have come about since the Program's inception in
1973, a recent notable addition is the availability of additional financial
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support to enable fellows to extend the length of their assig-nn~ents in D.C.
so they can complete the legislative session in Congress. Alternatively, fel-
lows may elect to use tire adclitional funds to continue a plannecl program
of health policy leadership development for up to two years after tire D.C.
assignment. At the enc! of the resiclential time in Washington, Fellows
select two or three mentors wise will serve as coaches or advocates. Tire
mentoring component is intencled to expanc! health policy leadership sI
