Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [to 7 November 2015]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [to 7 November 2015]
http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/news-releases.html

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RWJF Announces National Program Centers for Major New Leadership Initiatives
Mon Nov 02 21:01:00 EST 2015
Four institutions selected to serve as National Leadership Program Centers for RWJF’s new leadership initiatives. Each institution will co-design and launch a program to train and network groups of leaders in communities across the country. Each institution is expected to receive an initial three-month planning grant of up to $750,000 to establish one of the four change leadership programs.
:: Diversity in Health Policy Research (DHPR): Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
:: Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL): University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
:: Multisector Leaders for Health (MLH): National Collaborative for Health Equity, a project of New Venture Fund, Washington, D.C.
:: New Clinical Scholars (NCS): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C

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Unhealthy Snack Food Ads to Kids Increased Despite Industry Pledges
Mon Nov 02 11:00:00 EST 2015
Children saw substantially more television advertising for unhealthy snack foods in the past five years, according to a new study, Snack FACTS, by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.