Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program
Overview
The Health & Society Scholars (HSS) Program at Harvard University is a unique interdisciplinary initiative that integrates activities from four schools, each with a national reputation for academic...
Scholar Profiles
2011 Cohort Esther Friedman, PhDEsther M. Friedman is a sociologist with an interest in social stratification as it relates to health and aging. She received a Ph.D. in sociology from UCLA and a master's...
Core Faculty
Program Co-Directors: Lisa Berkman, PhD, Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology Ichiro Kawachi, MD,...
Seminar Series
The RWJF Health & Society Scholars postdoc program at Harvard is anchored by this bi-weekly seminar series and provides a forum for transdisciplinary analysis and discussion of major issues in population...
RWJ Seed Grant Program
Spring 2012 round: Closed Click here to view descriptions of previous seed grant awards.Purpose The RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program at Harvard trains scholars in the social determinants...
FAQs
1. How are mentors selected at Harvard? 2. At what point should applicants contact potential mentors? 3. Can the Harvard co-directors pre-screen applications?4. Do scholars need to live in Boston/Cambridge...
Application to the RWJF HSS Program
Each year the program will enable up to 12 outstanding individuals who have completed doctoral training to engage in an intensive two-year program at one of the six nationally prominent universities....
Survey for Previous RWJ Seed Grant Recipients
For a number of years we have been awarding small grants as part our Health & Society Scholars Program. We are asking that you now help us in evaluating the program's impact by completing a brief...
