About the Program

During its 24-year history, the National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program was housed at the following sites:

  • Brandeis University, Florence Heller Graduate School (1992 – 1994)
  • Boston University, School of Management (1994 – 2003)
  • Boston University, Health Policy Institute (2003 – 2013)
  • Boston University, Questrom School of Business (2013 – 2016)
     

Core staff of the NPO included:

  • National Program Director:
    Alan B. Cohen, ScD (1992 – 2016)
  • Deputy Program Director:
    Eileen M. Connor, MA, MPH (1993 - 2006)
    Nora Zelizer, PhD (2006 - 2007)

    Catherine (Katie) M. Player, MA (2007 – 2016)
  • Program Manager:
    Katherine Raskin, MPP (1992 – 1998)
    Kathleen Araujo, BA (2003 – 2007)
    Melissa Manolis, MS (2007 – 2015)
    Tracy Brown, MPP, MA (2015 – 2016)
  • Research Analyst:
    Jennifer Drake, MA (2005 – 2007)
    Jedediah (Jed) N. Horwitt, MPH (2007 – 2010)
    Christine Halbig, MPH (2011 – 2012)
  • Communications and Data Manager:
    Christine Halbig, MPH (2012 – 2014)
  • Administrative Assistant:
    Janet Barden, BA (1992 – 1994)
    Naghmeh Shirkhan, BA (1994 – 1995)
    Daniel Nocivelli, BA (1995 – 2002)
    Sudip Peterson, BA (2003)