The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program is designed to build the nation’s capacity for research, leadership and policy change to address the multiple determinants of population health.

Each year the program enables up to 18 outstanding individuals who have completed their doctoral training to engage in an intensive two-year program at one of six nationally prominent universities.

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Matt Wray

Sociologist Matt Wray, Ph.D., joined the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, after earning his doctorate in ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley. As a participant in the RWJF Health & Society Scholars, Wray hopes to discover what lies behind the high suicide rate in Las Vegas.Read more »
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