News & Events

• Research shows that progress toward gender equity has slowed or stalled in the United States
• Evidence for Action announces nearly $1 million in funding to four studies

Originally posted 7/28/2020 by Michelle Samuels at the Boston School of Public Health

Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is partnering with the Foundation's Global Ideas for U.S.

As part of our deadline-driven Approaches to Advance Gender Equity from Around the Globe Call for Proposals, we are hosting virtual office hours via Zoom. Registration is not required.

On January 14th, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule, FR-6123-P-02, that changes the definition of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The proposed changes, if implemented, will undermine progress made towards building neighborhoods that foster inclusivity and shape health and well-being and will compromise health equity and adversely impact the health of communities throughout the United States. 

A duo of faculty researchers from UT and the University of Pennsylvania have received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action grant of about $680,000 to evaluate an innovative project

By Michael Greenwood. Originally posted to YaleNews July 26, 2019.

Originally authored by Aneri Pattani in the Philly Inquirer, July 18, 2019

By Dr. Erin Hagan, PhD, MBA, Deputy Director, Evidence for Action.

by Erin Hagan, PhD, MBA, E4A Deputy Director.

We’ve updated our Call for Proposals (CFP), application materials, and select funding parameters to better align applications and funded projects with our goal of supporting and disseminating high

During the Bipartisan Policy  briefing, Overcoming Health Care Challenges in Immigrant Communities, panelists discussed challenges to immigrant communities accessing health