News & Events

We share the bittersweet news that after an illustrious career, trailblazer Dr. Nancy Adler is retiring from her directorship at E4A and transitioning into an advisory role. At the same time, we are excited to welcome E4A's new director, Dr. Amani M. Nuru-Jeter, PhD, MPH, a seasoned public health professor, researcher, and thought-leader at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health will join us on September 1, 2023.

Final results from Stockton pilot program show connections between financial security and better health

As Pride month comes to a close, we highlight one of our Evidence for Action (E4A) funded projects, “Investigating The Netherlands Gender-Affirming Care Policy to Improve Transgender Youth Health Outcomes in the US.”

What has COVID taught us about addressing health disparities, about needed cross-sector collaboration, and how we can better protect the most impacted communities in the next large-scale emergency?

As the nation begins to work back from COVID-19’s devastating effects on our health and economy, it’s crucial to understand the variations of COVID-related state policies and their impact on the Am

Dr. Janice Johnson Dias moderates a fireside chat on racial justice and health equity research - what the barriers are to achieving racial justice and equity through research and in research, as well as some of the potential solutions.

• The CUSP database is designed to facilitate rapid research, journalism, and policy action to improve population health and equity
• Created by researchers at Boston Univ

• 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.