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Meet the Scholars

  • Zaid Gayle
    Prior to receiving the Community Health Leaders award, advocacy for our organization and our youth was labored and difficult.
  • Lon Newman, MS
    Having a collegial relationship with other Community Health Leaders award recipients has provided me with a working network...
  • Jeffrey Gonzalez, PhD
    I can’t think of any other single experience during college that had more to do with getting me to where I am today.
  • Maria Claudia Norena
    Being part of the Ladder to Leadership program is helping me discover professional strengths I wasn’t aware I had....
  • Carmen Young
    Becoming a doctor - from dream to destination, thanks to SMDEP.
  • Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
    The Clinical Scholars program encourages us to think "outside the box"....
  • Comilla Sasson, MD
    There is no other program like the RWJF Clinical Scholars program for physician leaders who want to change America's health care...
  • James Jennings, Ph.D.
    New Connections has allowed me to discover important relationships between public health and community development.
  • David Van Sickle, PhD
    The RWJF Health & Society Scholars program gave me the training and perspective to see exciting new possibilities...
  • Sabrina McCormick, PhD, MA
    As a Health & Society Scholar, I was able not only to ‘think big thoughts,’ but also to see how...