August 8, 2002
A Specialist in Geriatrics to Head Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nearly two decades ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation identified Risa Lavizzo-Mourey as an up-and-coming leader in health care and awarded her a top scholarly honor.
The foundation-supported post-residency training and research program reaffirmed the young doctor's decision to follow a career in health-care policy and, she says, helped open doors to positions in academic institutions and government.
In 2001, Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey was reunited with the foundation when she was
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