Health and Society Scholars - Incite at Columbia University

Between 2004 and 2016, Columbia University and Incite Institute constituted one of the six sites in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health and Society Scholars Program.

This program promoted innovative and interdisciplinary research in population health through working groups, internal funding, and public events.

During the program’s 12 years, we hosted 35 postdoctoral scholars. Our program integrated faculty and scholars in the health, behavioral, social, and environmental sciences. Columbia H&SS supported theoretically-informed and methodologically rigorous basic and applied research.

The program fostered an intellectual environment open to unexpected insights from our juxtaposition of different disciplines and points of view; our cross-talk among research, policy, and advocacy; and our encounter with the stimulating and complex environment of New York City. During the 12 years the program awarded more than $2.4 million in seed grant support to an array of projects in population health.