National Program
menubar Scholars have a unique opportunity to interact with leading academicians from the three generalist disciplines – family practice, general pediatrics and general internal medicine – who serve on the program’s National Advisory Committee. One scholar, Nananda Col, MD, Harvard Medical School, tells of how this interaction has benefited her career:

"These people really know their stuff. They care about your project, and they really do mentor you. They sit with you and they share ideas in an incredibly candid way that is invaluable. They don't just ask questions about your methods and how you'll overcome problems with patient recruitment. They really mentor you on the other pieces of career development that no one else seems to help you with…how to write a budget, how to get promoted at your institution, these softer issues that are really important for your career growth."

National Advisory Committee

Kenneth I. Shine, MD (Chairman)
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
The University of Texas System
Austin, Texas

Carole J. Bland, PhD
Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thomas F. Boat, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio

Evan Charney, MD
Professor and Chairman Emeritus
Department of Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Joann G. Elmore, MD
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Larry A. Green, MD
National Program Director
RWJF Prescription for Health
Department of Family Medicine
University of Colorado

Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD
Associate Dean
Health Policy and Research
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

Iris F. Litt, MD
National Program Director
RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars Program
RWJF Clinical Scholars Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Cynthia D. Mulrow, MD, MSc
Clinical Professor of Medicine
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
San Antonio, Texas

Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco,
School of Medicine
San Francisco, California

Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
ann Arbor, Michigan

Harold C. Sox, MD
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kurt Stange, M.D., PhD
Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Oncology, and Sociology
Department of Family Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Mary E. Tinetti, MD
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and
Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Michael Weitzman, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
New York University School of Medicine
New York City, New York

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