Tenancy Support Study

Durham Team Selected for New National Leadership Program to Build Culture of Health

From L to R: Mina Silberberg, Donna Biederman, Emily Carmody

In 2016, former Steering Committee Member Donna Biederman was selected as one of 15 three-person teams to join Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a program led by the University of Minnesota with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). She joined researchers and community leaders from across the country to collaborate and innovate to solve persistent challenges and advance a culture of health.

As part of the program Biederman and colleagues Dr. Mina Silberberg with Duke Division of Community Health and Emily Carmody with the NC Coalition to End Homelessness, partnered with NC DHHS and two permanent supportive housing programs in North Carolina to help develop guidelines for Medicaid reimbursement for tenancy support services.

Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is one of four new leadership development programs launched in 2016 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and represent a four-year, multimillion dollar investment. The programs joined five existing leadership programs in advancing RWJF’s legacy of supporting the development and diversity of leaders impacting health. The 2023 application period for the new programs will open in January. Additional information is available at www.interdisciplinaryresearch-leaders.org. and final results can be found at www.irleaders.org/team/increasing-housing-stability.