Leaders from four Robert Wood Johnson Foundation leadership and research programs, including Michael Oakes, the Director of Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, recently published an article in GrantWatch to share insights on connecting research to action. Engaged research—conducted in partnership with the community and applied in real time— can accelerate the shift needed to build a Culture of Health. To read more about their work, and their advice for other researchers on how to effectively collaborate with communities to make research relevant and effective for policy change, head over to the HealthAffairs blog.