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Milken Institute Asia Summit Health Sessions 
Read Our Latest Reports
Review Our Policy Comment Letters
Learn from Milken Institute Health Experts
Upcoming Events
 

Milken Institute Asia Summit Health Sessions

Search the 12th Milken Institute Asia Summit program and watch any public session recordings on demand. View these compelling sessions curated by Milken Institute Health: 

• Centering Women's Health with New Technologies
• Changemakers Closing the Mental Health Gap
• Global Child Nutrition: Fueling Bright Futures
• Hunger for Change: Enhancing Resilience and Security in Food Systems
• The State of Global Health
• Will AI Deliver on the Promise of Better, Faster, Cheaper Health Care?
   

Read Our Latest Reports

• Advancing Health Through Expanded Access to Pharmacy-Based Care
• Bridging Gaps in Clinical Trials: Strategies for Increasing Access and Representation
• Employer Investments: Mitigating Risk to Maximize Business, People, and Community Resilience and Performance
• Employer Action Exchange: Executive Reflections on Building Resilient Businesses Through Whole-Person Health Investments
• Mind the Gap: Investing in Dementia as an Opportunity to Extend Healthspan
• Public Health Pathways for Vision Loss Prevention
• Reimagining Workplace Resiliency Across Generations
• The Supply of Clinical Trial Sites: Birth, Death, and Longevity
   

Review Our Policy Comment Letters

• Request for Information on Health Technology Ecosystem
• Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Draft Guidance
• Ensuring Lawful Regulation and Unleashing Innovation to Make America Healthy Again
• Prescription Drug User Fee Act VIII (PDUFA)
   

Learn from Milken Institute Health Experts

Milken Institute Insights

Milken Institute Insights feature senior leaders from the Milken Institute sharing their expertise and vision to inform and inspire others. Here are the latest thought-provoking articles from the Milken Institute Health team members. 

• “Family Caregiving: Every Sector, Every Solution,” by Priyanka Shah, associate director, Future of Aging
• “A Midpoint Reckoning: The United States and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing,” by Dawn Carpenter, director, Future of Aging

Select Thought Leadership

• “Overcoming Barriers to Developing and Implementing Novel Therapies for Hypertension,” in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, is coauthored by Vicki Cargill, senior advisor, Public Health
• “America's Unseen Workforce: The New Reality of Family Caregiving,”  USA Today op-ed by Diane Ty, managing director, Future of Aging
• “A Patient-Centered Pathway for Biomedical Innovation and Access,” Health Affairs Forefront commentary by June Cha, director, FasterCures

Select External Speaking Engagements

• Cha chaired the session "From Approval to Access: Integrating Patient Insights into Coverage Decisions," at DIA 2025 Global Annual Meeting.
• Kristin Schneeman, senior director, FasterCures, spoke during the 2025 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's Nonprofit Forum about public-private partnerships for neurodegenerative disease research.
• Lisa Lewis, director, FasterCures, gave keynote remarks at the Project Increasing Minority Participation and Awareness in Clinical Trials 2.0 Symposium, “Transforming Clinical Trials Towards Health Equity,” during the 123rd National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly.
• Diane Ty, managing director, Future of Aging, joined a panel on "The Future of Aging: Bright Spots in Policy and Practice” during the Alliance for Health Policy 2025 Signature Series Summit.
• Anna Lin-Schweitzer, associate director, Feeding Change, was a featured speaker in a Food as Medicine Network webinar on "Putting Food to Work: A Blueprint for Employer-Led Food as Health Strategies."
• Christina Dialynas, associate director, Public Health, moderated a panel on “Collaboration During Emergency Response” at Angels for Change SummitONE.
• Ray Puerini, director, FasterCures, presented the FasterCures’ Research Partnership Maturity Model at the Global Liver Institute's Strategies and Synergies in Rare Liver Diseases Summit.
• Cha was a panelist for the opening plenary on the “Future Outlook for Regulatory Science: Advancing Regional and Global Impact” at the 2025 C-Path Global Impact Conference.
• Athena Rae Roesler, director, Public Health, and Lin-Schweitzer co-presented on “Caring for the Whole Person: Expanding Pharmacy-Based Services in Chronic Disease, Mental Health, and Reproductive Health” during Drug Topics' Patient Access and Education Summit.
• Sarah Wells Kocsis, senior director, Public Health, moderated a fireside chat with Chris Toth, chief executive officer, Vantive, on “Expanding Access, Advancing Innovation: Addressing the Global Burden of NCDs through Equitable Care and Medical Tech.”
• Ayodola Anise, senior director, Milken Institute Health, spoke at the ECHAlliance and the Society for Women's Health Research event, “Transforming Women’s Health Through Science and Sustainable Partnerships.”
• Esther Krofah, executive vice president, Milken Institute Health, moderated the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment Reception: Honoring Bold Leadership, Committing to Impact, during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Select Media Mentions

• An article published by Food Tank highlights the Milken Institute Health report, A Blueprint for Employer-Led Food as Health Strategies, and the key employer-led nutrition strategies.
• An HR Brew article summarizes a panel conversation at SHRM 2025 in which leaders, including Lauren Dunning, director, Future of Aging, shared how employers can create caregiving-friendly workplaces.
• A Forbes article on the potential for artificial intelligence to help scale preventive health solutions referenced the Milken Institute’s proposal in the UK for a “‘prevention fund’ backed by local government pension schemes to finance community-level preventative care.”
• An article in Drug Store News highlighted the Milken Institute Health report, Advancing Health Through Expanded Access to Pharmacy-Based Care. Roesler, coauthor of the report, emphasized that “Expanding access to pharmacy-based health care services is not just a policy imperative—it’s a public health necessity.”
• In a podcast interview with Aging in America News, Dunning discussed the opportunities to accelerate progress on connected care, enabling healthy longevity and aging at home, and other themes from the report, Future of Connected Care: Enabling Healthy Longevity and Aging at Home.
• Longevity.Technology interviewed Michael Brown, director, Future of Aging, on the need for greater investment in dementia research and development to boost healthspan and longevity, sharing key points from the recent report, Mind the Gap: Investing in Dementia as an Opportunity to Extend Healthspan.
• Worth Magazine cited the work of Feeding Change about the Milken Institute’s work to combat environmental issues to catalyze a more nutritious and resilient food system for all, thus “elevating the intrinsic connection between food systems, climate change, and health.”
• An article in Forbes mentioned the Milken Institute Women’s Health Network as an example of partnerships and collaborations forming to advance women’s health so that “women’s health is no longer treated as a charitable adjunct, but as a central pillar of health care’s next growth era.”
   

Upcoming Milken Institute Events

• October 22, Global Investors’ Symposium in Mexico City
• November 4–6, Future of Health Summit in Washington, DC
• November 9–10, Global Investors’ Symposium in São Paulo
• December 4–5, Middle East and Africa Summit in Abu Dhabi
• May 3–6, 2026, Global Conference in Los Angeles, CA