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Schizophrenia Research and Care: Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities
Schizophrenia is a serious chronic brain disorder that affects approximately 24 million people worldwide. Individuals with schizophrenia experience a variety of symptoms—psychosis being the most widely recognized—and face a reduced life...Read ReportSchizophrenia is a serious chronic brain disorder affecting that affects approximately about 24 million people worldwide.
The Longevity Equation: How Healthspan and Wealthspan Intersect
The Milken Institute’s new, groundbreaking report, The Longevity Equation: How Healthspan and Wealthspan Intersect, explores the deep interconnection between financial well-being and physical health—two critical components of achieving...Read ReportThe Milken Institute’s new, groundbreaking report, The Longevity Equation: Integrating Healthspan and Wealthspan, explores the deep interconnection between financial well-being and physical health—two...
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Dawn M. Carpenter, DLS
Director, Financial LongevityDawn M. Carpenter, DLS, is the director of financial longevity at MI Health.
Longevity Ready: A Systems Approach to Aging Well at Home
Longer lives are one of society’s greatest achievements, but they bring new responsibilities to help people prepare for extended lifespans. Longevity Ready: A Systems Approach to Aging Well at Home outlines areas for strategic action to...Read ReportLonger lives are one of society’s greatest achievements, but they bring new responsibilities to help people prepare for extended lifespans.
The Future of US Biomedical Research and Innovation: Recommendations for Action
The United States biomedical research and innovation enterprise has long been a source of global leadership, scientific breakthroughs, and lifesaving treatments. Decades of investments in research and development have positioned the US as...Read ReportThe United States biomedical research and innovation enterprise has long been a source of global leadership, scientific breakthroughs, and lifesaving treatments.
Opportunities for Local Mammography Deployment
There is considerable variation in mammography deployment, utilization, and breast cancer detection across the United States.Read Report
Effective yet Undervalued: Elevating Community Health Workers
Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who are trusted and have a clear understanding of the communities they serve. They have proven effective in community interventions ranging from health education to...Read ReportCommunity health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who are trusted and have a clear understanding of the communities they serve.
The Evolving Role and Economic Impact of Employers in Communities
The Employer Action Exchange (EAE) has identified eight emerging and escalating risks that employers should consider. These eight risks—mental health, physical security, artificial intelligence, weather events, economic uncertainty, talent...Read Report
Employer Investments: Building Business, Employee, and Community Resilience
As employers strive to build competitive and scalable workplaces globally, investing in their people and surrounding communities can drive impact both inside and outside their organizations. By proactively addressing emerging and escalating...Read Report
Improving and Sustaining Health Through Prevention Across Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid broadly cover preventive services, yet utilization remains below goals, with the widest gaps in rural communities and among beneficiaries managing multiple chronic conditions.Read Report
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Milken Institute Future of Health Summit 2025 Explores Innovative and Impactful Ideas to Reimagine Health
The summit unites global leaders focused on turning ideas into action and fostering partnerships for lasting impact in health. WASHINGTON, DC (November 4, 2025)—The Milken Institute 2025 Future of Health Summit opens today, convening...Read ArticleWashington, DC (November 4, 2025)—The Milken Institute 2025 Future of Health Summit opens today, convening leaders from business, health, and government to advance ideas that drive better health...
An Icon Showed Us the Way: Food, Medicine, and a Healthy America
In the 1968 documentary film Out in the Rural, my mentor and friend Jack Geiger, MD—recognized as one of the founders of the US community health center movement and a champion of public health and health equity—states, “The determinants of...Read Essay
The Power of Partnership: Community Health Workers as Catalysts for Better Health
If the last several years have taught us anything, it is that trust is the foundation of health. Yet in many communities — especially Black, Brown, immigrant, and low-income populations—trust in traditional health-care systems is fragile...Read Essay
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