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Asia Center
Extends the reach and impact of the Milken Institute to the Asia-Pacific region
Center for Financial Markets
Conducts research and constructs programs designed to facilitate smooth and efficient operation of financial markets
Center for the Future of Aging
Advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through high-impact policies, research, convenings, and multisector partnerships.
Center for Public Health
Develops research, programs, and initiatives designed to envision and activate sustainable solutions leading to better health for individuals and communities worldwide.
Center for Regional Economics and California Center
Analyzes the dynamics that drive job creation and promote industry expansion
Center for Strategic Philanthropy
Empowers philanthropists to effectively address some of the world's most urgent problems
FasterCures
Clears roadblocks that prevent medical breakthroughs from reaching patients sooner
Financial Innovations Labs
Addressing society's greatest challenges through a financial lens
Global Market Development
Working with government partners in emerging and developing economies to build strong, domestic financial markets.
Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
Anyone with a dream should have the opportunity to make it come true—through determination and an economic system that works for all
Research Department
Addressing global policy issues on Health Economics, International Finance, and Regional Economics

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Capital for Innovation
Develops strategies to attract investment to novel solutions to social problems
FinTech
Analyzing the application of tech-driven, financial innovations and the impact of financial technology on the well-being of individuals, businesses, and communities
Housing Finance
Informing the policy debate around the future of housing markets in the US
Opportunity Zones
Exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the implementation of Opportunity Zones and Qualified Opportunity Funds.

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Clifton Leaf

Editor-in-Chief, FORTUNE

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Clifton Leaf became the 19th Editor-in-Chief of FORTUNE in March 2017 after serving as deputy editor for the previous three years. Prior to that he was a guest editor for the New York Times op-ed page, and held senior positions at the Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney magazine and FORTUNE. He is also the author of the book, The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer--and How to Win It, which was named by Newsweek as one of 'The Best Books About Cancer,' and which earned Cliff a Lifetime Achievement Award for cancer reporting from the European School of Oncology. The founding co-chairman of FORTUNE Brainstorm Health and a member of the Board of Fellows at Stanford University School of Medicine, Cliff has won numerous awards for his journalism and leadership in the anticancer effort, including the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and the NIHCM's Health Care Journalism Award. In 2006, Cliff delivered 'Grand Rounds' at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, becoming the first and only journalist to receive that honor.