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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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Christine Årdal

Co-Chair, Research and Innovation, EU-JAMRAI

Christine Årdal

Årdal has worked for over 20 years on access to medicines through different sectors, including research institutes, governmental development assistance, pharmacy, national health service and insurance. She was a member of the World Health Organization expert review panel for the overall programme review of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. She led the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation's (Norad) efforts within the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children. She currently works for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) with a focus on the policy aspects of antimicrobial resistance. Årdal was a co-lead in the DRIVE-AB research project which aimed to transform the way policymakers stimulate innovation, the sustainable use, and the equitable availability of novel antibiotics to meet unmet public health needs. She is currently the co-lead of the research and innovation work package for the European Union's Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI).