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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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Pinchas Cohen

Dean, Leonard School of Gerontology, USC

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Pinchas Cohen, MD, is the dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California. Dr. Cohen graduated with highest honors from the Technion Medical School, trained at Stanford, and held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and UCLA. He is an internationally acclaimed scientist in aging research and the emerging field of microproteins. Dr. Cohen published over 350 papers and has an h-index of 97. He received numerous awards for his research, including a National Institute of Aging “EUREKA” Award, the NIH Director Transformative RO1 Grant, the Glenn Award for Research in Aging, the AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award, and the Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction in Aging. He is an elected fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, was a past president of the Growth Hormone Society, and was named PBS-Next Avenue Top 50 Influencers in Aging. He is a member of the National Academy of Inventors, holds several patents for novel micropeptides, and is the cofounder of CohBar, (NASDAQ:CWBR) a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel treatments for Diabetes and other diseases of aging. He leads new initiatives at USC focusing on “precision aging” and “Age-Tech.”