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Employer Investments in Digital, Whole-Person Health for Substance Use Disorders
Employers seek to support their employees while normalizing a whole-person approach to substance use disorders (SUD). The response...
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Employer Investments in Digital, Whole-Person Health for Substance Use Disorders
Employers seek to support their employees while normalizing a whole-person approach to substance use disorders (SUD). The response...
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The Public Health team develops research, programs, and initiatives to activate sustainable solutions leading to better health for individuals and communities worldwide. To catalyze policy, system, and environmental change in public health and sustain impact, we approach our work in three interconnected areas: Prevention and Chronic Disease, Mental Health, and Health Equity.
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Public Health
Practice Areas
We are working to drive policy, system, and environmental change in public health in four interconnected practice areas.
Employers and Public Health Priorities
The Public Health team at the Milken Institute has been working with employers as key partners in addressing public health issues since 2017. The workplace is a community in and of itself that can contribute meaningfully to a healthier ecosystem. Employers have a critical role to play in advancing whole-person health by taking a stand for specific action, helping raise awareness among their...
Health Equity
We explore the root causes of health disparities that drive poorer health outcomes, and health policy to advance health equity for all.
Mental Health
In order to attain total health, we must normalize a “whole person” approach that prioritizes mental and physical health equally. To do so, we are working strategically with employers, as they are uniquely positioned to reach employees, their families, and the surrounding communities, and can help them access evidence-based, innovative, inclusive prevention, treatment, and recovery resources to...
Prevention and Chronic Disease
Prevention and Chronic Disease is an all-encompassing priority that addresses how chronic diseases are understood and managed, how populations are impacted, and how issues related to infrastructure and financing can affect health and well-being. Our Public Health initiative aims to improve health outcomes through research, programs, and policy initiatives with health equity as a central tenet...
Public Health
Our Team
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Ayodola Anise
Senior Director, Operations
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Victoria Cargill
Senior Director, Public Health
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Christina Dialynas
Associate Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
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Brenda Huneycutt
Senior Director, International, Milken Institute Health
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Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
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Madelyn McLaughlin
Associate, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
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Jason Richie
Director, Public Health
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Athena Rae Roesler
Associate Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
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Sabrina Spitaletta
Senior Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
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Erika Stratmann
Director, Communications, Milken Institute Health
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Sarah Wells Kocsis
Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
Public Health
Leaders
Public Health Advisory Board
The Public Health team is honored to have an Advisory Board comprised of diverse leaders who collaborate with us to catalyze policy, system, and environmental change in public health by advising on our mission, strategy, and execution of...
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