We explore the root causes of health disparities that drive poorer health outcomes, and health policy to advance health equity for all.

Building thriving communities and advancing health equity require improving the interrelated social and economic conditions at the root causes of health outcomes. This includes ensuring that health communication, access, and delivery reflect the needs, experiences, and unique characteristics of historically excluded people.

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. Following a public health approach, we engage with partners across sectors to raise awareness, propel action, and envision and pursue practical solutions toward measurable progress for complex health issues.

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 address mental health issues and addiction.

The three focus areas for our mental health work are 1) access to mental health services and resources, 2) innovation in scalable health technologies, and 3) investment in policy change (includes employers’ internal policies).

In our signature program, the Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, we bring together a multi-sector coalition of leaders to uncover the latest breakthroughs in brain health and we work to increase timely detection, improve access to treatment, coordinated care, and address health equity for people at risk for or living with dementia and their caregivers. Through expert workgroups, convenings, collaborative initiatives, and thought leadership, the Alliance amplifies and promotes the adoption of proven polices, solutions, and promising innovations in dementia care.

Understanding that financial well-being is a cornerstone of a fulfilling life, the Future of Aging initiative drives change in policies and practices that enable meaningful work lives. It addresses long-term care gaps and caregiving impacts and promotes a life-course approach to financial wellness. By advocating for policies that support sustainable income and retirement planning, the initiative helps build a future where every individual can enjoy their golden years without financial anxiety.

Partnering with longevity innovators and multisector stakeholders, the Future of Aging develops solutions that enhance healthspan—the period of life spent in good health. By advancing preventive care, fostering social connections, and promoting purpose-driven living, the initiative champions scientific progress that encourages not just longer lives, but healthier ones. This holistic approach to health ensures that individuals can remain active participants in society throughout their lives. 

We promote innovations and policies that scale the integration of tech-enabled health and home care, create a broad spectrum of housing options, and foster social and intergenerational connections.

Preventable illnesses remain among the most significant global health challenges. Noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity contribute substantially to premature mortality, often linked to limited access to healthy foods, insufficient physical activity, and underused screening services. Embracing a prevention-first strategy is vital for preserving population health and moderating the escalating costs associated with advanced care.

At FasterCures, we aim to speed the delivery of treatments to all patients by addressing barriers to the development of new products, by leveraging patients’ data responsibly and delivering direct benefits from contributing their information, and by ensuring the biomedical research ecosystem is as diverse and inclusive as the populations it is intended to serve.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed significant gaps in our health-care system, including in our clinical trial infrastructure. In addition, the stark differences in health outcomes for different populations underscored the need to address health disparities and social determinants of health. FasterCures wants to ensure the lessons of the COVID-19 crisis are not lost as the urgency subsides, particularly in the conduct of research and development.