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Sarcoidosis: A Giving Smarter Guide
The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Ann Theodore Foundation have released a new request for proposals...
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Featured
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Sarcoidosis: A Giving Smarter Guide
The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Ann Theodore Foundation have released a new request for proposals...
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Report
The human immune system is responsible for defending against bacterial, viral, and other pathogenic threats. It is multifaceted and complex, which makes it especially difficult to understand and target clinically.
Immune dysfunction can impact the body’s ability to fight disease by either becoming under-responsive or going into overdrive, causing the body harm. Once the immune system becomes ‘dysregulated’ the body can develop diseases like type 1 diabetes or sarcoidosis. Milken Institute SPARC has worked in lockstep with high-impact funders, developing giving strategies to support the researchers who seek to expand their understanding of these diseases and the patients and families who live with these conditions.
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Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a debilitating and sometimes fatal inflammatory condition that can affect nearly every organ in the body. Immune...
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Cara Altimus
Managing Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Quinton Banks
Associate Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Daniel Pham
Director, SPARC and Program Director, BD2, Milken Institute Philanthropy