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Science Philanthropy Ecosystem
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Report
Transformative Computational Biology: A Giving Smarter Guide
Computational tools can rapidly identify patterns in vast volumes of biomedical and clinical data, leading to discoveries that can...
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Report
Featured
Report
Transformative Computational Biology: A Giving Smarter Guide
Computational tools can rapidly identify patterns in vast volumes of biomedical and clinical data, leading to discoveries that can...
Read
Report
Strong medical research systems are the cornerstone of global health and well-being. SPARC has been bringing together funders and stakeholders from across disciplines to engage and build strong, thoughtful partnerships, growing the ecosystem in ways that lead to transformative science and health discoveries.
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Science Philanthropy Ecosystem
Programs
Our team brings deep expertise across a number of medical research fields, as well as many cross-disciplinary areas that are strengthening the research ecosystem.
AI in Health
We bring together funders and stakeholders from across disciplines to engage and build strong, thoughtful partnerships to grow the...
Computational Biology
Revolutionizing how to study, prevent, and treat disease to help people live longer and healthier.
New Therapies
We work across the scientific ecosystem to identify barriers to progress and pinpoint opportunities to strategically engage in the...
Systems Change in Science and Health
We drive field advancement that is changing scientific research and clinical care by bringing together perspectives, expertise...
Science Philanthropy Ecosystem
Highlights
Biswas Family Foundation Transformative Computational Biology Grant Awardees
The Biswas Family Foundation and the Milken Institute are pleased to announce the five research teams selected to receive funding in the first cycle of the Transformative Computational Biology Grant Program. Almost $14 million has been...Read Article
Transformative Computational Biology: A Giving Smarter Guide
Computational tools can rapidly identify patterns in vast volumes of biomedical and clinical data, leading to discoveries that can transform the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases to improve human health. While the scientific...Read Report
Biswas Family Foundation, Milken Institute Announce $15 Million in Funding for Research at the Intersection of AI and Health
WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2024) — The Biswas Family Foundation, in partnership with the Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC), is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the...Read Article
An Overview of Pediatric Preventive Health Care in the United States
Healthy children are the cornerstone of a healthy world. This is why ensuring that children thrive has been the focus of many philanthropic efforts over the centuries. US-based donors who enter the space often do so because of a distressing...Read Report
Infrastructure, Readiness, and Resilience: A Long-Term, Biomedical Systems-Based Response to COVID-19
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, scientists, policymakers, health-care workers, and average citizens worldwide mobilized in ways never seen before to mitigate the challenge at hand. From rapid vaccine development to securing PPE and...Read Report
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The Value of Building an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workforce — A Call to Philanthropy
The challenges that science strives to solve are increasingly complex, and making progress toward them requires constant innovation and the expertise of multiple fields of study. Interdisciplinary research drives this innovation by bringing...Read ReportEF
Nonprofits: A Growing Force in Drug Development
Shepherding a drug from discovery to the market is a complex process that involves many actors. The process often begins with academic researchers making a breakthrough discovery in the lab and ends with pharmaceutical companies running...Read ReportKK
Funding Scientific Research - A Giving Smarter Guide
Making an Impact. Strategic philanthropic investments in medical research require a careful consideration of the philanthropist’s priorities and an understanding of the current state of research to amplify the impact of their giving. This...Read Report
Next Generation Prevention - A Giving Smarter Guide
Precision health focuses on improving overall health and preventing disease, rather than treating disease. Using individual patient information like genetics, environmental and psychosocial factors, and lifestyle, precision health as an...Read ReportJR
Team
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Cara Altimus
Managing Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Ishita Das
Associate Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Taylor Evans
Senior Associate, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Erin Ross
Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Samantha Sherrill
Senior Associate, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy
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Kara Whelply
Associate Director, SPARC, Milken Institute Philanthropy