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Breast Cancer Detection: Untapped Potential

15 Oct 2024

Breast cancer claimed 42,863 lives in the US in 2021, but early detection can improve survival rates and reduce the financial, physical, and mental burdens of treatment. Access to screening varies significantly across counties, influenced...

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Bumyang Kim, PhD,Katherine Sacks, PhD,andAndrew Friedson, PhD

15 Oct 2024

News Release

New Milken Institute Report Details Roadmap to Guide AI for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases

15 Oct 2024

Artificial intelligence and precision medicine hold keys to solving complex brain disorders

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Mala Persaud

Formerly Milken Institute

Report

Health Equity in Science: A Stakeholder and Funding Analysis

11 Oct 2024

In 2021, the US allocated 17.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to health care, almost double the average expenditure of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Ishita Das, PhD,Agnes Stephens,Erin Ross,andSamantha Kost, PhD

11 Oct 2024

Comment Letter

Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies

26 Sep 2024

Dr. Richard Pazdur Director Oncology Center of Excellence US Food and Drug Administration Beltsville, MD 20705 Dr. Michelle Tarver Acting Director Center for Devices and Radiological Health US Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD...

Comment Letter: Action Plans to Improve Diversity in Clinical Studies

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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health

Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.

Report

To Go Far, Go Together: A Guidebook on Philanthropic Collaborations

1 Oct 2024

The challenges we face today are numerous and deeply interconnected.

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Kara WhelplyandHilary McConnaughey Page

1 Oct 2024

Research and Data Tools

Decarbonizing Electricity in the US: A Regional Overview of the American Energy Transition

24 Sep 2024

In Decarbonizing Electricity in the US: A Regional Overview of the American Energy Transition, we analyze the progress in decarbonizing the electricity sector in the United States at both a national and state-by-state level. We document...

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Brock SmithandMaggie Switek, PhD

24 Sep 2024

Insights

Maternal Mortality and Race: Problematic Levels and Problematic Gaps

24 Sep 2024

The United States has one of the worst maternal mortality ratios (MMRs)—the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births—of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Though part of this is due to...

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Katherine Sacks, PhDandAndrew Friedson, PhD

24 Sep 2024

Letter of Support

Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics Act (H.R. 4767)

17 Sep 2024

The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Democratic Leader US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 RE: Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics...

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Michael Piwowar, PhDandChester Spatt

17 Sep 2024

Report

Insights on Investments in Food Systems Transformation: Pathways to COP30

10 Sep 2024

This brief synthesizes those conversations into four key themes related to the trends, challenges, and opportunities for public, private, and nonprofit capital to drive food systems transformation.

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Holly FreishtatandIlana Moreno

10 Sep 2024

A skyline of a city shot from across a river.

Report

Best-Performing Cities China 2023–2024: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies

3 Sep 2024

Best-Performing Cities China 2023–2024: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies aims to provide businesses, investors, policymakers, and many others with a tool for better understanding and evaluation of the economic development of China’s...

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Perry WongandMichael Lin, PhD

3 Sep 2024

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