Center for Public Health

Final Recap: Leidos CEO Pledge Collaborative Action Group

2 Mar 2023

In 2021, Leidos and the Milken Institute Center for Public Health (CPH) created a partnership to address two significant crises in our country: the growing addiction epidemic and the mental health crisis that has deepened since the global...

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Sabrina Spitaletta, Lena Flaum, and Anita Totten

2 Mar 2023

Report

Understanding and Identifying Gaps in Employer Mental Health Resources

5 Dec 2022

About 60 million Americans live with mental health conditions, and nearly half of those go without treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic widened the gap between employers and employees on mental health in the workplace. In 2021, 80 percent of...

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Sabrina Spitaletta, Christina Dialynas, and Athena Rae Roesler

5 Dec 2022

Report

Report and Roadmap - Chronic Kidney Disease: Finding a Path to Prevention, Earlier Detection, and Management

30 Jun 2022

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a growing public health threat, with high global prevalence and poor health outcomes. In the United States, CKD affects more than one in seven American adults, an estimated 37...

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Sarah Wells Kocsis and Anita Totten

30 Jun 2022

Statement of Support

Milken Institute Statement on ARPA-H Inclusion in FY2022 Spending Bill

14 Mar 2022

FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute, is pleased to see the inclusion of $1 billion in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) in the omnibus FY22 spending bill recently passed. We have long...

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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health

Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals.

Report

Learning from COVID-19: Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships in Public Health

3 Feb 2022

The Milken Institute Center for Public Health leveraged our network of thought leaders to maximize learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on examining the private sector’s role and responsibility in supporting public health. This...

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Report

Tracking What Matters: How to Address Critical WIC Needs during a Public Health Emergency

4 Dec 2020

Explore Tracker This report analyzes the COVID-19 waiver process for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) state agencies during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to COVID-19...

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Athena Rae Roesler, Niyeti Shah, and Care Shoaibi

4 Dec 2020

Report

Hungry for Action: Building Food System Resiliency Amid COVID-19

4 Dec 2020

Explore Inventory The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the importance of the food system: all the activities, resources, and relationships that go into producing, distributing, and consuming food. Images of emptying grocery shelves...

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Athena Rae Roesler, Niyeti Shah, and Care Shoaibi

4 Dec 2020

Report

Obesity in the Workplace: What Employers Can Do Differently

12 Oct 2020

The Milken Institute Center for Public Health (the Center) focuses on chronic disease research, policy evaluation, and thought leadership by convening experts and stakeholders. As part of this work, the Center aims to change the public’s...

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Power of Ideas

Fixing the Food Supply Chain Could Prevent a Future, Even More Nightmarish Pandemic

23 Sep 2020

There is a clear need, post-pandemic, for collaborative thinking on how to build immune resilience into older cohorts to reduce the risks of viruses such as COVID-19—and, potentially worse, deadly bacterial infections. We now know what the...

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Jim Mellon

Entrepreneur and Investor; Chairman, Burnbrae

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Policy Brief

Improving Women, Infants, and Children’s Access to Food and Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

18 Sep 2020

To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on food access, this issue brief highlights recent policies and puts forward a recommendation to ensure that the over 6 million individuals who participate in the Special Supplemental...

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