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Milken Institute Global Conference Rescheduled to October 2020

3 Apr 2020

Annual meeting of international leaders will include a focus on post-crisis recovery LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2020 –The Milken Institute announced today that the 2020 Milken Institute Global Conference will be held October 12-15, 2020. It had...

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Ep. 3: Physician Heal Thyself, with Allogene’s Arie Belldegrun

“On day eight, I had a...low grade temperature of 100.7 and then muscle ache and fatigue. That night...I requested to be tested and had a positive testing for COVID-19.” Following a conference in Boston, Arie Belldegrun—oncologist...

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Physician Heal Thyself, with Allogene’s Arie Belldegrun

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Ep. 2: Grand Rounds, with Providence’s Rod Hochman

“As soon as that patient hit the doors of our emergency room, our people were gowned and gloved...and put that patient into isolation...got testing done, and we immediately found out that we had the first case of COVID-19 in the United...

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Grand Rounds, with Providence’s Rod Hochman

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Ep. 1: Big Science, with NIH’s Francis Collins

“We have on our own campus the vaccine research center that is working 24/7 to accelerate the progress with as many different vaccines as possible, but particularly one that is already in phase one trials.” Francis Collins was born for big...

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Big Science, with NIH’s Francis Collins

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Milken Institute Helps Philanthropists Navigate Ways to Fight Pandemic

31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Philanthropy Hub collects and shares opportunities for donors to aid relief efforts WASHINGTON, March 31, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, philanthropists are stepping forward in myriad ways to address the many...

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Melissa Stevens

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy

Melissa Stevens is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, leading its work with individual and family philanthropists and foundations seeking to make a transformative, sustainable impact. Since co-founding Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy in 2015, she has overseen the creation and execution of philanthropic strategies that have influenced more than $3 billion in capital and built an unmatched network for donors to collaborate and amplify their impact.

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Milken Institute COVID-19 Tracker Update Identifies Dozens of New Treatments and Vaccines in Development

25 Mar 2020

Two potential vaccines moving to clinical trial stage in addition to WHO’s global SOLIDARITY trial WASHINGTON, March 26, 2020 — The Milken Institute COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Tracker has identified 16 new treatments in the pipeline...

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Virus Suppression Policies Induce Global Recession While U.S. Politics Stalls Fiscal Stimulus As Fed Extends Market Support

25 Mar 2020

We cannot avoid the first health-policy-induced recession in US history. A severe recession (especially a double-digit decline in Q2 GDP growth), is now “baked in.” Political jockeying has delayed much-needed US fiscal cash injections to...

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Donor Advised Funds: Unleashing Capital For Impact At Scale

24 Mar 2020

For a number of years, the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy has been among the voices advocating for philanthropists to expand the scale of their social investments by unlocking the resources being held in donor-advised...

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Milken Institute Advises Small Business Owners on Actions Needed Now to Survive Crisis

14 Apr 2020

Relief proposals need to be expanded, says executive director LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2020-- The Milken Institute is advising small business owners to take specific actions immediately while calling for more ambitious government relief...

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Kevin Klowden

Senior Fellow, Milken Institute Finance

Kevin Klowden is a senior fellow at Milken Institute Finance. He specializes in the study of key factors that underlie the development of competitive regional economies (clusters of innovation, patterns of trade and investment, and concentration of skilled labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and, in turn, affect regional economies both globally and nationally.

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Milken Institute Launches COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Tracker

18 Mar 2020

Publicly available resource monitors the development of therapies to treat and prevent disease WASHINGTON, March 18, 2020 — The Milken Institute is launching a resource to help the public and policymakers track progress in the development...

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