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Statement of Support

Milken Institute Feeding Change Commitment of Support for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Washington, D.C. – September 28, 2022 – Feeding Change, a program of the Milken Institute, commits to convening its private sector Food Is Medicine (FIM) Task Force to elevate, accelerate, and scale coverage and implementation of a range of...
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Holly Freishtat

Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Holly Freishtat is the senior director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute and leads the food systems portfolio.
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Stories from the Field

Howard Fillit, MD - Stories from the Field

Howard Fillit, MD Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Howard Fillit, MD is a geriatrician, neuroscientist, and innovative philanthropy executive, who has led the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation...
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Howard Fillit, MD

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
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Power of Ideas

Nutrition as Health: Advancing Food Is Medicine

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated wider understanding of the relationship among diet, food security, and health. Health insurance companies are uniquely positioned to improve well-being and reduce health disparities through nutrition...
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Andrew Renda and R.J. Briscione
Power of Ideas

Why We Need An 'All-of-Society' Approach to Mental Health

Finally! Through a confluence of events—the pandemic, a reckoning around racial injustice and health inequities, a recognition of the impact of social media on mental health, and influencers speaking out about their own mental health—we now...
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Patrice Harris

Co-Founder and CEO, eMed; 174th President, American Medical Association
Power of Ideas

Feeling Better: The Power of Health Technologies

While technology advancements in health care have been significant and investments in digital health continue, it has not resulted in the vision that Leroy Hood from the Institute for Systems Biology articulated: a health-care system that...
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Hon Pak, MD

Head, Digital Health, Samsung
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Landscape of Trust: Health Data Frameworks

The rapid advancement of the health technology landscape relies heavily on patient data. Patient data from medical records and digital health apps can be leveraged to build new tools that can help diagnose disease, remotely monitor and...
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Jessica Marshall and Hadly Clark
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Stories from the Field

Sarah Lenz Lock, JD - Stories from the Field

Sarah Lenz Lock, JD Senior Vice President, Policy & Brain Health and Executive Director, Global Council on Brain Health, AARP 1. You are a Steering Committee member of the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care. Describe the...
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Sarah Lenz Lock, JD

Senior Vice President, Policy & Brain Health and Executive Director, Global Council on Brain Health, AARP
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