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Innovating Cancer Care in a Post-COVID World

Before COVID emerged in 2020, the leading cause of premature death in the US was cancer. About 40 percent of Americans receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetimes, amounting to over 600,000 American deaths in an average year. The impact...
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Joshua Ofman

Chief Medical Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs, GRAIL, Inc.
Power of Ideas

Addressing the Disparities Revealed by COVID-19

The spring of 2020 was illuminating in many ways. We witnessed the abysmal handling of a public health crisis, we watched COVID-19 health disparities by race and income unfold in real time, and we were traumatized repeatedly by the sight of...
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Linda Goler Blount

President & CEO, The Black Women's Health Imperative
Power of Ideas

Empathy: Crucial to Rebuilding Our Mental Health System

The past year was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exacerbated and highlighted pre-existing racial disparities in health care, combined with the increased awareness of the persistence of racial injustice in America. As a psychiatrist...
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Tresha Gibbs

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
News Release

CoRE-Milken Institute Regional Multi-Stakeholder Patient Engagement Roundtable Report

Accelerating Patient Engagement for More Resilient Health Systems The Milken Institute, Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Rainbow Across Borders, and Patient Focused Medicines Development...
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Yeen Chong

Associate Director, Milken Institute International
Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.
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