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Sarah Wells Kocsis
Sarah Wells Kocsis is a director, Public Health, at the Milken Institute, where she leads a portf
olio of work focused on prevention, chronic disease, infrastructure, and other timely issues that are critical to advancing the role of public health in sup
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Lena Flaum
Lena Flaum is a senior associate with the Milken Institute Center for Public Health, focusing on
addiction and mental health.
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Care Shoaibi
Care Shoaibi is an associate at the Milken Institute Center for Public Health, where she works ac
ross each of the Center’s focus areas: chronic disease, mental health, and sustainable food systems.
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Giving Smarter: Philanthropic Opportunities to Advance Bipolar Disorder Research
People of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds endure the intense shifts in mood and energy level
s bipolar disorder (BD) causes.
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Learning from COVID-19: Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships in Public Health
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 supp
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Neurotechnology: A Giving Smarter Guide
When most people think about advances in medicine, drug development is the first thing that comes t
o mind. However, technology and devices are proving to be valuable options for treating intractable illnesses.
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Sarcoidosis: A Giving Smarter Guide
The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Ann Theodore Foundation have release
d a new request for proposals (RFP) focused on understanding the underlying biology of sarcoidosis.
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Solving the Philanthropist's Dilemma
Philanthropic capital has played and will continue to play a critical role as we rebuild after the
pandemic.
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Moonshots for Youth Mental Health and Well-Being: Exploration of Big Bets and Bold Goals
Good mental health is critical to overall health and well-being, but a cycle of almost endless stre
ssors, stigma, and systemic barriers to accessing quality care have brought America’s collective mental health to a breaking point.
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Bladder Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide
More than 500,000 people in the US suffer from bladder cancer. At the time of this report, it
was the fifth most common cancer in the US. It is also the most expensive cancer to treat and frequently reoccurs.
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Alzheimer's Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide
Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly in the spotlight after a number of high-profile clinical trial
failures—an alarming trend as an estimated 5.5 million adult Americans live with this disease, which disproportionally affects the aged population.
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Kidney Failure - A Giving Smarter Guide
This Giving Smarter Guide is the culmination of a year-long effort to identify strategic philanthro
pic opportunities that can move the needle on unmet needs specific to kidney failure research and treatment. Kidney failure is an irreversible diseas
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