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Melissa Stevens
Melissa Stevens is executive vice president of philanthropy at the Milken Institute, leading its
work with individual and family philanthropists and foundations seeking to deploy resources to make a transformative, sustainable impact.
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Supporting Wellness: Initial Findings from a Survey of Lived Experience and Research Priorities of Depression and Bipolar
In 2018, the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Depression and Bipolar Supp
ort Alliance collaborated to develop a first of its kind community survey.
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Colorectal Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide
The second deadliest of cancers when the incidents in both men and women are combined. Colorectal c
ancer refers to cancer that originates from either the colon or rectum.
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Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia - A Giving Smarter Guide
Poor treatment options. No Cure. Patients and families affected by chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
(CMML) face many challenges and critical unmet needs, issues mirrored by the current state of the disease’s research.
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Small Cell Lung Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide
Lung cancer has been one of the deadliest cancers in the United States. There are a number of chall
enges and unmet needs that act as barriers to desperately needed progress in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) research.
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Parkinson's Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide
More than 1 million American lives are affected by Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a chronic, neurodegene
rative movement disorder. Mainly affecting the elderly, the cause of PD is unknown.
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Creating Food Systems Change Through an Impact Campaign for a Documentary Film
Iowa is the equivalent of the 10th most populous country in the world in terms of the amount of feca
l waste produced. How is this possible, when the human population is only around 3 million?
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Mental Wellness: A Key to More Prosperous Communities
If we want to create a prosperous future, we need to invest in our young people—not just in their ac
ademic success, financial literacy, or physical health but also in their mental and emotional wellness.
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Businesses Can be Financially Successful While Also Doing Good
I appreciate that there are a variety of ways to view prosperity and that it has different meanings
to different people.
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