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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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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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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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article
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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Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s: A Collaborative Model for Accelerating Biomedical Research
Around the globe, biomedical research has advanced dramatically since the end of the Second World Wa
r when government support for basic science in the US began.
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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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