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Stories From the Field: Leseliey Welch
Please tell us about your background and what led you to start Birth Detroit.
I am a dreamer, a str
ategist, an entrepreneur, and a Black queer mom, bringing my lived experience and background in public health and business admi
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Stories from the Field: Adriano Abbud
Please tell us what brought you to the Adolfo Lutz Institute’s Rapid Response Center.
When the CO
VID-19 pandemic erupted, our general director invited me to take on the Rapid Response Center, with the task of bringing produc
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Chris Moose - Stories from the Field
Please tell us about your background and career path.
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Justine Leigh-Bell - Stories from the Field
Milken Institute: You’ve collaborated with the Milken Institute on several occasions, including tw
o Financial Innovations Labs exploring pathways to growing the green bond market [available
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Capital Deployment: The Four Things We Need to Do This Decade to Get Climate Right
The first few weeks of November 2021 have been (hopefully) consequential for the future of climate c
hange. COP26 brought a flurry of pledges and commitments.
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Elijah Hutchinson - Stories from the Field
Jason Davis: You hold an important and unique role at the New York City Economic Development Corpor
ation (NYCEDC). What attracted you to this work, and what are some of your core responsibilities?
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Joneigh Khaldun, MD - Stories from the Field
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Milken Institute Releases Report Analyzing Costs of Higher Education
Report recommends new financing options to make college more accessible.
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Making plants into products through industrial biotech would benefit from policy support, effective advocacy and sustained funding
LOS ANGELES — Industrial biotechnology can turn plants into plastics, chemicals and other products t
hat are usually made with petroleum.
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Outcome-based philanthropic giving can drive food security and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Milken Institute report
(LOS ANGELES) Despite significant donor and philanthropic efforts, economic growth in sub-Saharan Af
rica continues to be hampered by agricultural diseases that sicken or kill livestock and contaminate crops.
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New, effective investment models work to fund drug discovery for the developing worldMilken Institute report identifies innovative financing for global health research
LOS ANGELES— The world of medicine has long been divided— between developed countries that can affor
d cutting-edge treatments and developing ones whose poor populations too often go without urgently needed care.
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Financial innovations can help produce new medicines through funding of early-stage drug development, Milken Institute report says
Despite the enormous potential of biomedical research to cure disease, public and private funding ha
s declined — a trend that could jeopardize efforts to find improved treatments for people with life-threatening illnesses.
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