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Kara Whelply
Kara Whelply is an Associate Director, MI Philanthropy. She works on the Center’s biomedical rese
arch team, where she advises individual philanthropists on therapeutic development with methods to identify, fund, and accelerate treatments.
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Americans’ Obesity Weighs Down U.S. Economy by $1.4 Trillion
WASHINGTON—Obesity and excess weight is an expanding health problem for more than 60 percent of Amer
icans, and a new study from the Milken Institute finds that it's a tremendous drain on the U.S. economy as well.
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Comment Letter: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities
Submitted electronically
To: The Honorable Shalanda Young, Acting Director, Office of Management an
d Budget
From: Richard Ditizio, President and Chief Operating Officer, Milken Institute
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Feeding Change Mid-Year Update
Dear friends,
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Partnering for Cures to Bring Together Hundreds of Medical Research Leaders Nov. 13-15 in New York
WASHINGTON –Leaders across medical research – from patients to policymakers, from academia to advoca
tes, from philanthropists to federal regulators and from investors to industry – will gather at the Grant Hyatt New York, Nov.
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Comment Letter: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Request for Information
Submitted electronically
The Honorable Diana DeGette
US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 205
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The Honorable Fred Upton
US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
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Senator Markey Introduces Legislation To Support Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Development
Washington (July 29, 2021) – Senator Edward J.