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MCAAD Newsletter: November 27 2023
In This Issue
What We’re Reading
Studies Show...
Milken Institute Update
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Kissick Family Foundation, Milken Institute Announce $2.5 Million in Funding for Dementia Research
WASHINGTON, DC (November 14, 2023) — The Kissick Family Foundation Frontotemporal Dementia
Grant Program, in partnership wi
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Transform Global Agriculture for a Sustainable, Food-Secure Future
When we think about the relationship between agriculture and health, the obvious link is nutrition.
By definition, nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for proper health and growth.,
A healthy future for our planet requires a thriving agriculture industry.
, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that 2.4 billion people—more than 30 percent of our global population—face moderate or severe food insecurity right now.
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The Milken Institute Future of Health Summit Opens November 6 in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC (November 6, 2023) — Opening today, the 2023 Milken Institute Future of Hea
lth Summit gathers hundreds of speakers and atten
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Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalists Announced
LOS ANGELES AND JOHANNESBURG (October 30, 2023) — The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Fou
ndation today announced the five teams ad
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Ann Theodore Foundation Breakthrough Sarcoidosis Initiative Grant Awardees 2023
The Ann Theodore Foundation and the Milken Institute are pleased to announce the five research teams
selected to receive funding for research to advance understanding of the underlying biology of sarcoidosis, a poorly understood immune dysregulation con
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Who Wins on Wall Street? GameStop, Robinhood, and the State of Retail Investing
Witness List
Professor Gina-Gail S. Fletcher, Professor Of Law, Duke University School of Law
Ms. Rachel J. Robasciotti, Founder & CEO, Adasina Social Capital, Hearing Video
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Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide, Part II
Witness List
Sal Arnuk, Partner/Co-Founder, Themis Trading LLC
Michael Blaugrund, Chief Op
erating Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Hearing Video
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Interview with Dr. Samira Asma: Using Data for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Key Takeaways
Below are some of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversation with D
r.
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Kenya: The First Batch of Vaccines Has Arrived, but the Rollout Has Faced Several Hurdles
In Kenya, the initial rollout of a consignment of 1 million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has faced sev
eral hurdles, including fears about safety and concerns about transparency. Stephanie Wangari reports from Nairobi.
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COVID-19: Africans are Hospitalized and Dying in India
As India’s COVID-19 disaster continues to unfold, Africans in the country are facing grim health ris
ks and financial hardships, with uncertain prospects of when they will be able to return home.
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Recent Milken Institute Event Speakers - Asia Summit 2021
Hazem Ben-Gacem
Co-CEO, Investcorp
Marc Benioff
Chair, CEO, and Co-Founder, Salesforce
Joseph R
. Biden, Jr.
46th President of the United States
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