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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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Exploring the Role of Microbusinesses in Economic Growth and Recovery for US Cities
The Milken Institute’s 2021 Best-Performing Cities (BPC) index compares the recent perfor
mance of metro areas with a focus on job growth, wage growth, and high-tech GDP growth.
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Solving the Philanthropist's Dilemma
Philanthropic capital has played and will continue to play a critical role as we rebuild after the
pandemic.
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Supporting the Growth of California's Life Sciences Industry
The life sciences are a cornerstone of technological innovation in California.
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Building Community-Based Infrastructure for Inclusive Research: Lessons from the Pandemic for Federal Action
COVID-19 has focused the public’s attention on the racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes
, unequal access to health care, and some communities’ lack of trust and participation in medical research.
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Best-Performing Cities China 2021: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies
As the world's second-largest economy after the US, China has attracted numerous businesses to vie
for its sizable and fast-expanding markets.
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Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities
Literacy plays a central role in health and health care. A person’s level of health literacy influe
nces their health-related behaviors along with their ability to navigate the complexities of the health-care system.
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Stepping Up: Strategic Ultra-High-Net-Worth Philanthropy in Practice
In 2020, the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy (CSP) published '
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Policy Pathways to Addressing Wealth Inequality
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession has exacerbated longstanding inequities in the U.S.,
including the stark gaps in economic opportunity across the population. The bottom 50% of American families share only 1.5% of U.S.
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Presidential Address
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Private Meeting for Carole Biau and IMCO
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