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Brock Smith, PhD
Brock Smith, PhD, is an associate director with the Research Department at the Milken Institute.
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The Impact of Investing in Health Equity in Biomedical Research
October 20 at 8:30 am PDT / 11:30 am EDT
Biomedical research relies on commercial investmen
t, grant funding, and private donations to accelerate drug development, run clinical trials, and support innovation in health technologies.
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Future of Finance
October 20 at 10:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm EDT
In a digital world, opportunity is potentially limitless
. As economies continue to shift to digital, data analytics and digital assets have turned from supporting tools to main drivers of innovation.
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Bots, Bytes, and Brains: Extending Longevity Through Technology
October 18 at 10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Artificial intelligence, big data, digital devic
es, and other technological advances that once seemed the province of futurists are changing the scope and delivery of health services, medical in
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Financial Literacy: The Road to a Better Future
October 18 at 12:45 pm PDT / 3:45 pm EDT
There is increasing worry that a large percent of the US
population is financially illiterate and lacks the necessary knowledge and skills to make sound financial decisions.
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Nimble Countermeasures: Crucial in the Fight against Pandemics
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It wasn’t by deliberate design that we had these capabilities to use against COVID. We got lucky.
, The initial policy reflex was to try to develop specific medical countermeasures to these two threats, but when these viruses seemed to recede back into nature, so did the bulk of the efforts to counter them with drugs and vaccines.
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FinTech in Focus — February 13, 2024
In This Newsletter
FinTech for Lifetime Financial Security
FinTech for America’s Banking Deserts
Ne
w MI Finance Small Business Initiative
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MI Future of Aging: Winter 2024
In This Newsletter
Milken Institute Signature Events
Senior Housing and Care Spotlight
Updates from
the Alliance to Improve Dementia Care
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Austin, Texas and Idaho Falls, Idaho Top Milken Institute’s 2024 Annual Ranking of Best-Performing Cities
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 6, 2024) — Austin, Texas has demonstrated the best performance a
mong large cities, according to the 2024 Milken Institute Best-Performing C
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