Milken Institute Health
Milken Institute Health advances research, policy, and programs to address complex health challenges across biomedical innovation, public health, healthy aging, and food systems. The work advances research, policy, and programs that surface promising practices and support the scaling of solutions to improve health outcomes and resilience in the United States and globally.
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Women's Health Network
The Women’s Health Network is a global collaborative convened by the Milken Institute to accelerate progress in women’s health. It facilitates collective action among leaders, mobilizes capital, and advances initiatives that turn promising solutions into real-world impact for women.
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Access Point: Trends in Clinical Trials Transformation #4
FasterCures’ Access Point: Trends in Clinical Trials Transformation is a quarterly horizon scan examining how emerging trends, organizations, and initiatives are transforming clinical trial access and efficiency.Read Report -
Cross-Disease Platform Approaches: How Shared Infrastructure and Collaborative Models Can De-Risk Next Gen Science for Patients
As scientific innovation accelerates, patient organizations face a growing challenge: how to invest upstream in ways that meaningfully de-risk and accelerate the therapeutic pipeline.View Webinar -
Activating the Food Is Medicine Ecosystem: A Framework for Stakeholder Partnerships
Food Is Medicine (FIM) has reached a critical inflection point. What began as a community-rooted response to unmet nutrition needs has evolved into a nationally recognized strategy for preventing and treating diet-related chronic disease...Read Report -
Request for Information on AI-Enabled Optimization of Early-Phase Clinical Trials Pilot Program
Grace R. Graham, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs. US Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 Re: Notice of Request for Information; AI-Enabled Optimization of Early-Phase Clinical Trials...Read LetterImage
Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute HealthEsther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals. -
Cancer 2035: A Roadmap for the Future
In February 2026, leaders from across science, medicine, policy, technology, finance, and philanthropy gathered in Washington, DC, to discuss how the cancer model of research and innovation can evolve for the next eraRead Report -
Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration: Statement on the CAMK2 Research and Care Program
The Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) applauds the recent launch of the CAMK2 Research and Care Program (CRCP) within the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute.Read Article -
Financial Longevity: Redesigning Economic Architecture for Longer Lives
Our accelerating transition into an older society is rendering existing economic systems obsolete. As life expectancy continues to increase, we must shift away from structures designed for shorter lifespans and modernize them to reflect...Read ReportImage
Dawn M. Carpenter, DLS
Director, Financial LongevityDawn M. Carpenter, DLS, is the director of financial longevity at MI Health. -
A World Reshaped by Disruption. A Conference Built to Respond
The Milken Institute convenes its 29th annual Global Conference in Los Angeles, May 3–6Read ArticleImage
Chad Clinton
Director, Media RelationsChad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events. -
Employer Strategies for Human-Centered AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of eight emerging and escalating risks to both employee and organizational health and performance that employers face, as identified through a landscape analysis of more than 245 sources from 2011 to 2025...Read Report -
What I’ve Learned from Berries—and the People Behind Them
When I think about the future of food, I don’t start with technology or capital markets. I start in the field, with farmers I’ve spent time with, as people who wake up before sunrise to make decisions that carry real risk. I think about...Read Essay -
Meet the LeadersLink 2026-2027 Cohort
The 2026–2027 FasterCures’ LeadersLink program cohort has been carefully selected from a highly competitive pool of candidates. We chose nine exceptional individuals to participate in this year’s program. Through a capstone project...Read Article -
Advancing Mental Health Worldwide: Five Core Elements for Effective Strategies
More than one billion people worldwide live with a mental health condition (MHC). Despite the significant downstream economic, societal, and health challenges associated with MHCs, inconsistent funding, patchwork policies, and limited...Read Report
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Milken Institute Health focuses on biomedical innovation, public health, healthy aging, and food systems, with an emphasis on research-driven solutions and cross-sector collaboration.
The work combines research, convenings, and partnerships across public, private, and nonprofit sectors to translate evidence into practical policy and programmatic action.
The pillar includes four portfolios: FasterCures, Feeding Change, Future of Aging, and Public Health, which also collaborate on cross-cutting health challenges.
Organizations can engage through research collaboration, participation in events, multi-stakeholder partnerships, thought leadership, and policy-focused initiatives aligned with the Health portfolios.
Milken Institute Health informs and contributes to major events, publications, thought leadership, and initiatives across the Institute, including summits, reports, and cross-pillar programs.
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