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New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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07/11/2016

... of the University of Miami. Among her board affiliations are trusteeships of the Deaf We Can, which was founded by a ... Advisory Council of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative; and the Harvard...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... said David Blumenthal, a former national coordinator for health information technology for the Obama administration, ...

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Longtime Director June Makela Steps Down as Lorraine Marasigan Promoted to Lead the Norman Foundation

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12/12/2016

... Foundation. Marasigan received a Master’s of Public Health and Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... parties and media organs on both sides of the Atlantic are sharply polarized. Liberal elites, in particular are aghast that a populist torches-and-pitchfork rebellion ... with Johns Hopkins in the past, mainly...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... B. Demopoulos Clinical Scientist Development Awards. “We are continually impressed by the high caliber of the Clinical ... at DDCF. “At this crucial stage in their careers, we are proud to support them in...

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14 Dec 2017

Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Chain reaction. Ripple effect. Reverberation. There are plenty of ways to describe this simple truth: small ... impact with their relatively small grants. Whether it’s health care, education, or the...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... they protect plants against disease, and they confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries. A new study ... properties and commonly used as food dyes. Betalains are...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

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08/23/2017

... technology-enabled solutions to issues of poverty. We are funding the next Catalyst program, which has a specific focus on children’s issues, as well as the health , financial security, and cohesiveness of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

... strengthened the city, new small businesses and jobs in health care, biosciences and technology have fortified its ...

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New Study Funded By The Peterson Center On Healthcare Reveals Healthcare Spending Rose By Nearly $1 Trillion Between 1996 and 2013

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11/13/2017

... by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and funded by the ...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

... existing electricity connections to poor, rural villages are often low-quality and unreliable. In rural Indian ... generated with diesel power, which negatively impacts the health of residents and the...

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Nina C. Robbins Chosen to Lead F.Y. Eye, Inc.

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01/19/2018

... in city government, the nonprofit and private sectors, we are thrilled that she will be directing F.Y. Eye’s efforts ... especially at this time when the needs for vital messaging are so great.” said Mark...

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

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01/22/2018

... Hernandez, UH assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP). She and co-principal ... investigator professor Dan O’Connor, HHP chair, are working with the nation’s leading experts...

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Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change

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02/01/2018

... who were exposed to harm in school, foster care, housing, health care, law enforcement and other systems, who ... women, and to shrink the sex trade so that fewer people are harmed. The Life Story is a space...

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

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04/03/2018

... where hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingya are sheltered in makeshift settlements that are vulnerable to water contamination and the spread of ... attention to sanitation and hygiene infrastructure,...

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With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

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05/31/2018

... determined to build greater awareness about this unabating health crisis. It will take an important step forward ...

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Community Development

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

... but nearly a quarter of Medicare recipients who are prescribed opioids also fill prescriptions for ... opioid and a benzodiazepine should be closely monitored by health care professionals due to an increased...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant

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07/09/2018

... at a time while wirelessly sending data about the eye’s health to the patient or medical professionals. The implant ... 65 million people worldwide. Patients at risk for glaucoma are required to make regular...

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