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Research & Updates
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May 2014
May 2014
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Our Writeup on Criminal Justice Reform
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May 06, 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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May 2014
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Patty Lovera, Assistant Director, Food & Water Watch and Doug Lakey, Director of Development, Food & Water Watch
Date
May 01, 2014
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Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2014
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Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control/Elimination
Date
April 30, 2014
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April 2014
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Tom Dietterich, Distinguished Professor and Director of Intelligent Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
Date
April 28, 2014
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2014
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Tom Hart, U.S. Executive Director, The ONE Campaign
Date
April 24, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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April 2014
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Dr. Martin Ruhs, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Senior Researcher, Oxford University
Date
April 23, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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April 2014
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Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS)
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April 23, 2014
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April 2014
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Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
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April 22, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2014
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Ben Goldsmith, Executive Director, Farm Forward
Date
April 22, 2014
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2014
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Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
April 21, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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April 2014
April 2014
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Laurence Ball, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Date
April 17, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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April 2014
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Dr. Neal Lane, – Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor , Rice University,
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April 16, 2014
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Scientific Research
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April 2014
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Bryant Walker Smith, Fellow, the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS); Fellow, the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School; Lecturer, Stanford Law School
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April 11, 2014
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Other Areas
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April 2014
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Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management and Accounting, Cornell University
Date
April 04, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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April 2014
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Robert Greenstein, President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
April 03, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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April 2014
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Kathleen Newland, Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute
Date
April 02, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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April 2014
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Professor Nigel Lightfoot CBE, Executive Director of CORDS
Date
April 01, 2014
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Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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March 2014
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Gabriel Metcalf, Executive Director, SPUR
Date
March 31, 2014
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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March 2014
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Bill Gale, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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March 28, 2014
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Other Areas
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March 2014
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Bentley Allan, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Date
March 26, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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March 2014
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Alan D. Viard, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Date
March 25, 2014
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Other Areas
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March 2014
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The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
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March 25, 2014
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March 2014
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Richard England, Visiting Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Professor of Economics and Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire
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March 22, 2014
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Other Areas
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March 2014
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Patrick Lucey, Policy Program Associate, and Danielle Kehl, Policy Analyst, New America Foundation
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March 19, 2014
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Other Areas
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March 2014
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Daniel Fagnant, Ph.D. candidate in Transportation Engineering, UT Austin; Assistant Professor at University of Utah (Anticipated August 2014)
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March 18, 2014
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Other Areas
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March 2014
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Dr. Arthur Bienenstock, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Date
March 17, 2014
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Scientific Research
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March 2014
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Stephen Smith, Infrastructure Reporter, Next City; Contributor, Market Urbanism
Date
March 13, 2014
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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March 2014
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GiveWell Labs – Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014
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March 05, 2014
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February 2014
February 2014
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Jeff Settleman, Michael Fischbach, Adam Marblestone
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February 28, 2014
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Scientific Research
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February 2014
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Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
February 27, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Josh Bivens, Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute
Date
February 26, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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February 2014
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Leah Garces, USA Director, Compassion in World Farming
Date
February 26, 2014
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2014
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Tom Mitchell, School of Computer Science, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Date
February 19, 2014
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2014
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David L. Heymann, MD, Chair of the Health Protection Agency, UK
Date
February 17, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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February 2014
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David Relman, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Date
February 12, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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February 2014
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George Poste, Chief Scientist, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative and Professor of Health Innovation at Arizona State University
Date
February 12, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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February 2014
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Philip Tetlock, Professor of Psychology and Management, University of Pennsylvania; Co-leader of the Good Judgment Project
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February 12, 2014
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Other Areas
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February 2014
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A Conversation with the Gates Foundation about Malaria Funding and Eradication
Date
February 10, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
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February 06, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Dena Jones, Farm Animal Program Manager, Animal Welfare Institute
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February 06, 2014
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2014
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Amy Smithson, Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Date
February 04, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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February 2014
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Joseph Gagnon, Senior Fellow; former Associate Director at the Division of International Finance and Senior Economist, US Federal Reserve Board
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February 04, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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February 2014
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Dr. Dermot Maher, International Portfolio Manager, The Wellcome Trust
Date
February 03, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Improving Funding Allocation within HIV/AIDS Programs in Developing Countries
Date
February 01, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
February 01, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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February 2014
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Improving Disaster Shelters to Increase the Chances of Recovery from a Global Catastrophe
Date
February 01, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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January 2014
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Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health
Date
January 29, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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January 2014
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Dr. Bruce Alberts, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco; former President, National Academy of Sciences
Date
January 29, 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
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January 23, 2014
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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January 2014
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Mike Konczal, Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Date
January 23, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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January 2014
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Grant Tennille, Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe
Date
January 17, 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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January 2014
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Jay Neal, Executive Director of Georgia’s Office of Transition, Support and Re-entry; former Representative in Georgia State House of Representatives
Date
January 15, 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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January 2014
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Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Date
January 15, 2014
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Other Areas
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January 2014
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Returns to Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 15, 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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January 2014
January 2014
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Increasing the Supply of Organs for Transplantation in the U.S.
Date
January 10, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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January 2014
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Rob Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Board member, GiveWell
Date
January 09, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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January 2014
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Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
Date
January 08, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2014
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Exploring Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 07, 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2013
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Scientific Research Funding
Date
December 26, 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2013
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Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne
Date
December 16, 2013
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Other Areas
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December 2013
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Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
December 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
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Vikram Patel, Joint Director, Centre for Global Mental Health
Date
December 12, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
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Chip Mellor, President and General Counsel, Institute for Justice
Date
December 12, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
December 2013
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Larry Kramer, President and Daniel Stid, Senior Fellow
Date
December 06, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
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Steve Riskin, Senior Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace
Date
November 26, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
November 2013
Title
How to Approach Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 21, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
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Dr. Stefano Bertozzi, Dean and Professor of Health Policy & Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Date
November 20, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Andy Ko, Campaign Manager, Campaign for a New Drug Policy
Date
November 20, 2013
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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November 2013
November 2013
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Pew Charitable Trusts’ Government Performance Project
Date
November 14, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
Title
Attendance of Selective Colleges amongst High-Performing, Low-Income Students
Date
November 14, 2013
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Other Areas
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November 2013
November 2013
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Kimberly Elliott, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
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Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
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Nancy Birdsall, President, and Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
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Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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November 2013
Title
Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs
Date
November 12, 2013
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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November 2013
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Software Patent Reform
Date
November 11, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
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The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 06, 2013
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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November 2013
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Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – November 2013
Date
November 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
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Tobacco Control in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Date
November 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2013
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Gara LaMarche, President, Democracy Alliance; former President and CEO, Atlantic Philanthropies
Date
October 31, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 30, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
Title
Exploring Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
October 24, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
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Aaron Goldzimer, Student, Yale Law School
Date
October 19, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
October 2013
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Julie Samuels, Senior Staff Attorney, Peter Eckersley, Technology Projects Director, Daniel Nazer, Staff Attorney, and Adi Kamdar, Activist
Date
October 15, 2013
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Other Areas
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October 2013
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Sally Satel, MD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Date
October 10, 2013
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Other Areas
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October 2013
October 2013
Title
Tom Inglesby, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and Director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Center for Health Security
Date
October 02, 2013
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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October 2013
Title
Seth Baum, Executive Director Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
Date
October 02, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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October 2013
Title
Traffic Safety in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Date
October 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
September 2013
September 2013