The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
A bipartisan group of state health policymakers from both the executive and legislative branches who are focused on improving population health.
Networks of state officials, advocates, and others aiming to invest in and transform primary care.
A program dedicated to advancing state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
A leadership development program for early and mid-career state government officials who are committed to improving the health of all people in their communities.
A leadership program for senior state government officials who are committed to improving population health.
The Fund focuses on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all.
Improving state leaders’ ability to enact and implement evidence-based health policies.
Advancing policies that create a more prevention- and primary care-oriented health system.
Improving population health through policies that contain health care cost growth.
Our state health policy resources offer relevant data analysis and best practices.
The Fund publishes reports, issues briefs, and case studies on state health policy issues.
Short takes on health policy issues from Milbank staff and guest authors.
Insights from Milbank President Debra Lubar on state health policymaking.
Reported articles and Q&As on timely health policy issues, as well as foundation updates.
Milbank Memorial Fund and Milbank Quarterly webinars featuring state health policymakers and researchers.
Updates and expert contact information for reporters.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is a private foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
November 2026 Mary Louise Gilburg,
Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD, is the R&D impact professor of medical ethics and health policy research at the University of Pennsylvania and… More
Pamela Herd, PhD, is the Carol Kakalec Kohn professor of social policy in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She studies… More
Jeff Niederdeppe, PhD, is the Liberty Hyde Bailey professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and senior associate… More
November 2026 Hayley Piazza,
The Milbank Quarterly was pleased to present its Early Career Award in Population Health to Catherine K. Ettman, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, at the 2026 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference in September. More
Fact Sheet
A new Milbank Quarterly article, Health Data Utilities as Essential Public Infrastructure: A Cooperative Federalism Architecture, proposes a federal-state governance model for state-designated HDUs. More
Jonathan Heller, PhD, is a senior health equity fellow at the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin and, until recently, was… More
Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of… More
State Health Policy Leadership
November 2026 Kody H. Kinsley,
In an open letter to the nation’s incoming governors, nine former chief state health and human services executives, who served under Republican and Democratic governors, offer a menu of policy options for improving access to affordability, high-quality health care. More
Catherine K. Ettman, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg… More
Population Health Social drivers of health
November 2026 Erika Blacksher,
Research that examines multiple forms of marginalization simultaneously, referred to herein as quantitative intersectional analysis, is an important trend in population health science. More