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The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed operating foundation that aims to improve population health and health equity by collaborating with leaders and decision makers and connecting them with experience and sound evidence. It does this work by:
Morgan McDonald,
In January, Minnesota launched its paid family and medical leave program, making it one of 13 states with a statewide paid leave program in place or in process. For this Q&A, Milbank’s National Director for Population Health, Morgan McDonald, MD, talked with the legislation’s sponsors, Former Rep. Ruth Richardson, an alumna of the Emerging Leaders Program, and Sen. Alice Mann, MD, an alumna of the Milbank Fellows Program, about their motivations and approach to passing the bill. Both interviewees highlighted how their ongoing communication with each other and with the members of a large and diverse coalition — as well as their use of both storytelling and data — led to this investment in Minnesota’s families and businesses. (Watch a video of the interview at right.) More
Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar to discuss research on ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), lessons from tobacco prevention and control efforts, and steps to restrict UPFs in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). More
Mary Louise Gilburg,
On March 2, 2026, The Milbank Memorial Fund submitted a public comment in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to amend the § 685.102 Degree Definitions to include new definitions of graduate student and professional student. More
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