This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Time, author Jamie Ducharme discusses a recommendation by a group of independent experts on perinatal depression. They say that doctors should offer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Getting Smart, author Erin Gohl highlights CASEL’s guide to implementing social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools. • How important is social-emotional learning to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Susan Keown reports that a Phase 1 trial using a virus to teach the immune system to fight cancer showed promising results. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jamie Ducharme discusses what it would take to reach President Trump’s goal of ending HIV in America in ten years. • How can funders help to support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gina Martinez reports that more than one-third of donations on GoFundMe cover medical costs, highlighting the healthcare cost crisis in the United States. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tara Law explains how research and anecdotal evidence show that the most effective way to convince vaccine skeptics is to thoroughly address their concerns through respectful conversations. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachel Tompa reports on the results of a study that found that childhood survivors of cancer faced high health insurance costs later in life before the implementation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Diane Mapes reports that researchers have used mathematical models to estimate the number of women with metastatic breast cancer, an understudied population. • How can donors support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More doctors are prescribing healthy food programs that support patients who need treatment for food-related illnesses such as diabetes. • What makes this food program model…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anne Lusk explains that while low-income people and people of color are the most likely to commute by bike, bike-friendly cities are usually designed for wealthy, white residents. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Julia Hanna explains how the Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator is working to speed up the creation and distribution of cancer therapies by eliminating systemic barriers to progress. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funders that care about health equity have come a long way in the last 20 years. They increasingly emphasize social determinants of health, think intentionally about how to work with…