More Than Medicine
We built the science of treating disease.
Now it’s time to build the science of creating health.
The greatest opportunities to improve health begin long before someone enters a doctor’s office. More Than Medicine is advancing health solutions science, the research that discovers, tests, and scales the ideas that help people stay healthier, longer.
Because breakthroughs matter only when they improve lives.
The Missing Science
Medical discoveries have transformed millions of lives. But medicine alone cannot determine whether people thrive.
Health is shaped by where we live, learn, work, age, and connect with one another. Yet we, as a country, have never invested in understanding and improving those factors with the same force devoted to drugs.
That’s the opportunity. Health solutions science is building the evidence for what creates better health and leading the way in showing how those solutions can reach entire communities.
Why This Matters Now
We don’t lack promising ideas. We lack the robust scientific enterprise needed to discover, prove, and scale them.
Biomedical research benefits from decades of investment, shared methods, career pathways, funding, and institutions designed to move discovery into practice.
Health solutions science is still building that foundation.
Building What’s Missing
The Pathways for Health Research Collective is helping bring resources and attention to grow the scientific foundation for healthier lives.
By demonstrating how this research can improve health in practice, and making its impact visible to those who can strengthen national support, we’re helping create the infrastructure this emerging field needs to grow.
Just as sustained investment built today’s biomedical research enterprise, we believe it’s time to build an equally strong foundation for discovering what helps people stay healthy.
Because healthier lives deserve their own science.
Ways to Join Us
- Fund transformational research
- Showcase your work and share implementation successes
- Advance policy solutions
- Join a growing community of changemakers
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We have invested in medicine. Now it’s time to invest in health outcomes. Contact us to learn more about our work and how you can help drive lasting change.