Felicia Marie Knaul
费利西亚·克瑙尔
PhD
Professor and Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas教授兼美洲高级研究所所长
👥Biography 个人简介
Health economist and cancer equity advocate whose personal breast cancer experience in Mexico transformed her research agenda. Led the Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief, demonstrating that opioid inaccessibility causes massive preventable suffering in LMICs.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
Palliative Care Global Policy
Chaired the Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief, producing the foundational global estimate of unmet palliative care need and the 'serious health-related suffering' metric.
Opioid Access in LMICs
Quantified the global pain crisis caused by restricted opioid access in low-income countries, influencing WHO essential medicines policy and INCB scheduling decisions.
Mexico Cancer System Reform
Designed and evaluated Seguro Popular cancer coverage in Mexico, demonstrating how UHC expansion can improve pediatric cancer outcomes in middle-income countries.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage
The Lancet (2018)
Lancet Commission report quantifying 61 million people experiencing serious health-related suffering without access to palliative care.
Closing the cancer divide: a blueprint to expand access in low and middle income countries
Harvard Global Equity Initiative (Book) (2012)
Comprehensive blueprint for addressing cancer inequity globally, widely used in health policy training.
Breast cancer in Mexico: a growing challenge to health and development
The Lancet Oncology (2009)
Documented the rising breast cancer burden in Mexico and identified access barriers driving late-stage diagnosis.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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