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Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Scientific Advisory Committee Alia Alawneh Assistant Member, Department of Internal Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan Hector Arreola Economic Research Coordinator, Mexican Health Foundation Afsan Bhadelia (Co-Coordinator, Scientific Advisory Committee) Visiting Scientist, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Instructor, Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Faculty, Public Health Foundation of India Nahid Bhadelia Assistant Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center Director of Infection Control, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Boston University Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Senior Fellow on Human Security, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Maria Charlotte Bouësseau Adviser, Service Delivery and Safety (SDS), World Health Organization Gene Bukhman Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Mariana Calderon National Project Coordinator of Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control, Mexican Health Foundation Stephen Connor Senior Fellow to Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance Norman Daniels Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Ngan Dinh Lecturer of Economics, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Shekinah Elmore MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School Victoria Fan Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Hermes Florez Professor of Medicine & Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Chief, Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Lachlan Forrow Director of Ethics and Palliative Care Programs Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School President, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Hellen Gelband Associate Director for Policy, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) Liz Grant Senior Lecturer, Global Health and Development, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Deputy Director Global Health Academy, Center for Population Health Science, University of Edinburgh Eduardo Gonzalez Pier Secretary for Integration and Health Sector Development, Ministry of Health of Mexico Emilio Herrera President, NewHealth Foundation Director General, Enterprising Solutions for Health Cassia van der Hoof Holstein Chief Partnership Integration Officer, Partners in Health Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Jimmie Holland Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center Jorge Jimenez President, National Cancer Forum Chile Former Minister of Health, Chile Nancy Keating Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care policy, Harvard Medical School Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Erin Kobetz Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Associate Director, Disparities and Community Outreach, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Virginia LeBaron Assistant Professor of Nursing, Roberts Scholar, University of Virginia Yuanli Liu Dean, Peking Union School of Public Health Silvana Luciani Advisor, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Area of Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control, Pan American Health Organization Joan Marston Chief Executive, International Children’s Palliative Care Network Farrah Mateen Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Attending Physician, Department of Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Luke Messac MD/PhD candidate, School of Medicine and Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Scott Murray St Columba's Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Christian Ntizimira Palliative Care Educator Palliative Medicine Fellow, McConnell Heart Health Center Homereach Hospice Member Founder, Rwanda Palliative Care and Hospice Organization (RPCHO) Joseph Rhatigan Associate Chief, Division of Global Health Equity Director, Doris and Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity and Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Gary Rodin Head, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network William Rosenberg Former Medical Director, Menorah Medical Center CyberKnife Center Sachin Silva Research Associate, Global Health Systems Cluster, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Visiting Researcher, Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London Julio Santamaria Vice Minister of Health, Panama Dingle Spence Oncology and Palliative Medicine Physician, Hope Institute, Jamaica Mark Steedman Global Health Programme Manager, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London Former End-of-Life Care Policy Fellow, World Innovation Summit for Health Julie Torode Deputy CEO and Advocacy & Programmes Director of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) Laura Torres Operative Professional, Justice Cossio's Staff, Mexican Supreme Court Stephane Verguet Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Senior Health Economist, Disease Control Priorities Network .
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