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FELICIA MARIE KNAUL Curriculum Vitae

April 13, 2018

2 FELICIA MARIE KNAUL

INDEX

1) Basic and contact information and Professional references 2) Bio sketch 3) Education 4) Employment history 5) Awards and honorary institutional and academic appointments;

Memberships in academic and professional associations

6) Funded research and projects 7) Publications

7.1) Books and Teaching Material 7.2) Documents Submitted for Publication 7.3) Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters 7.4) Other Academic Publications without Peer Review 7.5) Policy Documents 7.6) News and Other Media

8) Publications referring to work by Felicia Marie Knaul (selection of articles

by other authors reviewing projects and work) 9) Professional conferences, public speaking events, academic, and capacity

building, and workshops (2001-present) 10) Teaching, Training and work with students (Mentorship of Student

Groups, Courses, and Selection of fellows, thesis projects and internships)

CURRÍCULUM VITAE 3

1) BASIC AND CONTACT INFORMATION

Current address: Ibis House. 11355 Four Fillies Road Pinecrest, Florida 33156, USA.

Telephone: (617) 999-9154; (521) 5554182217. E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Skype: FeliciaKnaul1 Twitter/Facebook: @feliciaknaul; Felicia M. Knaul. Date of Birth: 24/04/1966. Place of Birth. Citizenship: Toronto, Canada. Canadian and United Kingdom.

Permanent Residence: Av. Palmira 2500, Privada Bel Senda, casa 7, Col. Palmira Tinguindin. Cuernavaca, Mor. C.P. 62490, Mexico.

Residency/visa status: FM-2 for Mexico. H1B (for USA). Languages: Fluent English, Fluent Spanish, Conversational French. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

• Amartya Sen,

Nobel Laureate, Economics (1998) Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

• Dr. Harvey Fineberg

President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Former President of the Institute of Medicine of the USA Former Provost of Harvard University

• Dr. Paul E. Farmer Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair of Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Founding Director, Partners In Health

• Dr. Peter Piot Director (Rector), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Former Executive Director, UNAIDS and Under Secretary General of the United Nations

• Dr. Guillermo Soberón Acevedo Presidente Emérito, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud; Presidente del Consejo Asesor Científico y Médico, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado; Ex Secretario de Salud de México

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2) BIO SKETCH (English and Spanish) Felicia Marie Knaul, BA (International Development, University of Toronto), MA, PhD (Economics, Harvard University) is Professor at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami. She is also Director of the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas (UMIA), dedicated to research, policy analysis, training and institution-building linking the humanities, the arts, the sciences and social and economic development. She is Founding President of Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. México; Honorary Research Professor of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico; Director of the program on Universality and Competitiveness in Health, and Senior Economist at the Mexican Health Foundation, and member of the Mexican National Academy of Medicine. She is President of the Latin American Union Against Cancer of Women (ULACCAM). From Summer 2009 to 2015 she was Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative (HGEI), an inter-faculty program chaired by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. Dr. Knaul has designed, created and coordinated several research and advocacy networks. Since 2014 she is the Chair of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control. She founded and directed the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control and was a member of the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control, taking a leadership role in the global reports that were produced. She coordinated the Global Network for Health Equity, an initiative that brings together researchers from Latin America, in association with the Asia EQUITAP network and the Africa SHIELD network. Shale also served as chair the Pan American Health Organization Task Force on Universal Health Coverage. As a result of her breast cancer experience, in 2008 Dr. Knaul founded Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho, a Mexico-based non-profit agency that promotes research, advocacy, awareness, and early detection in Latin America. She has lectured globally on the challenge of breast cancer in low and middle-income countries, both as patient-advocate and health systems researcher. She recounts her personal experience in Tómatelo a Pecho (Grupo Santillana, 2009) and Beauty without the Breast (Harvard University Press/ Harvard Global Equity Initiative 2013). Her story and her work have been featured in The Lancet, Science, WHO Bulletin, Newsweek en Español, and Cancer Today. Her research is focused on global health, cancer and especially breast cancer in low and middle-income countries, women and health, health systems and reform, health financing, access to pain control and palliative care, poverty and inequity, gender equity and particularly female labor force participation, and children in especially difficult circumstances. Dr. Knaul has produced over 190 academic and policy publications. From 2012-2015, she was a member of the Lancet Commission on Women and Health and a leading co-author of the June 2015 report. In 2013-2104 she participated in the Lancet Series Universal Health Coverage in Latin America. In 2012, she led a Lancet group publication that reviewed the health system reform of Mexico; a follow-up to The Lancet 2006 Mexico series that she also chaired. She has authored and lead-edited several academic books, including Closing the Cancer Divide (Harvard University Press/Harvard Global Equity Initiative 2012) and Financing Health in Latin America: Household Spending and Impoverishment (Harvard University Press/Harvard Global Equity Initiative 2013). She serves on the international advisory board of The Lancet Global Health, and on the editorial boards of ecancer Medical Science and the Journal of Global Oncology of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Knaul has also written for the Huffington Post, and served as Chief Editor of the Global Health and Cancer section of The Oncologist.

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Dr. Knaul has held senior, federal government positions at the Ministries of Education and Social Development of Mexico, and the Colombian Department of Planning. She has also worked as a consultant and advisor for bilateral and multilateral agencies such as the World Health Organization and the World Bank. In these roles, she has led or participated in several global policy reports and directed the production of various papers for the government of Mexico on education, health and children´s rights. She mentors several young leader groups including the Harvard Cancer Society, the YP-NCD network and NCDFree. She also mentors students and supervises undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral scholars and fellowships for students from around the world. Dr. Knaul serves on several boards including the United Way of Miami Dade, the EAT Global Forum, Harvard-Mexico Foundation, and the Jalisco Cancer Institute. She was a board member of the Union for International Cancer Control from 2010-2014. In 2015 was awarded “Flama, Vida y Mujer” by the Autonomous University of the State of Nuevo Leon, as well as the Global Health Catalyst Award. In 2013 she was named one of Mexico’s most influential women, and she was awarded the Global Development Network Prize for Outstanding Research on Change in the Health Sector for her work on Seguro Popular and financial protection in Mexico in 2005. Dr. Knaul is a citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom, and a permanent resident of Mexico, dividing her time between Cuernavaca, Morelos and Miami, Florida, USA. She is passionate about nature, and collects orchids and other plants, and promotes and practices physical fitness through daily exercise especially as an avid walker, often with her dogs Tikvot and Lupi. She and her husband, Dr. Julio Frenk, have two children, Hannah Sofia (21 and studying chemistry) and Mariana Havivah (13). Her mother Marie and brother Jonathan live in Canada. SPANISH: Felicia Marie Knaul. Licenciada en Desarrollo Internacional por la Universidad de Toronto; Maestría y Doctorado en Economía por la Universidad Harvard. Es Profesora de la Facultad de Medicina Leonard M. Miller y Directora del Instituto de Estudios Avanzados para Las Américas de la Universidad de Miami (UMIA, por sus siglas en inglés), enfocado en investigación, análisis de políticas y proyectos interdisciplinarios sobre humanidades, artes y ciencias, y desarrollo social y económico. En México es Presidente Fundadora de Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.; Economista Principal y Directora del programa Universalidad y Competitividad en Salud de la Fundación Mexicana para la Salud; y Profesora Investigadora Honoraria en Ciencias Médicas del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Es miembro de la Academia Nacional de Medicina y del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel III. Preside además la Unión Latinoamericana contra el Cáncer de la Mujer. De 2009 a 2015 fue Profesora Asociada de la Facultad de Medicina de Harvard y Directora de la Iniciativa Harvard de Equidad Global, que presidió el Premio Nobel Amartya Sen. La Dra. Knaul ha diseñado, creado y coordinado diversas redes de investigación y concientización. Desde 2014 preside la Comisión Lancet para el Acceso Global a los Cuidados Paliativos y Alivio del Dolor, liderando el Informe publicado en 2017 Cerrar el abismo de acceso en cuidados paliativos y alivio del dolor, un imperativo de la cobertura universal de salud. Fundó y dirigió la Comisión Global para Ampliar el Acceso a la Atención y Control del Cáncer y fue miembro del

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Grupo Global de Trabajo en Radioterapia para el Control del Cáncer, liderando también los informes globales publicados. Coordinó además la Red Global sobre Equidad y Salud, iniciativa que agrupó investigadores de América Latina, en asociación con la red de Asia EQUITAP y la red de África SHIELD. Presidió el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Cobertura Universal de la Salud en las Américas de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Como resultado de su experiencia con el cáncer de mama, en 2008, fundó Tómatelo a Pecho, una organización civil mexicana creada para impulsar la investigación e iniciativas que promueven la detección temprana del cáncer de mama, el tratamiento y la sobrevida en América Latina. Ha dado numerosas conferencias relacionadas con el reto que representa el cáncer de mama en países de bajo y mediano ingreso. En sus libros Tómatelo a Pecho (Grupo Santillana, 2009) y Beauty without the Breast (Harvard University Press / HGEI, 2013) relata su experiencia personal. Su trabajo se ha reconocido en diversas publicaciones como The Lancet, Science, WHO Bulletin, Newsweek en Español, y en Cancer Today. Su trabajo de investigación se centra en las áreas de salud global; cáncer, particularmente cáncer de mama en países de bajo y mediano ingreso; salud de la mujer; sistemas de salud y reforma; financiamiento de la salud; acceso a control del dolor y cuidados paliativos; pobreza e iniquidad; y niños en circunstancias especialmente difíciles. La dra. Knaul ha generado más de 200 publicaciones académicas y políticas. De 2012 a 2015 fue miembro de la Comisión Lancet de Mujer y Salud y co-autora principal de su Informe de junio 2015. En 2013-2014 participó en la Serie Lancet sobre Cobertura Universal en Salud en América Latina. En 2012, dirigió una publicación en The Lancet haciendo una revisión de la reforma del sistema de salud mexicano, en seguimiento a una serie de artículos sobre el tema publicados en The Lancet en 2006, también bajo su dirección. Es autora y co-editora de varios libros académicos, incluyendo Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer (Harvard University Press / HGEI, 2012) y Financiamiento de la Salud en América Latina: Gastos de los Hogares y Empobrecimiento (Harvard University Press / HGEI, 2013). Participa en el consejo editorial de las revistas The Lancet Global Health y ecancer Medical Science; del Journal of Global Oncology de la American Society of Clinical Oncology; escribió para el Huffington Post y fue jefe editorial de la sección Global Health and Cancer en The Oncologist. La dra. Knaul ocupó puestos de alto nivel dentro del gobierno federal en Colombia, en el Departamento Nacional de Planeación, y en México, en las Secretarías de Educación y Desarrollo Social, coordinando la producción de diversos documentos en materia de educación, salud e infancia. Trabajó como asesora para varias agencias bilaterales y multilaterales como la Organización Mundial para la Salud y el Banco Mundial, dirigiendo y participando en varios informes de política global. Fue consultora de varios grupos de líderes jóvenes, entre ellos, de la Harvard Cancer Society, la red YP-NCD y NCD Free; y asesora estudiantes de pregrado, postgrado, académicos postdoctorales, y becarios de todo el mundo. La Dra. Knaul es miembro de la Junta de varias instituciones como el United Way of Miami Dade, el EAT Forum, la Fundación México en Harvard y el Instituto Jalisciense de Cancerología, y fue consejera de la Unión Internacional para el Control del Cáncer de 2010 a 2014.

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En marzo de 2015 recibió de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León el reconocimiento “Flama, Vida y Mujer” y el premio “Global Health Catalyst”. En 2013 fue reconocida como una de las mujeres notables en México y galardonada en 2005 por la Red Global de Desarrollo con el Premio de Investigación en Salud y Desarrollo Institucional por su trabajo sobre Seguro Popular y protección financiera en México. La Dra. Knaul es ciudadana de Canadá y el Reino Unido, y residente permanente de México, dividiendo su tiempo entre Cuernavaca, Morelos, en México y Miami, Florida en EE.UU. Apasionada de la naturaleza, es coleccionista de orquídeas y plantas, y promueve y practica diariamente el ejercicio físico, especialmente con intensas caminatas, a menudo con sus perros, Tikvot y Lupi. Ella y su esposo, el Dr. Julio Frenk, tienen dos hijas; Hannah Sofía estudiante de química de 21 años y Mariana Havivah de 13. Su madre Marie y su hermano Jonathan viven en Canadá. 3) EDUCATION Harvard University (1989 to 1995) M.A. Economics. March, 1992. Ph.D. Economics. June, 1995. Fields of concentration: Economic Development and Labor Economics. Dissertation: "Young Workers, Street Life and Gender: The Effect of Education and

Work Experience on Earnings in Colombia". Considers the historical evolution of child and youth labor force participation, the condition of street children and domestic workers, methodologies for enumerating street children, the effect of early work experience on earnings and education, and gender differentials in earnings.

Committee: Prof. Amartya Sen (Harvard University), Prof. Peter Timmer (Harvard

University) and Prof. Albert Berry (University of Toronto).

Funding Sources: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Tinker Foundation (Harvard Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies), Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, Departamento Nacional de Planeación de Colombia, Inter-American Foundation, UNICEF.

University of Toronto, 1988 Honors B. A., Graduation with High Distinction. Specialist in Economics; Major in International Development Studies. University of Toronto Schools, 1984 Honors Graduation Diploma; Ontario Scholar.

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4) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

University of Miami (August 2015 – present) Director, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Secondary/Joint Appointments:

Professor of Medicine, Division of Population Health and Computational Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences. Professor, Department of International Studies, College of Arts & Sciences. Professor, Department of Health Sector Management and Policy, School of Business Administration Full Member, Cancer Control Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Harvard University (Summer 2009-August 2015)

Director, Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Associate Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud/Mexican Health Foundation [January 2007 – present (as of August 2009 part-time)]

Directora del programa Universalidad y Competitividad en Salud / Director of the program Universality and Competitiveness in Health; Economista Principal / Senior Economist; Directora de los proyectos de investigación sobre Protección Financiera y Economía de la Salud / Director of the project and research group on Financial Protection in Health and the Economics of Health; Coordinadora del Observatorio de la Salud para América Latina y el Caribe/ Coordinator of the Latin America and Caribbean Health Observatory (July 2008- December 2015).

Tómatelo a Pecho A.C. (July 2010 – present) Presidenta Fundadora -Cargo honorífico- / Founding President. Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud/ Carlos Slim Institute of Health (July 2007 – December 2009)

Senior Advisor: health economics and finance, financial protection initiative, institutional development.

Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico (May 2003 – December 2006)

Advisor (April-December 2006); General Coordinator for the Administrative Modernization of Education (May 2003-March 2006). Coordination of national policy studies on topics including technology for education; economic analysis and evaluation; and generation of empirical evidence and indicators for policy making. National Coordinator of “Sigamos aprendiendo…en el hospital”, an educational program for sick and hospitalized children. National Coordinator of the OECD Thematic Study on Higher Education in Mexico, and coordinator of the evaluation of basic education undertaken with Harvard School of Education.

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Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, Mexico (January 2002 – March 2003) General Coordinator of Analysis. Coordinated various technical projects for the Secretary such as the inter-institutional project that generated the Programa Nacional de Acción en favor de la Infancia 2002-2010 in response to the Special Session of the United Nations of 2002; the Technical Committee of the Social and Human Development Cabinet of the President of the Republic; the design of the inter-institutional project Red de Alimentación y Nutrición; amongst others.

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud/Mexican Health Foundation (2002-2006 Cargo honorario y en licencia / honorary post -on-leave)

• Economista Principal / Senior Economist. • (August 2000 – January 2002): Directora del Centro de Análisis Social y

Económico (CASEsalud) / Director, Center for Social and Economic Analysis in Health.

• (August 2000 – January 2001): Economista Principal e Investigadora / Senior Economist, researcher.

World Health Organization (April 1999 – November 2000)

Economist: coordinated the “International study on health systems and ageing”, a multi-country research and data collection initiative to analyse expenditure, financing, and other health care outcomes in relation to health system incentives and structure; involving both developed and developing countries; funded by the National Institute on Aging, and undertaken with Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research.

Université de Lausanne, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and Institut d’Economie et Management de la Santé (November 1999 – December 2000)

Invited Professor: participated in courses and seminars on health economics, and supervised doctoral dissertations in the area of health economics.

Consultant: (March 1999 – January 2002) • Inter-American Development Bank: wrote a series of econometric papers on

child abuse and intergenerational transfer of poverty in Colombia and Mexico (with Marya Buvinic and Andrew Morrisson), December 1999 to January 2002.

• The World Bank, Operations Evaluation Department, Consultant on health and education sectors for the Mexico Country Assistance Evaluation; October-January 1999 (with Dan Morrow).

• Inter-American Development Bank: consulting on a paper written to evaluate the IDB-financed Programa de Mejoramiento de los Servicios de Salud (PMSS-Guatemala) (with Bill Savedoff), July 1999 to December 1999.

International Labour Office Transition Team (November 1998 – March 1999)

Responsible for collaborative project with Harvard University on designing research policy; working in the areas of gender, child labor, economics, and data and statistics.

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, Mexico

• (Nov 1998 to Dec 1999): Professor-Researcher, Division of Economics.


• (Sept 1997 to Nov 1998): Director of Development; Professor-Researcher, Division of Economics; Director: Research Program in Health Economics; Research projects/grants: “Salud y Productividad”, IDB; “Educación, participación laboral y calidad de vida de los niños, los jóvenes y las mujeres mexicanas”, CONACyT; “Salud y Crecimiento”, PAHO with David Mayer.

• (Sept 1996 to Aug 1997): Professor-Researcher, Division of Economics; Coordinator: Research Project in Health Economics.

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (June 1995 – July 1996)

Advisor to the Director of the Planning Unit: working primarily on health reform and day care insurance.

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud/Mexican Health Foundation (June 1995 – February 1996)

Consultant: directed the research project “El prepago por servicios de salud privados en México”.

Universidad de Los Andes/Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Colombia (May 1995 – October 1995)

Consultant: co-author of a volume on working children and youth. The World Bank (June 1995 – September 1995 and April 1996 – December 1996)

Consultant: Colombia Child/Youth Development Project; wrote an overview paper on at-risk youth and an empirical study investigating the relationships between social and human capital in Colombia.

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (1991-1992, 1994-1995)

Bell Fellow: conducted research on street children and child labor related to doctoral dissertation.

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud/Mexican Health Foundation (December 1993 – August 1994)

Associate Researcher: Collaborator on the report “Economía y Salud: propuesta para el avance del sistema de salud en México”.

IPSCAN-DCI International Working Group on Child Labour (summer 1994) Contract: wrote a document on street children in Colombia for inclusion in global study.

International Labor Office/Universidad de Los Andes (summer 1994)

Consultant: co-author of a report titled “Un análisis cuantitativo del trabajo infantil y juvenil en Colombia”.

Departamento Nacional de Planeación (Colombia) • (April 1993 – July 1994): Advisor to the Director of the Department, Specialist

on Social Sector Issues: participated in various projects with the Ministry of Health including the Burden of Disease-DALY calculations and preparation of the Social Security and Health Reform; advisor to the Misión de Apoyo a la Descentralización y la Focalización de los Servicios Sociales; coordinated seminars including “Managing an Oil Boom: Lessons for Colombia from the Indonesian experience” in conjunction with the World Bank and the Harvard

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Institute for International Development; co-edited several volumes of the journal Planeación y Desarrollo and assisted in the preparation of various documents for the Consejo Nacional para la Política Económica y Social.

• (June 1992 – April 1993): Consultant to the Director of the Social Planning Unit: assisted in the design of the Social Security and Health Reform; organized seminars and conducted a survey and a study of children in especially difficult circumstances.

UNICEF, Urban Division, New York (November 1991 – September 1992)

Consultant: Co-author of a report titled “Three Times Empowered, Three Times Exploited: Young, Urban Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances”. Included research in Thailand and the Philippines.

Harvard University, Department of Economics (September 1991 – January 1992)

Teaching Assistant: “Social Problems of the US Economy” taught by Dr. Larry Katz. Canadian International Development Agency, Management for Change Division (January 1991 – August 1991)

Consultant: Provided research assistance to the Director of the Division and conducted a study of an NGO in India.

Currier House, Harvard University (September 1990 – June 1992)

Resident Tutor for Economics: Resource person for students interested in economics, international development, and public service.

CHILDHOPE Foundation (March 1990 – June 1992) Consultant: Wrote various publications and represented the organization at conferences.

The World Bank (June 1990 – September 1990)

Intern at the Division of Population, Health and Human Resources. World Institute for Development Economics Research (December 1989 – June 1990)

Research Assistant to Prof. Lance Taylor (Dept. of Economics, M.I.T.) Christian Children's Fund of Canada (September 1988 – June 1989)

Program Officer: Responsible for the Jamaican Recovery Fund. Included three missions to Jamaica following Hurricane Gilbert to design and implement community-based projects. Development Officer: Worked on a variety of fundraising projects.

CHILDHOPE Foundation Canada (September 1987 – August 1989) National Director reporting to the International CHILDHOPE Foundation.

University of Toronto (September 1987 – May 1989)

Teaching Assistant: Introductory Economics (1988-1989); International Trade and Finance (1987-1988 & 1988-1989); Quantitative Methods in Economics II (Summer 1988).


The United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations (Summer 1987). Research Assistant to the Assistant Director of the Policy Analysis and Research Division.


5) AWARDS AND HONORARY INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS; MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

DISTINCTIONS, AWARDS, INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Member, Vatican-Lancet-Mario Negri Commission on the Value of Life, as of January 2018 Member, NCD Child Governing Council, as of January 2018 Member, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, as of January 2018. Member, National System of Researchers of Mexico, Level 3, as of January 2018. Member, OECD Working Group on Patient-Reported Indicators for Breast Cancer Care, as of December 2017 Member, Advisory Board, Environmental Health Scholars Program, Duke University, as of Fall 2017. Member, Advisory Committee, Global Oncology Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, as of July 2017. Member, Academia Nacional de Medicina de México, as of June 2017. Member, Organizing Committee of the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit in Mexico, Union for International Cancer Control, May-November, 2017. Honorary Fellow, The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, March 2017. Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Dalla Lana School of Public Health March 2018 Global Cancer Control Conference, February 2017-March 2018. Member, Global Advocacy Work Group, Worlwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, as of January 2017. Philanthropy Award, 6th Annual Splendor in the Garden. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. January 11, 2017. Award recipient, Compromiso en la prevención del cáncer de mama en Puebla. Secretaría de Salud de Puebla, October 19, 2016. Member, Human Rights Watch Circle of Friends in Miami, as of July 2016. Local Heroes 2016, award recipient. American Medical Women’s Association. March 2016. Member, International Advisory Board, The Lancet Global Health. February 2016-2018.


Member, Board of Directors, United Way Miami-Dade, as of February 2016. President, Unión Latinoamericana contra el Cáncer de la Mujer. January 2016 – December, 2018. Committee Member, Healthy Women, Healthy Economies. Public-private initiative: Merck Germany, Unites States Government and the Government of Philippines, as of August, 2015. Co-Presidenta, VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Cuidados Paliativos “Innovación y desarrollo para la atención integral en salud” 2015-April 2016. Invited Member, Complexity Initiative, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, 2015. “Global Health Catalyst” award recipient, Global Health Catalyst Cancer Summit at Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA. 2015. “Flama, Mujer y Vida” award recipient, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2015. Editorial Board, Journal of Global Oncology; 2014 to 2015. Chair, HGEI-Lancet Comission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control; as of September, 2014. Member of Scientific Committee, XVI Congreso de Salud Pública 2015, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. August 2014 to March 2015. Member, Advisory Board, International Social Security Review (ISSR), 2014-2019. Member, Editorial Board, ecancer Medical Science, 2014. Member, Directing Council, Consejo para el Fomento de la Ética Médica, Dispensación y Uso Racional de Medicamentos (COFEMEDIR), 2014. Co-Chair, Technical Committee for the Control of Pain and Palliative Care to México, 2014. Chair, Task Force on Universal Health Coverage in the Americas. Pan American Health Organization, 2014. “Mujeres notables de Mexico” award recipient, Grupo ADO, 2013. “Mujeres notables de Mexico” award recipient, Sanofi, 2013. Member, Advisory Board, Lancet Global Health, 2013. Forum Member, End-of-Life Care, World Innovation Summit for Health, 2013. Member, Advisory Committee, NCD Child, 2013. Honorary Research Professor of Medical Sciences, Level F, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, 2008-2012 and 2013.


Member, Special Lancet series on “Hidden and distinctive knowledge on Universal Health Coverage from Latin America: Implications for developing countries around the globe”, 2013-2014. Board Member, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), 2010-2012, 2012-2014. Member, The Lancet Oncology Commission “Planning future affordable cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean”, 2013. Section Editor, Global Health, The Oncologist, 2012. Member, Harvard School of Public Health-Lancet Commission on Women and Health, 2012-15. Member, Global and Community Health Advisory Committee, Faculty Committee on Scholars in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. 2013-15. Member, Non-communicable Diseases Working Group convened by the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprises at Johns Hopkins University and the Global Health Council, 2011-12. Member, Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases and Women’s Health, 2011. Member, Scientific Board, Akbaraly Foundation, Madagascar 2011. Member, Lancet Non-communicable Diseases Action Group, Lancet Series 4. 2012-13. Civil Society Representative (on behalf of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative), United Nations High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, United Nations, New York, September 19-20, 2011. Member, Editorial Board, International Scholarly Research Network Public Health, 2011. Invited guest, American Cancer Society’s “We Can, We Should, We Will Conquer Cancer” advocacy event, New York, June 18-20, 2011. Honorary Co-chair, 38th Annual Global Health Council Conference, Washington D.C., June 13-17, 2011. Member, Editorial Board, Global Handbook of Health Economics, 2011. Member, Women and Health Initiative Faculty Steering Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, 2011. Member, Working Group on Health Priority-Setting Institutions, Center for Global Development, 2011. Steering Committee, Non-communicable Diseases Bottom Billion Conference, 2011. Member, World Cancer Leaders’ Summit Steering Committee, Union for International Cancer Control, 2010-2014.


Member, Mexican Coalition for Breast Health (COMESAMA), 2010. Founder and President, Tómatelo a Pecho A.C., 2010. Member, Advisory Board, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Honoree, The One Hundred, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, 2010. Member, Union for International Cancer Control, CEO Advisory Task Force, 2010. Board Member, Jalisco Cancer Institute, 2010. Member, Advisory Board, Electronic Living Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Research, Princess Margaret Hospital, 2010. Member, International Council of Advisors, Asian University for Women, 2010. Member, International Advisory Committee on Cancer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2009-2015. Member, Advisory Board, Earth Institute/Latin America in Solidarity Action Early Childhood Development program, Columbia University, 2009-2015. Member, World Health Organization Scientific Resource Group (SRG) on Equity Analysis and Research, 2009. Member of the board, Friends of the ICDDR-Bangladesh, 2009. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Breast Cancer of Salud Pública de México, Journal of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, 2009. Member, National System of Researchers of Mexico, 1998-; Level 2 as of 2008-2016. Member, Strategic Consultative Committee for the Office for Mexico and Central America, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, 2007. Associate of the Centre for International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, 2007. Member of the Editorial Board, Health Policy and Planning, 2007-2016. Member, Board/Council, Fundación Harvard en México A.C. 2005. Member, Advisory Board of the Global Health Working Group of the Clinton Global Initiative, 2008. Member, Advisory Committee, Pfizer México, 2008. Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution Global Economy and Development Program. Global Health Financing Initiative/Health Financing Task Force, 2007-2008.


First Place, Global Development Awards: Outstanding Research on Development Competition 2005 of the Global Development Network in the category institutional Development and Change in the Health Sector, 2006. Senior Advisor, Health Financing Task Force, Global Health Financing Initiative, the Brookings Institution, 2006-2007. Member of the Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association, 2006-2007. Chair, The Lancet Health System Reform in Mexico Series Steering Committee, 2006. Executive Secretary of the Sub-commission of the National Education Council for Life and Work, in charge of the program “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”. 2005-2006. Member, Board/Council, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO). 2005-2011. Editorial Advisory Board, International Social Security Review. 2005. Commissioner, Mexican Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 2002-2006. Advisor, Technical Council of the National Consortium on Women and Health, 2001-2006. Member, Academic Council, Instituto de Fomento e Investigación Educativa, A.C. 2004-2006. Advisor, “Centros de Promoción para la Infancia en Situación de la Calle Matlapa”, 2003-2006. Member, Advisory Council of UNICEF México. 2003. Member, Technical Advisory Group, National Health Accounts, Min. of Health of Mexico, 2002. Member, Working Group 1, International Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 1999-2001. Macarthur/Bell Foundation Fellowship, Harvard Center For Population and Development Studies, 1991-1992 and 1994-1995. Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Research Council of Canada, 1992-1995. Doctoral Research Fellowship, InterAmerican Foundation (IAF), 1992-1994. Tinker Foundation Research Grant, Tinker Foundation/Harvard University, 1992. Bladen Prize in Economics, University of Toronto, 1988. Scarborough College In-Course Scholarship (Social Science), University of Toronto, 1987 and 1988. Rotary Club of Scarborough International Service Scholarship, Scarborough College Students Council, University of Toronto, 1985.


Memberships in professional associations:

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA) • Global Health Council • American Economics Association • Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association • Canadian Economic Association • International Health Economics Association (iHEA) • Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública


6) FUNDED RESEARCH AND PROJECTS (selection of projects from 2004, additional information available if required)

Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas) Engaging and Educating Community Health Workers to promote breast health and early detection of cancer among disadvantaged Spanish speaking female migrant workers in South Florida. February 2018-January 2019. (USD $100,000) (Senior Co-PI) United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas) In Country Launch and Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pail Relief Report in the Americas. January-December 2018. (USD $150,000)

Fundación Gonzálo Río Arronte ((Mexican Health Foundation)

Detección temprana del cáncer de mama: Una tarea de Todos. 2018. (USD $136,850). Cerrar el abismo del acceso al alivio del dolor, sin disparar el uso indebido de morfina. 2018. (USD $50,000). Merck KGaA (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas) Maximizing Women’s Potential to Contribute to Health and Economic Growth with Work-Life Balance. December 2017-November 2019. (USD $300,000) Mayday Fund (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas) To futher the work on pain related materials collected as part of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. December 2017-December 2018. (USD $28,600).

Open Society Foundations (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas). An Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society to Complement the Report of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. September 2017-May 2018 (USD $25,000). U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation -CRDF Global (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas). University of Miami Palliative Care Writing Project. April 2017-March 2018 (USD $50,000). F. Hoffman – La Roche Ltd, (University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas). Building National Capacity to Incorporate Patient Value into National Health Planning. December 2016-June 2018. (USD $150,000). American Cancer Society. Todo mi ser. (Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.). Impulsar y fortalecer las capacidades del personal del primer nivel de atención: Detección temprana y manejo integral del cáncer de la mujer desde un enfoque diagonal. September 2016-March 2018. (USD $25,000).


Patti and Allan Herbert (University of Miami Institute for the Americas). To support work on women’s cancers. April 2016. (USD $100,000). American Cancer Society (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine). To support the work of the Lancer Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control. April-December 2016. (USD $30,000). Susan G. Komen (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine). Developing an Atlas Database for Women’s Cancers. January-July 2016. (USD $81,950). Mayday Fund. (Univeristy of Miami Miller School of Medicine). To support the work of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control. December 2015-November 2016. (USD $27,500).

EMD Serono Inc. (Mexican Health Foundation with the Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami and the Women and Health Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health). “Valuing the Invaluable: Women’s contributions to healthy families and healthy economies. Case studies of Mexico and Peru.” October 2015-2016. (USD $115,000.00).

Susan G. Komen/Caterpillar (Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.). “Building Capacity at the Primary Health Care level: Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection and Management.” October 2015-16. (USD $149,500.00). La Roche Ltd, November 2014-15. “Patient Perspective Project.” (US $89,780).

Harvard University for the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. 2009-2015. Institutional support funding of US $500,000 per year for eight years. CONSALUD, Mexico (Consejo Promotor Universalidad y Competitividad en Salud). 2003 to present. (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) Proyecto Competitividad y Salud (between US $100,000 and $250,000 per year).

Pan American Health Organization (to the Harvard Global Equity Initiative) To support the work of the Task Force on Universal Health Coverage. 2014-15 (US $98,000).

Anonymous donor (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) “Closing the Pain Divide: A Proposal from the Mexican Health Foundation with the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control.” 2013-16 (US $1,025,000). Sanofi (Global/US). (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) “Understanding Cancer Survivorship in Latin America: The cases of Mexico and Brazil.” 2013-15 (US $440,000).

Pfizer International (to the Harvard Global Equity Initiative) Seed grant to develop a proposal for a global financing entity for pediatric oncology drugs and to fund a working group. 2012-15 (US $230,000). Komen for the Cure Foundation. (to Harvard Global Equity Initiative)


• “Establishing a Database of Projects and Developing a Global Pink Paper/Report on Expanding Access to Care and Control for Women’s Cancers in Low and Middle Income Countries” 2012-15 ($75,000) (2012)

• “Integrating Breast Cancer into the Women and Health Agenda: Opportunities to Expand Access to Early Detection and Treatment” 2011 ($110,000)

• “Defining and Implementing an Agenda for Expanding Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries” 2011 ($120,000).

Anonymous donor (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) “Expanding Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. A proposal to build national capacity and cross-country learning. Based on the experience and links to the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries (GTF.CCC).” (2012-2013) (US $163,000). IDRC, Canada (International Development Research Centre) (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) Research, capacity building and policy response for greater equity in health and health financing: Building and strengthening developing country networks. Coordinator of project and director of the LAC component involving research networks from Asia and Africa. 3 year project May 2011-2014. (US $1’630,000).

Avon México. (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud for Tómatelo a Pecho)

• “Capacitación a médicos y/o enfermeras del primer nivel de atención para la detección y diagnóstico oportuno del Cáncer de Mama” (2013) (US $73,000).

• “Estudio sobre el sistema de información y registro del cáncer del estado de Jalisco, México” (2012) (US $32,000).

• “Capacitación a médicos y/o enfermeras del primer y segundo nivel de atención para la detección y diagnóstico oportuno del Cáncer de Mama” (2011) (US $44,000).

GlaxoSmithKline Oncology Ethnic Research Initiative (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud). “Age of onset of breast cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean: a multidisciplinary approach to understanding determinants and health policy implications”. Co-PI with Dr. Lizbeth López, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. (2011-2013) (US $250,000). The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (to the Harvard Global Equity Initiative) “Managing HIV/AIDS as a chronic illness and its relations to cancer, implications for health systems” (2010-2011) (US $263,000). LIVESTRONG Foundation (to the Harvard Global Equity Initiative) “Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control- analysis of pricing and procurement of cancer drugs and services” (2010-2011) (US $210,000).

The World Bank (to the Harvard Global Equity Initiative) “Health system strengthening and Sexual Reproductive Health” (2010) (US $130,000).

IDRC, Canada (International Development Research Centre) (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud)


“The Impact of Health Financing and Household Health Spending on Financial Equity and Impoverishment: a Comparative Analysis of Seven Countries in LA (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru)”. Coordinator and director of the study involving 7 research institutions in LA and the Health Financing Task Force. 36 month project beginning in July 2007. (US $1’100,000). Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud, México. (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud)

• Investigación sobre Cáncer de Mama. (2008-12). (US $450,000). • Observatorio de la Salud: Iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe. (2007-

2014). (US $100-$350,000 per year since 2007). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) “Study of Models of Collaborating Centers in Developing Countries for the Health Metrics and Evaluation Institute.” (2007-2008) (US $750,000). Interamerican Development Bank / Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, México. “Análisis de Costos y Beneficios de Extender la Cobertura del Seguro Médico de Jubilados Estadounidenses Residentes en México”. (2007-2008) (US $70,000). Rockefeller Foundation (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) Policy Analysis of the “Progresa / Oportunidades”. Program in Mexico for the City of New York (2007) (US $190,000). Coordination, Write-Up, And Documentation Of The Health Financing Task Force (HFTF) – Mexican Health Foundation (Funsalud) Planning Consultations On “Globalizing Information On Lessons-Learned From Country Experiences With Health Financing And Reform” (2006-2007) (US $50,000). CONACYT, Mexico (National Council for Science and Technology) (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud)

• La carga del cáncer mamario en México y su impacto económico y social (2008-2010) (US $105,000).

• El sistema de salud en México ante los desafíos demográficos, epidemiológicos, sociales y económicos en los próximos 50 años (2005-2008) (US $153,000).

• Gasto catastrófico en salud y pérdidas de ingreso laboral por enfermedad: lecciones para la eficiencia y la justicia del financiamiento de la salud. (2001-2004) (US $119,000).

NIA-UPENN (National Institute of Aging - University of Pennsylvania) (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) Health Spending, Health System Finance, and Health Sector Reform in the Context of Demographic and Epidemiological Transition: the Mexico Case. (2004-2005) (US $75,000). World Health Organization-Geneva (to Fundación Mexicana para la Salud) Health System Financing, Expenditure and Resource Allocation (2004-2006). Various grants totaling US $160,000.


7) PUBLICATIONS Note: Publications are grouped by Books and Teaching Material, Documents Submitted for Publication; Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters; Other Academic Documents Without Peer Review; Policy Documents; and News and Other Media. Within each grouping, publications are ordered by year and author position (first, second, third, last or other). Leadership of group articles and special series, and Chapters in volumes with lead-editor role are marked with an*. 7.1) Books and Teaching Material

*Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. (Eds.) Household Spending and Impoverishment. Volume 1 of Financing Health in Latin America Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Mexican Health Foundation, International Development Research Centre, 2013. Distributed by Harvard University Press.

*Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. (Eds.) based on the work of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard University Press, 2012. Knaul FM. Beauty Without the Breast. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard University Press, 2012. *Torres Mejía G, Knaul FM, Ortega-Olvera C, Magaña-Valladares L, Uscanga-Sanchez SR, Lazcano-Ponce E. Detección temprana y manejo integral del cáncer de mama. Manual dirigido para personal de medicina y enfermería del primer nivel de atención. Cuernavaca, México: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, October, 2011. (TRAINING MANUAL FOR PRIMARY CARE NURSES AND PHYSICIANS). *Knaul FM, González Robledo LM, González Robledo MC, Magaña Valladares L. Detección temprana del cáncer de mama. Una tarea de todos. Manual para personal dedicado a la salud de la comunidad. Cuernavaca (México): Coedición del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública y Tómatelo a Pecho A.C., October 2010. (TRAINING MANUAL FOR PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROMOTERS). Knaul, Felicia Marie. Tómatelo a Pecho. México D. F.: Editorial Aguilar Fontanar, Grupo Santillana, 2009.

2nd Edition: Knaul FM. Tómatelo a Pecho. Edición especial en Honor a Sor María Suárez Vázquez. México D. F.: Editorial Aguilar Fontanar, Grupo Santillana, 2011.

*Knaul FM, Pérez Fernández CJ, Suárez Vázquez M, Ortega Alanis SX (Coord.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México. México, D. F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica e Intersistemas 2006.


*Knaul FM, Nigenda G (Eds.). Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. Barker G, Knaul FM, Cassaniga N, Schrader A. “Urban Girls: Empowerment in Difficult Circumstances”. Consortium for Street Children. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, London 2000. 7.2) Documents submitted for publication Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Rodríguez NM, Méndez O, Badhelia A, Kwete XJ. Avoidable mortality: the core of the global cancer divide. Journal of Global Oncology. Hubbeling HG, González-Robledo MC, Villarreal-Garza C, Rosenberg SM, Cohn JG, Partridge AH, Knaul FM. Psychosocial Needs of Young Breast Cancer Survivors in Mexico City, Mexico. to PLOS Medicine. Arreola-Ornelas H, Magaña Valladares L, Méndez Carniado O, Mejía Arias MA, Rosas Magallanes C, Vega Saldaña A, Knaul FM. Evaluación de una estrategia de capacitación virtual MOOC para la detección temprana de cáncer de mama en el primer nivel de atención, en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Salud Pública de México. 7.3) Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters 2018: Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Wong R, Lugo-Palacios DG, Méndez Carniado O. Efecto del Seguro Popular de Salud sobre los gastos catastróficos y empobrecedores en México, 2004-2012. Revista Salud Pública de México. Vol. 60, no. 2, marzo-abril, 2018, pp. 130-140. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21149/9064 Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Rodriguez NM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Zimmermann C, “The Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief – findings, recommendations, and future directions”, in The Lancet Global Health, Volume 6, Special Issue, S5–S6, March 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30082-2 Knaul FM, Rodriguez NM, Bhadelia A, Garcia P, Atun R. “Progress on women's health – lessons and opportunities for global cancer control”, in The Lancet Global Health, Volume 6, Special Issue, S9–S10, March 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30085-8 Kaasa S, Knaul FM, Mwangi-Powell F, Rodin G. “Supportive care in cancer: new directions to achieve universal access to psychosocial, palliative, and end-of-life care”, in The Lancet Global Health, Volume 6, Special Issue, S11–S12, March 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30086-X

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Jamison DT, Alwan A, Mock CN, Nugent R, Watkins D, Adeyi O, Anand S, Atun R, Bertozzi S, Bhutta Z, Binagwaho A, Black R, Blecher M, Bloom BR, Brouwer E, Bundy DAP, Chisholm D, Cieza A, Cullen M, Danforth K, de Silva N, Debas HT, Donkor P, Dua T, Fleming KA, Gallivan M, Garcia P, Gawande A, Gaziano T, Gelband H, Glass R, Glassman A, Gray G, Habte D, Holmes KK, Horton S, Hutton G, Jha P, Knaul FM, Kobusingye O, … (multiple authors and participants) … Wu Y, and Zhao K. Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. The Lancet. Published on line November 24, 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32906-9 2016: Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez CO. Protección Financiera en Salud: Actualizaciones para México a 2014. Revista Salud Pública de México. Vol. 58, no. 3, mayo-junio, 2016, pp. 341-350. Published on line April 1, 2016. Available at: http://bit.ly/1M8b8Gz Knaul FM, Langer A, Atun R, Rodin D, Frenk J. Bonita R. Rethinking Maternal Health. The Lancet Global Health. Published on line. 4 March 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00044-9 Rodin D, Knaul FM, Lui T, Gospodarowicz M. Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: The Predictable Consequences of Unmet Need. The Breast. Vol. 29 pp. 120-122. Published online. July 30, 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2016.07.006 Rodin D, Grover S, Elmore SN, Knaul FM, Atun R, Caulley L, Herrera CA, Jones JA, Price AJ, Munshi A, Gandhi AK, Shah C, Gospodarowicz M. The power of integration: Radiotherapy and global palliative care. Annals of Palliative Medicine. Published on line Vol. 5, No. 3. July, 2016. Available at: http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/10976 González-Pier E, Barraza-Lloréns M, Beyeler N, Jamison DT, Knaul FM, Lozano R, Yamey G, Sepúlveda J. Mexico's path towards the Sustainable Development Goal for health: an assessment of the feasibility of reducing premature mortality by 40% by 2030. The Lancet Global Health. Published on line August 31, 2016. Available at: http://bit.ly/2bEEUkL *Alsan M, Bhadelia A, Foo P, Haberland C, Knaul F. Chapter 9 “The Economics of Women’s Health and Healthcare: From Conception to Grave” In Scheffler R.M. Health Determinants and Outcomes (Volume 2), The Economics of Social Capital and Health. World Scientific Series in Global Handbook for Health Economics and Public Policy. 2016, pp. 397-432: doi: 10.1142/9789813140516_0009 Magaña-Valladares L, González-Robledo MC, Rosas-Magallanes C, Mejía-Arias MA, Arreola-Ornelas H, Knaul FM. “Training primary health professionals in breast cancer prevention: evidence and experience from Mexico.” Journal of Cancer Education. Published on line June 30, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s13187-016-1065-7. Available at: http://bit.ly/2nseywK Alvarez-Aguila N, Cook H, Prada D, Mota-García A, Herrera LA, Mohar-Betancourt A, Meneses-García A, Knaul FM. Radiotherapy for metastatic breast cancer in Mexico: Results from the 2015-National Survey. Revista de Investigación Clínica. Published on line 2017 Jan-Feb;69(1):11-19. Available at: http://bit.ly/2mTqreg

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Ong WL, Schouwenburg MG, van Bommel AC, Stowell C, Allison KH, Benn KE, Browne JP, Cooter RD, Delaney GP, Duhoux FP, Ganz PA, Hancock P, Jagsi R, Knaul FM, Knip AM, Koppert LB, Kuerer HM, McLaughin S, Mureau MAM, Partridge AH, Reid DP, Sheeran L, Smith TJ, Stoutjesdijk MJ, Vrancken Peeters MJT, Wengström Y, Yip C, Saunders C. “A Standard Set of Value-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes for Breast Cancer. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Initiative. JAMA Oncology. Published on line December 29, DOI:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.4851. Available at: http://bit.ly/2idKe6O 2015: Knaul FM, Pleic M. Chapter 4. Living your Fullest Life after Breast Cancer. Future Leaders. Dancing in the Rain: Living with Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). pp. 57-68. Available at: http://www.futureleaders.com.au/index.php Knaul FM, Horton S, Yerramilli P, Gelband H, Atun R. Chapter 17. “Financing Cancer Care in Low-Resource Settings” in Jamison D, Gelband H, Horton S, Jha P, Laxminarayan R and Nugent R. Disease Control Priorities Third Edition (Volume 3): Cancer. Published November 2015. http://www.dcp-3.org/node/1360 Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Atun R, Frenk J. Achieving Effective Universal Health Coverage and Diagonal Approaches to Care for Chronic Illesses. Health Affairs. September 2015. Vol. 34 no. 9, pp 1514-1522. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0514. Avialable at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/34/9/1514.abstract Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Aran M, Atun R, Méndez O, Pleic M, Aktakke N. Technical Note “Valuing the Invaluable: The contributions of women to health and the health system” in Langer A., Meleis A, Jaffray F, Atun R, et al. Women and Health: the key for sustainable development. Report of the Commission on Women and Health. The Lancet. Published Online June 4, 2015. Available at: http://www.thelancet.com/cms/attachment/2032363397/2048920502/mmc1.pdf Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Arreola-Ornelas H, de Lima L, Sáenz Madrigal M del Rocio. Closing the pain divide: the quest for effective universal health coverage. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 3, Special Issue, S35, March 2015. Available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(15)70154-3/abstract *Knaul FM, Horton R, et al. “Closing the divide: The Harvard Global Equity Initiative–Lancet Commission on Global Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care. The Lancet. March 8, 2015. Available at: http://bit.ly/1D0j2Mm (CHAIR OF LANCET COMMISSION). Jaffray DA, Knaul FM, Atun R, Adams C, Barton MB, Baumann M, Lievens Y, M Lui TY, Rodin DL, Rosenblatt E, Torode J, Van Dyk J, Vikram B, Gospodarowicz M. Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control. The Lancet Oncology. Volume 16, No. 10, p1144-1146, September 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00285-5 González-Robledo MC, Arreola-Ornelas H, Knaul FM. Policy: Costs of breast cancer care in Mexico: analysis of two insurance coverage scenarios. ecancermedicalscience. Volume 9, 587 / DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2015.587

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development. Report of the Commission on Women and Health. The Lancet. Published Online June 4, 2015. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60497-4 Hannon B, Zimmermann C, Knaul F, Powell RA, Mwangi-Powell FN, Rodin G. Provision of Palliative Care in Low – and Middle–Income Countries: Overcoming Obstacles for Effective Treatment Delivery. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Published Online November 17, 2015. Available at: http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2015/11/16/JCO.2015.62.1615 Cotlear D, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM, Atun R, C H C Barreto I, Cetrángolo O, Cueto M, Francke P, Frenz P, Guerrero R, Lozano R, Marten R, Sáenz R. Overcoming social segregation in health care in Latin America. The Lancet. 385 (9974): 1248-59. March 28, 2015 (published online: October 15, 2014). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61647-0

Spanish version: Cotlear D, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM, Atun R, C H C Barreto I, Cetrángolo O, Cueto M, Francke P, Frenz P, Guerrero R, Lozano R, Marten R, Sáenz R. La lucha contra la segregación social en la atención de salud en América Latina. MEDICC Review. International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine. Serie: Cobertura universal de salud en Latinoamérica. Suplemento 2015, Vol 17, No 1. S40-S52. http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=33&id=445&a=va

Kruk ME, Nigenda G, Knaul F. Redesigning Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for the Era of Chronic Diseases. American Journal of Public Health. March 2015, Vol. 105, No. 3: 431-437. DOI: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302392 Ataguba J E, Lu Jui-fen R, Muiser J, Knaul FM. “Assessing Progress to UHC - The GNHE Perspective. Financial Risk Protection” Global Network for Health Equity (GNHE) December, 2015. Published Online: http://gnhe.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FRP_brief_2015.pdf Ngwa W, Ngoma T, Zietman A, Knaul F, Mayr N, … (multiple authors and participants) … Makrigiorgos GM, and Nguyen PL. Closing the Cancer Divide through Ubuntu: information and communication technology powered models for global radiation oncology. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. Published Online: November 5, 2015. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360301615266795 Yerramilli P, Dugee O, Enkhtuya P, Knaul FM, Demaio AR. Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast and cervical cancer in Mongolia: a national population-based survey. The Oncologist. September 28, 2015. DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0119. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417038 Franco-Marina F, López-Carrillo L, Keating N, Arreola-Ornelas H, Knaul FM. Breast cancer age at diagnosis patterns in four Latin American populations: A comparison with North American countries. Cancer Epidemiology: The International Journal for Cancer Epidemiology, Detection and Prevention. Published Online: October 19, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.10.004 Gospodarowicz M, Trypuc J, Cruz A, Khader J, Omar S, Knaul FM. Chapter 11. “Cancer Services and the Comprehensive Cancer Center” in Jamison D, Gelband H, Horton S, Jha P, Laxminarayan R and Nugent R. Disease Control Priorities Third Edition (Volume 3): Cancer. Published November 2015. http://bit.ly/1zg43Z9 Jaffray D.A., Atun R., Barton M., Baumann M., Gospodarowicz M., Hoskin P., Knaul F., Lievens Y., Rosenblatt E., Torode J., Dyk J. Van, Vikram B. on behalf of the Union for International Cancer

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Control's Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control. Radiation Therapy and the Global Health Agenda. Editorial. Clinical Oncology. Volume 27, Issue 2 pp. 67-69. February 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2014.11.025 Krishnan S, Dhillon PK, Bhadelia A … (multiple authors and participants) … Reddy S. and Knaul FM. Report from a Symposium on Catalysing Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer in India. Cancer Causes & Control. September, 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0637-x. Atun R, Jaffray D.A., Barton M., Baumann M., Bhadrasain V, Bray F, Hanna T, Knaul FM, Lievens Y, Lui TY, Milosevic MF, O'Sullivan B, Rodin D, Rosenblatt E, van Dyk J, Yap ML, Zubizarreta E, Gospodarowicz MK. Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Radiotherapy Responding to the Cancer Crisis: Expanding Global Access to Radiotherapy. The Lancet Oncology. Volume 16, No. 10, p1153–1186, September 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00222-3 Atun R, Monteiro de Andrade LO, Almeida G, Cotlear D, Dmytraczenko T, Frenz P, Garcia P, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM, Muntaner C, Braga de Paula J, Rígoli F, Castell-Florit Serrate P, Wagstaff A. Health-system reform and universal health coverage in Latin America. The Lancet. 385 (9974): 1230-47. March 28, 2015 (published online: October 15, 2014). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61646-9

Spanish version: Atun R, Monteiro de Andrade LO, Almeida G, Cotlear D, Dmytraczenko T, Frenz P, Garcia P, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM, Muntaner C, Braga de Paula J, Rígoli F, Castell-Florit Serrate P, Wagstaff A. La reforma de los sistemas de salud y la cobertura universal de salud en América Latina. MEDICC Review. International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine. Serie: Cobertura universal de salud en Latinoamérica. Suplemento 2015, Vol 17, No 1. S21-S39. http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=33&id=444&a=va

Powell RA, Mwangi-Powell FN, Radbruch L, Yamey G, Krakauer EL, Spence D, Ali Z, Baxter S, De Lima L, Xhixha A, Rajagopal MR, Knaul F. Putting palliative care on the global health agenda. The Lancet Oncology. Volume 16, No. 2, pp. 131-133, February 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70002-1 Gelband H, Sankaranarayanan R, Gauvreau CL, Horton S, Anderson B, Bray F, Cleary J, Dare AJ, Denny L, Gospodarowicz M, Gupta S, Howard S, Jaffray D, Knaul FM, Levin C, Rabeneck L, Rajaraman P, Sullivan T, Trimble EL, Jha P, for the DCP3 Cancer Author Group. Costs, affordability, and feasibility of an essential package of Cancer Control interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. The Lancet. Published Online: 11 November 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00755-2 2014: Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Arreola-Ornelas H et al. Women’s Reproductive Health in Transition: The Overlapping Challenge of Breast and Cervical Cancer. Cancer Control 2014, pp. 50-59.

Denburg AE, Knaul FM, Atun R, Frazier LA, & Barr RD. Beyond the bench and the bedside: Economic and health systems dimensions of global childhood cancer outcomes. Pediatric blood & cancer 2014; 61(3): 572-576.

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Steedman MR, Hughes-Hallett T, Knaul FM, Knuth A, Shamieh O, Darzi A. Innovation Can Improve and Expand Aspects of End-of-Life Care in Low- And Middle-Income Countries; Health Affairs, 33, no. 9 (2014): 1612-1619; doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0379.

Frenk J, Gómez Dantés O, Knaul FM, Langer A. Salud y mujer en México. En Corona Vázquez T, Medina Mora ME, Ostrosky Wegman P, Sarti Gutiérrez EJ, Uribe Zúñiga P, Eds. La mujer y la salud en México. México, D.F. Academia Nacional de Medicina 2014; pp 289-304.

Frenk J, Gomez-Dantes O, Knaul FM. Chapter 23: “The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach.” In The Handbook of Global Health Policy (Eds. Brown GW, Yamey G and Wamala S), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. 2014. Pp.425-440.

Rodin D, Jaffray D, Atun R, Knaul FM, Gospodarowicz, on behalf of the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control and the Union for International Cancer Control. The need to expand global access to radiotherapy. Lancet Oncology 2014; 15(4): 378-380.

López-Carrillo L, Torres-Sánchez L, Blanco-Muñoz J, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Knaul FM. Utilización correcta de las técnicas de detección de cáncer de mama en mujeres mexicanas. Salud Pública de México; vol. 56, no. 5, septiembre-octubre, 2014, pp. 538-546. *Keating NL, Kouri EM, Ornelas HA, Méndez O, Valladares LM, and Knaul FM. “Evaluation of Breast Cancer Knowledge Among Health Promoters in Mexico Before and After Focused Training.” The oncologist 19, no. 10 (2014): 1091-1099. 2013: *Knaul FM, Atun R, Farmer P, Frenk J. Seizing the opportunity to close the cancer divide. Commentary. Lancet 2013; 381(9885): 2238-9.

*Bustreo F, Chestnov O, Knaul FM, Araujo de Carvalho I, Merialdi M, Temmerman M, Beard JR. At the crossroads: transforming health systems to address women’s health across the life course. Bull World Health Organ 2013; 91(9): 622. (SERIES CO-ORGANIZER)

Atun R, Jaffar S, Nishtar S, Knaul FM, Barreto ML, Nyirenda M, Banatvala N, Piot P. Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases. Lancet 2013; 381(9867): 690-7.

Cardoso F, Bese N, Distelhorst SR, Bevilacqua JL, Ginsburg O, Grunberg SM, Gralla RJ, Steyn A, Pagani O, Partridge AH, Knaul FM, et al. Supportive care during treatment for breast cancer: Resource allocations in low- and middle-income countries. A Breast Health Global Initative 2013 consensus statement. The Breast 2013; 22(5): 593-605. http://www.thebreastonline.com/article/S0960-9776(13)00215-4/abstract

Goss PE, Lee BL, Badovinac-Crnjevic T, Strasser-Weippl K, Chavarri-Guerra Y, St Louis J, Villarreal-Garza C, Unger-Saldaña K, Ferreyra M, Debiasi M, Liedke PE, Touya D, Werutsky G, Higgins M, Fan L, Vasconcelos C, Cazap E, Vallejos C, Mohar A, Knaul FM, et al. La planificación del control del cáncer en América Latina y el Caribe. Lancet Oncology 2013; 14(5): 391-436.

English version: Goss PE, Lee BL, Badovinac-Crnjevic T, Strasser-Weippl K, Chavarri-Guerra Y, St Louis J, Villarreal-Garza C, Unger-Saldaña K, Ferreyra M, Debiasi M, Liedke PE, Touya D, Werutsky G, Higgins M, Fan L, Vasconcelos C, Cazap E, Vallejos C, Mohar


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Portuguese version: Goss PE, Lee BL, Badovinac-Crnjevic T, Strasser-Weippl K, Chavarri-Guerra Y, St Louis J, Villarreal-Garza C, Unger-Saldaña K, Ferreyra M, Debiasi M, Liedke PE, Touya D, Werutsky G, Higgins M, Fan L, Vasconcelos C, Cazap E, Vallejos C, Mohar A, Knaul FM, et al. Planejamento do controle do cáncer na America Latina. Lancet Oncology 2013; 14(5): 391-436.

2012: *Knaul FM, González-Pier E, Gómez-Dantés O, García-Junco D, Arreola-Ornelas H, Barraza-Llorens M, Sandoval R, Caballero F, Hernández M, Juan M, Kershenobich D, Nigenda G, Ruelas E, Sepulveda J, Tapia R, Soberón G, Chertorivski S, Frenk J. The quest for universal health coverage: Achieving social protection for all in Mexico. Lancet 2012; 380(9849): 1259-1279. (FIRST IN A SERIES OF IN-DEPTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH SYSTEMS)

Knaul FM, Shulman LN, Gralow J, Quick J, Bhadelia A, Frenk J. Improving pathology for better cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income. Comment on: The good news about cancer in developing countries – pathology answers the call. Lancet. 2012; 379(9831): 2052.

Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Gralow J, Arreola-Ornelas H, Langer A, Frenk J. Meeting the Emerging Challenge of Breast and Cervical Cancer in Low and Middle Income Countries. World Report on Women’s Health, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2012; 119(Suppl 1): S85-S88.

Atun R, Knaul FM, Akachi Y, Frenk J. Innovative financing for health: what is truly innovative?. Lancet 2012; 380(9858): 2044-49.

*Bustreo F, Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Beard J, Araujo de Carvalho I. Women’s health beyond reproduction: Meeting the challenges. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012; 90: 478-478A. (SERIES CO-ORGANIZER) Chavarri-Guerra Y, Villarreal-Garza C, Liedke PE, Knaul FM, Mohar A, Finkelstein DM, Goss PE. Breast Cancer in Mexico: a growing challenge to health and the health care system. The Lancet Oncology 2012; 13(8): e335-e343.

2011: *Gómez-Dantes O, Knaul FM, Lazcano E. Sesma S. Arreola-Ornelas H. Guest Editors. Atlas de los sistemas de salud de América Latina. Special Edition of Salud Pública de México 2011; 53(supl 2). (SPECIAL EDITION CO-ORGANIZER)

Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez O, et al. Household catastrophic health expenditures: A comparative analysis of twelve Latin American and Caribbean countries. Salud Pública de México 2011; 53 (supl 2): S85-S95.

Gómez-Dantés O, Sesma S, Becerril VM, Knaul FM, Arreola H, Frenk J. Sistema de salud de México. Salud Pública de México 2011; 53 (supl 2): S220-S232.

Frenk J, Gómez Dantés O, and Knaul FM. Globalization and Infectious Diseases. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2011; 25(3): 593-9.


2010: *Farmer P, Frenk, J, Knaul FM, Shulman LN, Alleyne G, Armstrong L, et al. Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action. The Lancet 2010; 376(9747): 1186-1193. (GROUP LEADER)

Shulman LN, Willett W, Sievers A, Knaul FM. Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: Opportunities for Improved Survival. Journal of Oncology 2010; 2010: 595167. doi:10.1155/2010/595167.

2009: *Knaul FM, López Carrillo L, Lazcano Ponce E, Gómez Dantés H, Romieu I, Torres G. Cáncer de mama: un reto para la sociedad y los sistemas de salud. Salud Pública de México 2009; 51(suppl 2): S138-140. (SPECIAL EDITION CO-ORGANIZER)

Knaul FM, Bustreo F, Ha E, Langer A. Breast cancer: Why link early detection to reproductive health interventions in developing countries?. Salud Pública de México 2009; 51(suppl 2): S220-S227. Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Velázquez E, Dorantes J, Méndez O, Ávila-Burgos L. El costo de la atención médica del cáncer mamario: el caso del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Salud Pública de México 2009; 51(suppl 2): S286-S295.

Frenk J, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM. The democratization of health in Mexico: financial innovations for universal coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2009; 87(7): 485-564.

2008: Knaul FM, Nigenda G, Lozano R, Arreola-Ornelas H, Langer A, Frenk J. Breast Cancer in Mexico: a pressing priority. Reproductive Health Matters 2008; 16(32): 113-123

Reprinted in Spanish as Knaul FM, Nigenda G, Lozano R, Arreola-Ornelas H, Langer A, Frenk J. Cáncer de mama en México: una prioridad apremiante. Salud Pública de México 2009; 51(Suppl 2): S335-S344.

Knaul FM. “I Am a Woman Who Lives with Breast Cancer”. Reproductive Health Matters 2008; 16(32): 133-138.

Reprinted in Spanish as Knaul FM. Una Mujer ante el cáncer de mama. Salud Pública de México 2009; 51(suppl 2): S364-S371.

Levison D, Moe KS, Knaul FM. Marking Time: An Analysis of Youth Hours of Work and Study in Urban Mexico. Review of Development Economics 2008; 12(4): 751–763. 2007: Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Escandón P. La competitividad, la salud y el sector salud: Una nueva vertiente del paradigma de economía y salud. Gaceta Médica de México 2007; 143(2): 93-100. *Knaul FM, Frenk J, Horton R. “Health system reform in Mexico”. In Knaul FM, Horton R, (Eds.) Suplemento: La reforma del sistema de salud mexicano. México, D.F.: Salud Pública de México 2007; 49(suppl 1):1-4. (COORDINATOR OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE REPRINT OF LANCET MEXICO HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM SERIES).


2006: *Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez-Carniado O, Bryson-Cahn C, Barofsky J, Maguire R, Miranda M, Sesma S. Evidence is good for your health system: policy reform to remedy catastrophic and impoverishing health spending in Mexico. The Lancet 2006; 368(9549): 1828-1841. (COORDINATOR LANCET MEXICO HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM SERIES).

Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez-Carniado O, Bryson-Cahn C, Barofsky J, Maguire R, Miranda M, Sesma S. “Las evidencias benefician al sistema de salud: reforma para remediar el gasto catastrófico y empobrecedor en salud en México”. In Knaul FM, Horton R, (Eds.) Suplemento: La reforma del sistema de salud mexicano. México, D. F.: Salud Pública de México 2007; 49 (suppl 1): S70-S87. (COORDINATOR OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE REPRINT OF LANCET MEXICO HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM SERIES).

Nugent R, Knaul FM. “Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.” In Jamison DT, Breman JG and Measham AR (Eds.). Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, (2nd Edition), 211-224. New York: Oxford University Press 2006. *Frenk J, González-Pier E, Gómez-Dántes O, Lezana MA, Knaul FM. Comprehensive reform to improve health system performance in Mexico. The Lancet 2006; 368(9546): 1524-1534. (COORDINATOR LANCET MEXICO HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM SERIES)

Frenk J, González-Pier E, Gómez-Dantés O, Lezana MA, Knaul FM. “Reforma integral para mejorar el desempeño del sistema de salud en México”. In Knaul FM, Horton R, (Eds.) Suplemento: La reforma del sistema de salud mexicano. México, D. F.: Salud Pública de México 2007; 49 (suppl 1): S23-S36. (COORDINATOR OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE REPRINT OF LANCET MEXICO)

2005: Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O. Protección Financiera en Salud: México, 1992 a 2004. Salud Pública de México 2005; 47(6): 430-439. Knaul FM, Frenk J. Health Insurance in Mexico: Achieving Universal Coverage Through Structural Reform. Health Affairs 2005; 2(4-6): 1467-76.

Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O, Martínez A. La justicia financiera y los gastos catastróficos en salud: el impacto esperado de la extensión del Seguro Popular de Salud en México. Salud Pública de México 2005; 47 (suppl 1): 53-64.

2003: Frenk J, Sepúlveda J, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM. “Evidence-based health policy: three generations of reform in Mexico”. The Lancet; 2003; 362(9396):1667. 2002: Cutler D, Knaul FM, Lozano R, Méndez O, Zurita B. Financial Crisis, Health Outcomes and Ageing: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s. Journal of Public Economics 2002; 84(2): 279-303.

Frenk J, Knaul FM. Health and the Economy: Empowerment Through Evidence. Editorial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2002; 80(2): 88.


Sesma Vázquez S, Campuzano Rincón JC, Carreón Rodríguez VG, Knaul FM, López Antuñano FJ, Hernández Ávila M. El comportamiento de la demanda de tabaco en México: 1992-1998. Salud Pública de México 2002; 44 (Suppl 1): S82-S92.

2001: Frenk J, Knaul FM, Vázquez-Segovia LA, Nigenda G. Determinants of Medical Employment in Urban Mexico: Ascription, Achievement and Context. Current Sociology 2001; 49(3): 79-96.

Levison D, Moe K, Knaul FM. Youth Education and Work in Mexico. World Development 2001; 29(1):167-188. 2000: Knaul FM, Frenk J, Aguilar AM. “The Gender Composition of the Medical Profession in Mexico: Implications for Employment Patterns and Physician Labor Supply”. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Assoc. Winter 2000; 55 (1): 32-35

Frenk J, Knaul FM, Vázquez LA, Nigenda G. Trends in Medical Employment: Persistent Imbalances in Urban Mexico. The American Journal of Public Health 1999; 89 (7): 1054-8.

1998: Jamison D, Frenk J, Knaul FM. “International Collective Action in Health: Objectives, Functions and Rationale”. The Lancet 1998; 351(9101).

1997: Frenk J, Sepúlveda J, Gómez Dantés O, McGuinness MJ, Knaul FM. The Future of World Health, the New World Order and International Health. British Medical Journal 1997; 314: 1404.

1996: Parker S, Knaul FM. (1996). “Cuidado infantil y empleo femenino en México: evidencia descriptiva y consideraciones sobre las políticas”. Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos 1996; 11(3): 577-607. 7.4) Other Academic Documents Without Peer Review 2015: Knaul FM. Chapter 56. Closing the Pain Divide in Frenk J and Hoffman SJ, Eds. “To Save Humanity. What Matters Most for a Healthy Future.” Oxford University Press, USA. May, 2015. Available at: http://bit.ly/1Gdduhh

Jones JM, Knaul F, Giuliani M, Rodin D, and Catton P. Survivorship. Chapter 18, in UICC Manual of Clinical Oncology, Ninth Edition. Edited by Brian O’Sullivan, James Brierley, Anil D’Cruz, Martin Fey, Raphael Pollock, Jan Vermorken and Shao Hui Huang. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. September 2015. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444332449.html *Alsan M, Bhadelia A, Foo P, Haberland C, and Knaul FM. (Forthcoming). The Economics of Women's Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Life Cycle Approach. In Richard M. Scheffler (ed.), Vol. 2. Health Determinants and Outcomes in the World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy (A 3-Volume Set). Singapore: World Scientific.


Blanchet N, Thomas M, Atun R, Jamison D, Knaul F, and Hecht R. “Global collective action in health: The WDR+20 landscape of core and supportive functions.” in Aid Health Policy and Development: Global Perspectives, Strategies and Innovations. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. Forthcoming. January, 2015.

Blanchet N, Thomas N, Atun R, Jamison D, Knaul F, & Hecht R. (2013). Global collective action in health: The WDR+20 landscape of core and supportive functions. WIDER Working Paper Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. Available at: http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2014/en_GB/wp2014-011/

Demaio A, Bignet V, Mushtaq U, Arabi M, Bakker M, Bloem M, Costello A, Cousin E, DiSalvo F, De Schutter O, Figueres JM, Folke C, Frenk J, Garnett T, Howell M, Knaul F, Lang T, Liu P, Moeloek N, Murray C, Narain S, Nishtar S, Rijsberman F, Rubinstein E, Samuelsson M, Stoltenberg C, Stordalen G, Thrupp A, Wansink B, Gjessing H, Willett W, Rockström J. Sustainable and Healthy Food For Long-Term Human Prosperity: A Call To Action. Mimeo. 2014: Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez O, et al. The global economic burden of cáncer. Chapter 6.7. In Stewart BW and Wild CP (Eds.). World Cancer Report 2014. IARC-WHO. Lyon, France. http://bit.ly/MikIII

Knaul FM and Marx A. The global economics of chronic and noncommunicable diseases. In Chapter 4.4 Prevention strategies common to noncommunicable diseases. In Stewart BW and Wild CP (Eds.). World Cancer Report 2014. IARC-WHO. Lyon, France. http://bit.ly/1jJMefj

Knaul FM. El valor de la Evidencia. Prólogo. Lazcano Ponce E, Escudero de los Ríos P, Uscanga Sánchez SR, Eds. Cáncer de mama. Diagnóstico, tratamiento, prevención y control. Cuernavaca, México: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2014. Pp 13-15.

Nigenda G, Knaul FM, González-Robledo LM, López-Carrillo L. El papel de la sociedad civil en la ejecución de políticas para combatir el cáncer de mama en América Latina. Chapter 62 in Lazcano Ponce E, Escudero de los Ríos P, Uscanga Sánchez SR, Eds. Cáncer de mama. Diagnóstico, tratamiento, prevención y control. Cuernavaca, México: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2014. Pp 691-701. 2013: Kruk ME, Nigenda G, Knaul FM. “Reconfiguring primary care for the era of chronic and noncommunicable diseases.” In Galambos L, Sturchio JL (Eds.) Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Kuguru T, Rodriguez-Llamazares S, Demaio A, Knaul FM. Cancer and the global equity divide: A call for action. PLoS Blog 2013; February 8, 2013. Blanchet N, Thomas M, Atun R, Jamison D, Knaul FM, Hecht R. Global collective action in health: The WDR+20 landscape of core and supportive functions. Working Paper for The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, 2013. Available at: http://investinginhealth2035.org/working-papers

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2012: *Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. (Eds.) Household Spending and Impoverishment. Volume 1 of Financing Health in Latin America Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Mexican Health Foundation, International Development Research Centre, 2012. Distributed by Harvard University Press. (BOOK AND GROUP COORDINATOR)

Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H, Pleic M. “Introduction.” Chapter 1 in Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. Household Spending and Impoverishment. Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Pleic M, Wong R. “Household health spending, equity and poverty: A literature and methodology review.” Chapter 2 in Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. Household Spending and Impoverishment. Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H, Mendez O, Bitran R, Coelho Campino AC, et al. “Household catastrophic health expenditures. A comparative analysis of twelve Latin American and Caribbean countries.” Chapter 3 in Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. Household Spending and Impoverishment.

Earlier version published in Salud Pública de México 2011; 53 (supl 2): S85-S95.

Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Wong R, Mendez O, Aguilar AM, Pleic M. “Catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Mexico. Remittances as a financial protection mechanism. A propensity-score matching analysis.” Chapter 9 in Knaul FM, Wong R, Arreola-Ornelas H. Household Spending and Impoverishment.

*Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. (Eds.) Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Based on the work of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, 2012. Distributed by Harvard University Press. (BOOK AND GROUP COORDINATOR)

Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A, Frenk J, Quick J, Shulman L, Farmer P. “Closing the cancer divide: Overview and summary.” Chapter 1 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Knaul FM, Adami HO, Adebamowo C, Arreola-Ornelas H, Berger AJ, Bhadelia A, et al. “The global cancer divide: An equity imperative.” Chapter 2 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Atun R, Mendez O, Guerrero R, Alsan M, Seinfeld J. “Investing in cancer care and control.” Chapter 3 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Knaul FM, Alleyne G, Piot P, Atun R, Gralow JR, Neal C, Sepulveda J, Frenk J. “Health system strengthening and cancer: A diagonal response to the challenge of chronicity” Chapter 4 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Knaul FM, Bhadelia A, Bashshur R, Berger AJ, Binagwaho A, Blackstock E, et al. “Innovative delivery of cancer care and control in low-resource scenarios.” Chapter 6 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative.


Atun R, Knaul FM. “Innovative financing: Local and global opportunities.” Chapter 8 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Keating N, Kouri E, Gralow JR, Cahill K, Zujewski JA, Porter P, Nigenda G, Atun R, Knaul FM. “Evidence for decisión-making: Strengthening health information systems and the research base.” Chapter 9 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Knaul FM, Alleyne G, Atun R, Bustreo F, Gralow JR, Gospodarowics M, Piot P, Pyle D, Frenk J. “Strengthening stewardship and leadership to expand access to cancer care and control.” Chapter 10 in Knaul FM, Gralow JR, Atun R, Bhadelia A. Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative.

2011: Knaul FM, Frenk J. Strengthening Health Systems to Address New Challenge Diseases (NCDs). Harvard Public Health Review, Fall 2011.

2010: López-Carrillo L, Torres-Sánchez L. Knaul F. Age at first mammogram and timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis. Working paper. 2010. Anderson B, Ballieu M, Bradley C, Elzawawy A, Cazap E, Eniu A, Harford J, Kerr D, Knaul FM, et al. Access to Cancer Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – An Essential Part of Global Cancer Control. Working Paper. CanTreat International. August 2010. 2009: Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O, Miranda M. “Preventing impoverishment, promoting equity and protecting households from financial crisis: Universal Insurance through Institutional Reform in Mexico”. In “Addressing Challenges of Health Systems in the Developing World”. Peter Smith and Diana Pinto, Editors. Global Development Network and Edward Elgar, 2009.

*Knaul FM. Testimony: Una mujer ante el cáncer de mama en México. Salud Pública de México 2009; Vol. 51, suppl 2: S364-S371. (COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL EDITION)

Knaul FM, Rosado J, Ortega S, Pérez Fernández CJ, Suárez Vázquez M. “Programas educativos para niños y jóvenes que viven con enfermedad: el caso de México”. In Anuario educativo mexicano: visión retrospectiva. México: Porrúa/Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, 2009.

Pleic M, Knaul FM, Berry A. “Child Labour in Mexico”. In Hugh Hindman Ed. Child Labour World Atlas: A Reference Encyclopedia. MESharpe Inc., 2009.

2007: Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Méndez-Carniado O, Torres AC. “Impoverishing and catastrophic household health spending among families with older adults in Mexico: A health reform priority.” Chapter 18. The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population. Angel, JL, Whitfield KE. (Eds.). New York: Springer Publishing 2007. 237-262.


Frenk J, Knaul FM, González-Pier E, Barraza-Lloréns M. “Poverty, health and social protection”. In Extending Social Protecion in Health. (Papers from the International Conference on Social Insurance in Developing Countries, Berlin, 05-07 December, 2005). GTZ, ILO, WHO 2007. 22-31.

2006: *Knaul FM, Pérez Fernández CJ, Suárez Vázquez M, Ortega Alanis SX (Coord.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México. México, D. F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica e Intersistemas 2006. (BOOK AND GROUP COORDINATOR)

Knaul FM, Santos-Burgoa Zarnecki C. “Más allá de la sobrevivencia: niñas, niños y jóvenes que viven con enfernedad, grupo prioritario para la inclusión educativa”. Capítulo 2 en Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México pp. 29-56. Knaul FM. “Modelos para la organización institucional de los programas educativos para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados y que viven con enfermedad”. Capítulo 5 en Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México pp. 105-123. Márquez-Mees V, Rosado J, Limón N, Pleic M, Rattray K, Knaul FM. “Programas educativos para niños, niñas y jóvenes que viven con enfermedad: experiencias internacionales.” Capítulo 6 en Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México pp. 125-176. Ortega Alanis SX, Rosado J, Knaul FM. “Un programa nacional para cumplir los derechos educativos de niños, niñas, jóvenes y familias desde el hospital: el caso de Sigamos aprendiendo...en el hospital en México”. Capítulo 8 en Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México pp. 209-244. Arrieta W, Knaul FM, Diego G, Limón N, Herrera C. “El modelo educativo de Sigamos aprendiendo...en el hospital para aulas hospitalarias”. Capítulo 10 en Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México, pp. 301-330. Knaul FM. “Conclusiones y recomendaciones.” En Knaul FM, et al. (Coords.). Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados: Un análisis basado en el programa nacional de México pp. 331-340.

Tamez Guerra RS, Knaul FM, Reimers F. “Introducción.” In Reimers F. (Coord.). Aprender Más y Mejor. Políticas, programas y oportunidades de aprendizaje en educación básica en México, pp. 13-21. Colección Educación y Pedagogía. México, D. F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica 2006.

Yoshikawa H, McCartney K, Myers R, Bub KL, Lugo-Gil J, Ramos Olazagasti MA, Knaul FM. “Educación preescolar en México.” In Reimers F. (Coord.). Aprender Más y Mejor. Políticas, programas y oportunidades de aprendizaje en educación básica en México, pp. 13-21. Colección Educación y Pedagogía. México, D. F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica 2006.


2005: Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O, Miranda M. “Preventing Impoverishment, Promoting Equity And Protecting Households From Financial Crisis: Universal Health Insurance Through Institutional Reform In Mexico.” Working Paper. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. Mimeo. (First Place, Global Development Awards: Outstanding Research on Development Competition 2005 of the Global Development Network in the category Institutional Development and Change in the Health Sector 2005.)

Knaul FM, Arreola H. The Role of Evidence on Financial Protection in the Mexican Health Reform of 2003. Paper produced for the International Development Research Center of Canada, Research Matters initiative in the Governance, Equity and Health program 2005.

Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O. Applying analysis of financial protection in health in the Mexican Health Reform of 2003: An example of evidence for policy making. EUROLAC, Working Paper. Washington D.C., 2005.

Knaul FM, Escandón P. “Educación, Salud y Competitividad: Hacia un enfoque sectorial.” In Situación de la Competitividad de México 2004: Hacia un pacto de competitividad, pp. 86-87. México: IMCO 2005.

Knaul FM, Ramírez MA. Family Violence and Child Abuse in Latin America and the Caribbean: The cases of Colombia and Mexico. IADB, Sustainable Development Department Technical Papers Series; SOC-137 2005.

Tamez Guerra RS, Knaul FM, León AS, Schmelkes S, Freyre R, Arrieta W. “Hacia una Educación para la Competitividad: Elementos de Políticas Públicas.” In Vórtice: análisis y propuestas de políticas públicas. Nueva época año 5, número 2, Tercer Trimestre del 2005, pp 4-14, Revista de alumnos y exalumnos de la Maestría en Políticas Públicas del Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México 2005.

2004: Knaul FM, Arreola H, Méndez O, Martínez A. Efectos sobre la justicia financiera y los gastos catastróficos del proceso de afiliación progresiva al Seguro Popular de Salud. Working Paper, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. México, D. F. 2004.

Frenk J, Knaul FM and Gómez-Dantés O. “Closing the Relevance-Excellence Gap in Health Research: The Use of Evidence in the Mexican Health Reform.” In S. Matlin (ed.). Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2005: Health Research to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UK: Pro-Book Publishing 2004.

Frenk J, Knaul F, Gómez-Dantés O, et al. Financiamiento Justo y Protección Social Universal: La reforma estructural del sistema de salud en México. Working paper. Secretaría de Salud, México 2004.

2003: Knaul FM, Arreola H, Nigenda G. Disposición a pagar por un seguro público de salud. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, (Mimeo), 2003.


Knaul, Felicia. “Análisis del tema de salud en la recomendación de la CEDAW”. Coloquio nacional para el análisis de la aplicación del protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer CEDAW. Memoria: Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres, México 2003.

Knaul FM, López Macedo J, Rodríguez Ajenjo C, Prado Solé E, Vega Mendoza M. “Programa de Acción 2002-2010: hacia una política transversal a favor de las niñas, los niños y los adolescentes”. Cuaderno de Desarrollo Humano 6, February. Mexico 2003.

Knaul, FM. et al. “The Impact of Child Abuse on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attaintment: The Colombian Case”. Mimeo 2003.

Knaul, FM. et al. “The Impact of Child Abuse on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment: The Mexican Case”. Mimeo 2003.

*Knaul FM, Nigenda G (Eds.). Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. (BOOK AND GROUP COORDINATOR)

Knaul FM, Ramírez MA. “El Impacto de la Violencia Intrafamiliar en la Probabilidad de Violencia Intergeneracional, la Progresión Escolar y el Mercado Laboral en México.” En Knaul FM y Nigenda G (Eds.) Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción, pp. 69-88. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. Aguilar AM, Nigenda G, Méndez O, Knaul FM. “Desperdicio de Recursos en el Sistema de Salud: El caso de la Profesión Médica y la Enfermería en México.” In Knaul FM y Nigenda G (Eds.) Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción, pp. 125-134. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. Arzos J, Knaul FM. “Inequidad en el Gasto del Gobierno en Salud.” In Knaul FM, Nigenda G (Eds.) Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción, pp. 185- 194. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. Torres AC, Knaul FM. “Determinantes del Gasto de Bolsillo en Salud e Implicaciones para el Aseguramiento Universal en México: 1992-2000.” In Knaul FM, Nigenda G (Eds.) Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción, pp. 209-228. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003. Knaul FM, Arreola H, Borja C, Méndez O, Torres AC. “El Sistema de Protección Social en Salud de México: Efectos Potenciales sobre la Justicia Financiera y los Gastos Catastróficos de los Hogares.” In Knaul FM, Nigenda G (Eds.) Caleidoscopio de la Salud. De la Investigación a las Políticas y de las Políticas a la Acción, pp. 275-291. Centro de Análisis Social y Económico, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003.


Arreola-Ornelas H, Knaul FM, Méndez-Carniado O, Borja-Vega C, Vega-Mendoza M. “Pobreza y Salud: Una Relación Dual” In Muñoz O, Durán L, Garduño J, Soto H. (Eds.) Seminario Internacional: Economía de la Salud, pp. 13-26. IMSS, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social 2003.

Nigenda G, Knaul FM. “Participación de las Mujeres en la Provisión de Servicios de Salud en México. Los Retos del Futuro” In López P, Rico B, Langer A, Espinosa G (Eds.) Género y Política en Salud. Secretaría de Salud, México 2003.

2002: Knaul FM, Nigenda G. “Long-term Care. Case study: México”. Background material for the meeting: Lessons for Long-Term Care Policy. 2002. Available at: http://www.who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/case_study_mexico.pdf

Knaul FM. “El impacto del trabajo infantil y la deserción escolar en el capital humano: diferencias de género en México”. In Katz EG, Correia MC (Eds.) La economía de género en México. Trabajo, familia, Estado y Mercado. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank. Washington, D.C. October 2002.

Knaul FM, Frenk J, Aguilar AM. “Pobreza y salud”. In Sepúlveda J (Ed.) Salud Panamericana en el siglo XXI. Fortalecimiento de la cooperación internacional y desarrollo de capital humano, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Mexico 2002: pp. 47-56.

Zúñiga P, Knaul FM, Nigenda G. “Long-term care. The case study: Costa-Rica”. Background material for the meeting: Lessons for Long-Term Care Policy 2002. Available at: http://www.who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/case_study_costarica.pdf

2001: Knaul FM. “The Impact of Child Labor and School Dropout on Human Capital: Gender Differences in Mexico”. In Katz EG, Correia MC (Eds.) The Economics of Gender in Mexico: Work, Family, State and Market. The World Bank, Washington D.C 2001: pp: 46-84. Knaul FM, Méndez O, Murray CJL, Arreola H, Ortíz JP, Torres AC, Frenk J. “Mexico: Impact of Policy Options on Fairness in Financial Contribution”. In Murray CJL, Frenk J (Eds.) Health system Performance: Concepts, Measurement and Determinants, Chapter 26. World Health Organization Paper. Geneva 2001. Murray CJL, Knaul FM, Musgrove P, Xu K, Kawabata K. “Fairness in Financial Contribution: Conceptual Framework”. In Murray CJL, Frenk J (Eds.) Health system Performance: Concepts, Measurement and Determinants, Chapter 16. World Health Organization Paper. Geneva 2001.

Murray CJL, Knaul FM, Musgrove P, Xu K, Kawabata K. “Estimating Health Financing Contribution from Survey Data”. In Murray CJL, Frenk J (Eds.) Health system Performance: Concepts, Measurement and Determinants, Chapter 17. World Health Organization Paper. Geneva 2001.

Frenk J, Gómez-Dantés O, Knaul FM, Zurita B, Lozano R, Ruelas E, Querol J, Poblano O. “Mexico: Case Study of Health Systems Performance Assessment”. In Murray CJL, Frenk J (Eds.)

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Health system Performance: Concepts, Measurement and Determinants, Chapter 25. World Health Organization Paper. Geneva 2001. Knaul FM, Méndez O, Murray CJL, Arreola H, Ortíz JP, Torres AC, Frenk J. The Impact of Extending Universal Pre-Paid Coverage on the Fairness of Financial Finance and Catastrophic Health Expenditures in Mexico. Mimeo. January 2001. Soberón G, Valdés-Olmedo C, Martínez-Narváez G, Knaul FM, et al. Research on Health Policies and Systems: FUNSALUD´s Interest in the Matter. FUNSALUD-AHPSR. Geneva 2001.

2000: Knaul FM. “Health, Nutrition and Wages: Age at Menarche and Earnings in Mexico”. In W, Schultz TP (Eds.). Wealth from Health: Linking Social Investments to Earnings in Latin America. Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC. and (1999) IDB Working paper R-355; 2000.

Knaul FM. “Linking Health, Nutrition, and Wages: The Evolution of Age at Menarche and Labor Earnings Among Adult Mexican Women”. In Investment in Health. Social and Economic Returns. Pan American Health Organization. Scientific and Technical Publication No. 582, 2000; pp.: 63-86.

Knaul FM. Child Labor, Schooling and Gender Differentials in Labor Market Outcomes in Mexico. CIDE Working Paper 2000.

Cutler D, Knaul FM, Lozano R, Méndez O, Zurita B. Ageing, Financial and Economic Crisis, and Health Outcomes: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 7746; 2000.

Murray CJL, Knaul FM, Xu K, Mugrove P, Kawabata K. (2000). Defining and measuring fairness of financial contribution. World Health Organization. Global Programme on Evidence. Working Paper 24; 2000.

Xu K, Lydon P, Ortiz de Iturbide J, Musgrove P, Knaul FM, et al. Analysis of the fairness of financial contribution in 21 countries. World Health Organization. Global Programme on Evidence. Discussion Paper 25; 2000. 1999: Knaul FM, Patrinos H. The Importance of Social Capital in the Formation of Human Capital: The Colombian Case. CIDE Working Paper 1999.

Knaul FM. The impact of early entry into the labor force on earnings in Mexico. CIDE Working Paper 1999.

Knaul FM. Incorporating Home-Based Domestic Work into Estimates of Child and Youth Labor: The Mexican Case. Mimeo 1999.

Frenk J, González MA, Knaul FM, Lozano R. “La Seguridad Social en Salud: Perspectivas para la Reforma”. In Solís Soberón F, Villagómez FA (Eds.) La Seguridad Social en México. México, D. F: CIDE, CONSAR y El Trimestre Económico 1999.

1998:


Knaul FM. Learning and Earning: The impact of early entry into the labour force on earnings in Colombia. Working Paper, CIDE 1998. Frenk J, Londoño JL, Knaul FM. “The Transformation of Health Systems in Latin America” En: 21st Century Health Care in Latin America. Institute for Alternatives Futures- FUNSALUD. Mexico 1998.

1997: Knaul FM. Payoffs and Tradeoffs to Early Labor force Participation in Colombia. Working Paper # 96. CIDE. Mexico 1997.

Knaul FM. Missing Street Girls: The Importance of Overtime Measures for Counting the Homeless in Bogota. Working Paper, CIDE 1997. Knaul FM, Parker S. “El prepago por servicios médicos privados en México”. En Observatorio de la Salud: Necesidades, Servicios, Políticas. FUNSALUD. Mexico 1997.

Parker S, Knaul FM. Employment and Child-care Strategies among Women with Young Children: The Mexican Case. Working Paper, CIDE No.75; 1997.

1996: Frenk J, Knaul FM. “Los derechos humanos como base doctrinaria para las políticas de salud”. In Frenk J, Liguori AL, Sepúlveda J (Eds.) Salud y derechos humanos. Perspectivas en salud pública 22. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México 1996.

1995: Knaul FM. Counting Bogota's Street Children: Defined Away, Missing or Out of Sight. Working paper. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies 1995.

Flórez CE, Knaul FM, Méndez R. Niños y jóvenes: ¿Cuántos y dónde trabajan?. Bogotá Tercer Mundo Editores, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social y CEDE/Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 1995.

1994: Knaul FM. Memorias del Seminario Interinstitucional sobre el Menor Trabajador en Colombia (editora). Bogotá: Trazo Ltda. “Análisis cuantitativo de la fuerza de trabajo de los menores en los sectores urbano-rurales y de los niños de la calle”. 1994.

Berry A, Knaul FM. “Empleo, distribución del ingreso y el sector social: Lecciones para Colombia del boom petrolero de Indonesia”. Planeación y Desarrollo, Vol. XXV, Edición Especial, July 1994.

Frenk J, Lozano R, González Block MA, … Knaul et al. Economía y Salud. México, FUNSALUD 1994.

1993:


Berry A, Montegnegro A, Ramírez LF, Barrios A, Knaul FM, Perfetti M. “Capital humano en Colombia”. Planeación y Desarrollo, Vol. XXIV, Edición Especial, December 1993.

Knaul FM. “Niños en Circunstancias Especialmente Difíciles: su vinculación escolar”. Planeación y Desarrollo, Vol. XXIV, Edición Especial, December 1993. 7.5) Policy Documents Balogh E, Patlak M and Nass SJ (Rapporteurs). "Cancer Care in Low-Resource Areas: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: Workshop Summary”. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. March, 2016 (Invited Member, Workshop Planning Committee. National Cancer Policy Forum). Available at: http://www.nap.edu/read/21892/chapter/1 Kruk ME, Nigenda G, Knaul FM. “Reconfiguring primary care for the era of chronic and noncommunicable diseases.” In “Addressing the Gaps in Global Policy and Research for Non-Communicable Diseases. Policy Briefs from the NCD Working Group, 2013. Available at:

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*Knaul FM, Frenk J, and Shulman L for the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Closing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expand Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. Boston, MA: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, November 2011. Available at:

http://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/files/assets/Programs/NewbornHealth/files/ccd_report_bw.pdf Spanish Edition. Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: Reporte de la Comisión Global para Ampliar el Acceso a la Atención y Control del en Países en Desarrollo. Available at: http://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/files/assets/Programs/NewbornHealth/files/vision_en_conjunto.pdf

Russian Edition. Преодоление неравенства в борье против рақа: Программа по расширениґо доступа қ деҹениґо встранаҳ с низқим и средним уровнем доҳодов. Available at: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1063570.files//RussianGTFCCCReport.pdf

*Knaul FM, et al. Co-author and organizer. “México Reporte Rosa 2009-2010: Cáncer de mama: a conciencia.” A multi-institutional initiative and report presented by 15 non-governmental organizations and 22 authors. 2009.

Secretaría de Educación Pública, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa, Harvard University Postgraduate School of Education Aprender Más y Mejor: Políticas, programas y oportunidades de aprendizaje en educación básica en México. Colección Educación y Pedagogía. Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2006. (Coordination of project on behalf of the Secretary of Education).

Rubio, J. (coord.). La Política educativa y la educación superior en México. 1995-2006: Un balance. México, D. F.: Secretaría de Educación Pública, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2006. (Coordinator of Project on behalf the Secretary of Education).



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Secretaría de Educación Pública. Equidad, Calidad e Innovación en el Desarrollo Educativo Nacional. Colección Editorial del Gobierno del Cambio. Fondo de Cultura Económica. México, 2006. (Member of Editorial Committee). Secretaría de Salud. Salud: México 2004 Información para la rendición de cuentas. Secretaría de Salud, México, 2005. (Report collaborator).

UNICEF. “Los primeros pasos.” Vigía de los derechos de la niñez mexicana, 2005; 1(1). (Member of Advisory Board UNICEF México).

Secretaría de Salud. Salud: México 2003 Información para la rendición de cuentas. Secretaría de Salud, México, 2004. (Report collaborator). Knaul FM, Arreola H, Borja C, et al. “Competitividad y Salud: La Propuesta”. Economía y Salud, No. 19, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud 2003.

Secretaría de Salud. Salud: México 2002 Información para la rendición de cuentas. Secretaría de Salud, México, 2003. (Report collaborator).

*Secretaría de Desarrollo Social-Secretaría de Educación Pública-Secretaría de Salud (2002). Un México Apropiado para la Infancia y la Adolescencia: Programa de Acción 2002-2010. México. (Director of analysis and production). Comisión de Macroeconomía y Salud. “Salud, Crecimiento Económico y Reducción de la Pobreza”. Working Group #1 of the Macroeconomic and Health Commission. WHO. Geneva 2002. (Working Group member).

Secretaría de Salud. Salud: México 2001 Información para la rendición de cuentas. Secretaría de Salud, México, 2002. (Report collaborator).

Zurita B, Rossetti A, Knaul FM, Soberón G. Hacia un México más Saludable: Una visión del Sector Privado. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, A. C., México D. F. 2001. Secretaría de Salud. Programa Nacional de Salud 2001-2006. Hacia un Sistema Universal de Salud. México, 2001. (Program collaborator).

Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Programa Nacional de Desarrollo Social 2001-2006. Superación de la pobreza: una tarea Contigo. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, México, 2001. (Program collaborator).

World Health Organization. World Health Report 2000, Health Systems: Improving Performance. Ginebra, 2000. (Collaborating author).

Barker G, Knaul FM. Exploited Entrepreneurs: Street and Working Children in Developing Countries. CHILDHOPE Working Paper No. 1; 1991.

7.6) News and Other Media Frenk J, Knaul FM, Gómez Dantés O, Arreola-Ornelas H. “Hacia la Universalización de la Salud”.


Nexos, March 2018; No. 483, año 41, vol. XL: pp. 25-29. Available at: https://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=36346 Frenk J, Knaul FM, Gómez Dantés O, Arreola-Ornelas H. “La brecha de la Salud”. Nexos, February 2018; No. 482, año 41, vol. XL: pp. 20-25. Available at: https://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=35971 Knaul FM, Bhadelia A. Designing value-based health systems for patients: The example of pain control and palliative care. Sections-Spotline-Future of health 2017, OECD Observer. January 2017. Available at: http://bit.ly/2jHWt8v Knaul FM. Healthy women lead to healthier communities. Miami Herald. January 18, 2016. Available at: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article55368340.html Knaul FM. Empoderar a la mujer es bueno para la salud. El Nuevo Heraldo. January 4, 2016. Available at: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/opinion-es/article53203840.html#storylink=cpy Willett W, Knaul FM. Nutrition and Breast Cancer in Latina Women. Healthy Hispanic Living, April 20, 2015. Available at: http://healthyhispanicliving.com/nutrition/breast_cancer_awareness/nutrition_and_breast_cancer_in_latina_women/ Knaul F, Vega M, Arreola-Ornelas H, Ortega SX. Día mundial contra el cáncer, la detección temprana es posible. Blog Gente Saludable. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. February 3, 2015. Available at: http://blogs.iadb.org/salud/2015/02/03/dia-mundial-contra-el-cancer/

Knaul FM. Closing the Global Pain Divide. Huffington Post Blog, Sept 25, 2013.

Knaul FM. What Is Maternal Health? Huffington Post Blog 2013; March 8, 2013.

Knaul FM. Closing the cancer divide: The opportunity of lifetimes. Huffington Post Blog 2013; February 4, 2013.

Knaul FM, Grover B. Closing the NCD Divide: A Matter of Equity and Social Justice. Huffington Post Blog; Sept 19, 2012.

Knaul FM, Saligram N. Including Non-Communicable Diseases in the Rio+20 Dialogue on Sustainable Futures. Huffington Post Blog; Jun 18, 2012.

Quick JD, Knaul FM. Closing the Global Cancer Divide: Together it is Possible. Huffington Post Blog; Feb 4, 2012.

Knaul FM, Frenk, J. La Epidemia Silenciosa de Cáncer de Mama en América Latina. Newsweek en Español. February 26, 2010.

Frenk J, Gómez Dantés O, Knaul FM. “Salud: Un diagnóstico.” Nexos 2004; 317: pp. 71-77.

Knaul FM, Soberón G. “Salud”. Nexos, 2002; 24(89): 81-83.

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8) PUBLICATIONS REFERRING TO WORK BY FELICI. A MARIE KNAUL (selection of articles by other authors reviewing projects and work)

A milestone for palliative care and pain relief. Horton R. The Lancet. Volume 391, No. 10128, p1338-1339. March 2108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32560-6 Felicia Marie Knaul: advocate for better pain relief and palliative care. Davies R. The Lancet. Volume 391, No. 10128, p1349. March 2108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32663-6 LatAm in Focus: Giving Women the "Right Space to Thrive". Americas Society-Council of the Americas. February 15, 2018. http://bit.ly/2ClWI5Q Researchers Alarmed at “Pain Gap” Between Rich, Poor Countries. The Voice of America. October 13, 2017. http://bit.ly/2yhe8LS Felicia Marie Knaul First Economist Admitted to Mexican National Academy of Medicine. University of Miami Veritas. July 6, 2017. http://bit.ly/2szldEc “Global Health Track to Highlight Cancer Care Disparities in LMICs”. ASCO Daily News. June 3, 2017. http://read.uberflip.com/i/832413-am17-daily-news-saturday “Partners in Education.” The Boca Raton Observer. April 2017. http://bit.ly/2ny5diw Lucha Constante, testimonio de Felicia Knaul. Club Reforma. October 21, 2016 http://bit.ly/2fMLjy4 “Latinas, have you got your mammogram yet?” By Cresonia Hsieh, Miami Herald. October 7, 2016. http://hrld.us/2doeDbU “Felicia Knaul plays role throughout campus life, expands title of First Lady.” By Shellie Frai, The Miami Hurracane.com. September 8, 2016. http://bit.ly/2cMAfl8 “Much of World Suffers Not From Abuse of Painkillers, but Absence of Them.” By Rick Gladstone, The New York Times. May 17, 2016. http://nyti.ms/23VPojS “8 Women Who Are Changing Miami for the Better.” By Becky Randel, Ocean Drive. May 2, 2016. http://nyti.ms/23VPojS “Cuatro mujeres narran su batalla individual y su activismo colectivo en contra del cáncer de mama”. Por Martha Martínez, Revista Reforma. October 19, 2015. http://bit.ly/1pUbW7B “She battled breast cancer for herself, and for Latin women” By Ana Veciana-Suarez. Miami Herald. October 16, 2015. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article39557523.html and http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article39555441.html “Researchers Suggest New Approach to Caring for Patients with Chronic Illnesses”. News, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. September 9, 2015.

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http://med.miami.edu/news/researchers-suggest-new-approach-to-caring-for-patients-with-chronic-illnes “Knaul Receives Interdisciplinary Appointment”. News University of Miami. August 8, 2015. http://news.miami.edu/stories/2015/08/knaul-receives-interdisciplinary-appointment-spanning-medical-gables-campuses.html “Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities”. Virtual roundtable moderated by David Morley. Edited by Diana Shepherd. The ROOT. The University of Toronto Schools. Alumni Magazine. Spring 2015. http://www.utschools.ca/uploads/public/Root/ROOT_SPRING_2015_WEB.pdf

“Escalating the fight against breast cancer” By Corydon Ireland, Harvard Staff Writer. Harvard Gazette. Editor´s Pick and Video. January 28, 2015. http://bit.ly/1vDDtXi “The Systems Doctors.” Luke Messac. The New Physician. American Medical Student Association. Magazine digital November-December 2014. http://bit.ly/1w18FVL “Closing the Cancer Care Gap” Alexandra Goho. Cover Story of Cancer Today. September 29, 2014. http://bit.ly/1xIXptg “Fighting disease on a global scale”. Alvin Powell. Harvard Gazette. January 7, 2014. http://bit.ly/1aEMuVe “Latinas desarrollan cancer de mama a edades más tempranas”. Margarita Vega. Animal Político. Octubre 23, 2013. http://bit.ly/1lqaVQK “My altered self: cancer”. Farhat Yaqub. Lancet, Volume 381, Issue 9861, Page 106, 12 January 2013. http://bit.ly/V4uf43 “Cancer doctors pledge to take prevention and treatment to the poor”. Posted by Sarah Boseley. In guardian.co.uk. Friday 2 November 2012. http://bit.ly/121zjgW “Tumore al seno bellezza e terapia”. Italian Vogue. Notizie Bellezza e Blog. October 2012. http://bit.ly/VFXlZw “Mexico's quest for universal health coverage”. Julio Frenk and Felicia Knaul discussants; The Lancet. Podcasts. August 16, 2012. English: http://bit.ly/XL6e2y and Spanish: http://bit.ly/122LmdL “A crucial juncture for health in Mexico”. The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9837, Page 76, 14 July 2012. http://bit.ly/VzmDZ6 “Awareness is the first step in battle against breast cancer”. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol 90, Num 3, Page 164-166, March 2012. http://bit.ly/Yt9Z2D “The good news about cancer in developing countries”. The Lancet, Volume 378, Issue 9803, Page 1605, 5 November 2011. http://bit.ly/SNYwYc “Felicia Knaul, Sobreviviente y Luchadora contra el Cáncer de Seno”. Hispanic Access Foundation. Por Rosanna Saladin. Abril 25, 2011. http://bit.ly/10X2JgW

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“Knaul, Felicia. Tómatelo a Pecho. Aguilar Fontanar, 2009”. Páginas de Salud Pública. Salud Pública de México. Vol. 53, no. 2, Page 196-197. Marzo-abril de 2011. http://bit.ly/W5cCoO

“Making Her Life an Open Book to Promote Expanded Care”. Martin Enserink. Science. Vol. 331 no. 6024 p. 1549; 25 March 2011. http://bit.ly/WrIgJx “A Push to Fight Cancer in the Developing World”. Martin Enserink. Science. Vol. 331 no. 6024 pp. 1548-1550; 25 March 2011.http://bit.ly/VnF8U6 “Taking it to heart—from patient to advocate for breast cancer”. Rebeca Wong. The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9747, Page 1135, 2 October 2010. http://bit.ly/10Uck7p “Moving cancer up the global health agenda”. The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9731, Page 2051, 12 June 2010. http://bit.ly/SO8fOe “Financing structure for Mexican health reform in danger”. Jason Lakin. The Lancet. Volume 373, Issue 9679, Page 1948, 6 June 2009. http://bit.ly/VfelpI “Felicia Knaul: Tómatelo a Pecho”. El Universal, Campos Elíseos, Katia D’Artigues. 25 Mayo, 2008. http://bit.ly/XL46aZ

“Mexican health reforms: global lessons, local solutions”. Richard Horton. The Lancet, Volume 368, Issue 9546, Page 1480, 28 October 2006. http://bit.ly/VzE0t1

9) PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS (2001-present) As of 2015, public speaking for advocacy purposes is listed separately from academic conferences and lectures and teaching or training events. PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS

YEAR 2018: Yom HaShoah Commemoration--Religious Responses to the Holocaust: In Conversation with a Rabbi, Priest, and Imam. Coral Gables, Florida, April 11

Co-Organizer and Moderator #MeToo Event with University of Miami Students. Coral Gables, Florida. March 6.

Speaker.

YEAR 2017: Forum “Celebrate 30” Cancer Link Luncheon. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. December 8.

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Annual Run Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Walk to raise funds for breast cancer treatment and research. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. October 14.

Speaker. Think Pink Cobb Fountain Lighting & Survivor Night. Zeta Tau Alpha and University of Miami. University of Miami. Coral Gables. October 9.

Speaker. President's Welcome Reception for New Students. University of Miami, Watsco Center Coral Gables. August 20.

Speaker. President’s Farewell Reception for Families. University of Miami, Watsco Center, Coral Gables. August 17.

Speaker. Walk and Talk for International Women's Day. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 8.

Organizer and Host. Speaker

The 16th Annual United Way, Forum Women’s Leadership Breakfast. United Way of Miami-Dade. Miami, Florida, USA. January 19.

Speaker

YEAR 2016:

Ninth Annual 2016 American Cancer Society Inner Circle of Twelve Luncheon. Miami, Florida, USA. October 14. Speaker.

Cancer Link Annual Luncheon: Rumble in the Jungle, to benefit Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, Florida, USA. October 13. Speaker. Fountain Lighting & Survivor Night. University of Miami, Florida USA. October 4.

Speaker.

Pink Powder Exhibition Opening. Richter Library, University of Miami, Coral Gables Campus. September 20.

Speaker.

President’s Farewell Reception for Families. University of Miami, Coral Gables Campus. August 18.

Speaker.


Beaux Arts Monthly Forum. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. March 16. Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector.”

An Evening with the Cuban Heritage Collection. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. March 1.

Speaker.

Dolphins Cancer Challenge VI, Annual athletic charity event hosted by the Miami Dolphins. Florida, USA. February 20.

Speaker.

Exposing the Darkness: Perspectives on Mass Atrocities. US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Florida, USA. February 10.

Speaker.

Celebrating the Best of Miami. An evening to Honor to Julio Frenk, Sixth President of the University of Miami. Coral Gable, Florida, USA. January 28.

Keynote Speaker: The journey ahead

Planet Kreyol Haiti Earthquake Remembrance Ceremony. University of Miami. January 12. Speaker.

YEAR 2015: Focus on the Future Luncheon. Organization: Cancer Support Community Greater Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. December 7.

Keynote Speaker. 20th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Miami, Florida, USA. October 17.

Speaker. Fashionably Pink in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Luncheon. Organization: South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. October 16.

Keynote Speaker.

Convivio con pacientes sobrevivientes de cáncer de mama. Auditorio del Museo Calderón Guardia, Barrio Escalante. San José, Costa Rica. Octubre 14.

Speaker: Testimonio personal “Tómatelo a Pecho.” Forum “Cáncer de mama: Tómatelo a Pecho”. Asociación Campesina de Florida Homestead Area Office, Florida. USA. October 10.

Organizer. Speaker: Testimonio personal “Tómatelo a Pecho.”

Women in Parliament Global Forum, Mexico Summit 2015. Make it happen! Influence and power of women in parliaments. Mexico City, Mexico. October 7-9.

Panel 5: How to Make it Happen: Better Access to Health Care. October 7.


Speaker. Health Panel: Breast Cancer Commemoration. October 8.

Speaker. 17th annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Marlins Park, Florida, USA. October 3.

Speaker.

Ceremonia de Reconocimiento “Flama, Vida y Mujer 2015”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Aula Magna del Colegio Civil Centro Cultural Universitario. Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. March 5.

Speech.


ACADEMIC AND CAPACITY BUILDING

YEAR 2018:

“8th International Kidney Cancer Coalition Conference: Expanding Circles in Supporting Kidney Cancer”. International Kidney Cancer Coalition. Mexico City, Mexico. April 12.

Keynote Address: “Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative Expanding Access to Cancer Care & Control to Developing Countries”

Research Lunch “Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean”. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, Coral Gables, Florida. April 11.

Co-organizer and Moderator Global Launch Symposium of The Lancet Commission Report: Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief – an imperative of universal health coverage. University of Miami (Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, Miller School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies), The Lancet, International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care. The Braman Miller Centre, Coral Gable, Florida. April 5-6.

Organizer. Opening Remarks and Welcome Speaker Key Findings and Overview of The Lancet Commission Report: The Access Abyss in Palliative Care and Pain Relief – Burden and Response Presentation: “Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief – an imperative of universal health coverage” Global Health Policies: Establishing Multi-Institutional Mechanisms to Close the Access Abyss Chair Call to Action: The Miami Declaration on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief Speaker Implementation workshops for civil society representatives Coordinator

Research Lunch on Venezuela with Human Rights Watch. University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, Coral Gable, Florida. March 8.

Co-Organizer and Moderator

Toronto Global Cancer Control Conference: Creating the Future. Pricess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network (UHN), and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada. March 1-3

Keynote 1. Introduction. Presentation to Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization Speaker STS 1.2. The Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief – Findings, Recommendations and Future Directions Chair


PPD 3. rogress in Women’s Health – Lessons and Opportunities for Global Cancer Control Chair PPD 4. Supportive Care in Cancer: New Directions to Achieve Universal Access for Psychosocial and Palliative and End-of-Life Care Panelist PPD 5. Networks in Global Cancer – Potential Synergies and Opportunities Panelist C9. Health Systems Chair STS 3.3. World Oncology Forum - European Leadership to Conquer Cancer Panelist Conference Summary Speaker

5th Annual Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) Women’s Hemispheric Network Forum in Miami. Newman Alumni Center. Coral Gable, Florida USA. February 22.

Speaker II Foro Binacional de Salud. Lanzamiento de la versión en español de la Tercera Edición de Prioridades para el Control de Enfermedades (DCP3). University of California y Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública. CDMX, Mexico. February 21.

Simposio “Prioridades para el control de enfermedades volumen 3: Cáncer” Panelista

UMIA Research Lunch | A Different Kind of Immigrant: A Portrait of Venezuelan Immigrant Adults in South Florida and Colombia. University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. February 19.

Organizer and Moderator. Seminar/webinar: Women’s Cancer Prevention and Control in the Americas. In commemoration of World Cancer Day 2018. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Latin American Union against Women’s Cancers (ULACCAM) and Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. February 6.

Presentation: "Closing the cancer divide for women in the Americas: diagonal health system innovations”

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation: "Closing the Cancer Divide: Lessons from Women's Health". Global Oncology and International Programs, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System. Coral Gable, Florida USA. January 31.

Featured Presenter Webinar NDC Alliance. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation 17.

Presentation: “Alleviating the Access Abyss in Palliative Care and Pain Relief: An imperative of Universal Health Coverage. Key findings and recommendations of The Lancet Commission report”


YEAR 2017:

Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty meeting, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami (Copeland Award Presentation for Lancet Commission Launch Event Funding). Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, Florida, USA. December 13.

Presentation: “Alleviating the Access Abyss in Palliative Care and Pain Relief: An imperative of Universal Health Coverage.”

40th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2017, Texas, USA. December 5. Session: INTERNATIONAL SESSION Global View of Value Based Medicine. Presentation: “Health system responses to women's cancers in the Americas: Closing divides to achieve universal health coverage.”

Evento Emprendimiento y Género en América Latina, INCAE and CNN. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. November 29.

Panelista: Retos de las Mujeres Emprendedoras en América Latina Plenaria Especial: Cuidados Paliativos. LXXI Reunión Anual de Salud Pública. León Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México. November 22.

Presentation: “Cerrar la brecha en el acceso a los cuidados paliativos y el alivio del dolor: Un imperativo de la Cobertura Universal en Salud.”

Foro Mujeres Saludables, Economías Saludables, Iniciativa Merck y Universalidad y Competitividad en Salud, Funsalud. Ciudad de México, México. November 15.

Co-organizer and Moderator Presentation: “Valuando lo Invaluable: las contribuciones de las mujeres a la salud y a la economía en México.”

Forum Action instead of reaction: the Latin American cancer control scorecard, session organized by Roche in World Cancer Leaders' Summit 2017. Ciudad de México, México. November 14. Panelist Foro Cobertura Universal en Salud y Cuidados Paliativos: Palacio de la Escuela Nacional de Medicina de México. Mexico CDMX, October 16.

Presentation: “Cerrar la brecha para el acceso a los cuidados paliativos y el alivio del dolor: Un imperativo de la Cobertura Universal de Salud.”

Seminario Cobertura Universal en Salud y Cuidados Paliativos: No abandone a los que sufren. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México. Mexico CDMX, October 16.

Presentation: “Cerrar la brecha para el acceso a los cuidados paliativos y el alivio del dolor: Un imperativo de la Cobertura Universal de Salud.”

UMIA Policy Forum: Colombia's Peace Process with the FARC: Achievements and Challenges Ahead. University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. October 4.

Organizer and Moderator Forum War On Cancer. Uniting against a common enemy. The Economist. Bogotá Colombia. September 19. Panel: Keynote interview: Setting out the challenge


Speaker Panel: Latam fight against cancer and inequality, identifying successful models Speaker Forum “México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de los Centros de Estudio Especializados”. Senado dela República LXIII Legislatura. Ciudad de México, México. August 28-29.

Speaker XIV Congreso Nacional de Mastología y XI Reunión Internacional, Asociación Mexicana de Mastología. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. August 11 Session: Implementación y Estratificación de Recursos (Breast Cancer Initiative 2.5) Presentation: “Estrategias para Fortalecer el Sistema de Salud y Cerrar la Brecha

del Cáncer de Mama en AL: El caso de México.” Foro: Cáncer, Cáncer, desafíos en México y América Latina. El Universal-Agencia EFE Noticias. Ciudad de México, México. July 24

Session: “El desafío de garantizar el acceso a los tratamientos en América Latina” Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer de la Mujer: Retos y

Oportunidades”. Foro “Cerrar la Brecha en Salud: Una Tarea de Todos”. Estrategia Más y Mejor Salud. Mexican Health Foundation. Mexico City, Mexico. June 26

Organizer Session: Necesidades y diagnóstico del sistema nacional de salud pública: oportunidades y retos para y desde la sociedad civil y los(as) pacientes Keynote Speaker Session: Conclusiones y cierre Chair

Forum Latin American Forum: Advancing Access to Healthcare. Center for Health Sector Management and Policy at the University of Miami School of Business Administration along with the University’s Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, and is sponsored by Boston Scientific. Coral Gable, Florida USA. June 9

Co-sponsor Session: “Closing the Cancer Divide: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Health and Health Systems in Latin America” Keynote Speaker Panel: Women’s Access to Health Care: Cancer Prevention and Treatment Moderator

Forum Global Health and Medical Humanities for Practioners.Medical Humanities Summer Institute, University of Miami. Coral Gable, Florida USA. May 19

Co-sponsor Session: Women's Intimate Health and Sexual Citizenship in the Caribbean. Panelist Session: Critical Global Health Chair

Annual Meeting & Installation, Women’s Philanthropy of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Coral Gable, Florida USA. May 17.


Featured Speaker Mesa de discusión sobre temas de Salud. Yo con México, A.C. May 9.

Panelist Global Oncology Symposium: Cancer Care in Resource Challenged Environments. MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas. Houston, Texas, USA. May 8 Keynote Address: “Closing the Cancer Divide: Challenges and Opportunities.” William J. Harrington Programs Lecture: "Closing the Cancer Divide: Challenges and Opportunities". University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and MSOM International Medicine Institute/William J. Harrington Medical Training Programs. Mailman Center for Child Developmen. Coral Gable, Florida USA. May 5.

Featured Presenter Med-Peds Interdisciplinary Global Health Grand Rounds: “Closing he Cancer Divide: Challenges and Opportunities”. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Mailman Center for Child Developmen. Coral Gable, Florida USA. May 5.

Featured Presenter Event: After Hurricane Matthew: Resources, Capacities and Equitable Recovery of Devastated Communities. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 27.

Host and Introductory remarks

Yom HaShoah Remembrance "Conversation with a Survivor". University of Miami Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 24. Speaker and Moderator Course Emerging Challenges in Global Health Systems: Equity and Social Justice. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 21. Session: Health System Reform & Women’s Cancers: Mexico Case Study. Course Instructor Women in Contemporary Cuba: Challenges and Opportunities during the Times of Change. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 20. Organizer and Moderator Women as Health Professionals Luncheon. American Medical Student Association and National Organitation for Women. University of Miami. Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 17.

Panelist Course Emerging Challenges in Global Health Systems: Equity and Social Justice. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Coral Gable, Florida USA. April 7.

Effective Health System Responses to the Emerging Challenge of Cancer and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Focus on Women’s Cancer.


Speaker Research Lunch Series: Gender and Illegality in the Lives of Undocumented Young Adults. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 23.

Opening remarks Women's Leadership Forum. Barriers and Opportunities for Successful Female Business Leaders with Dr. Belén Garijo. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 21.

Panelist and Moderator

The Pap Corps Presidents’ Monthly Meeting. The Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 9.

Presentation: “Women’s Cancers in the Americas: Closing Divides.” Egon Zehnder-Leaders and Daughters 2017: Cultivating the Next Generation of Women Leaders. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 7.

Panelist Research Lunch Series: Mexico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. March 7.

Opening remarks 17 Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Compromiso con la equidad: una población, un sistema. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública de México. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. March 1.

Mesa temática: Mujer y salud: la clave para el desarrollo sostenible Presentation: “Mujeres saludables, economías saludables. Las contribuciones de las mujeres a la salud.”

Public Lecture: Closing the Cancer Divide: The Case of Women's Cancers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Princess Margaret Hospital. Nassau, Bahamas, February 23.

Presentation: “Closing divides: Health System Responses to the challenge of breast and cervical cancer.”

Forum “Spanish Legacies: The Coming of Age of the Second Generation”. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. February 21.

Panelist and Moderator Research Lunch Series. A Sugarcane Immigration Status: The history of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Coral Gable, Florida USA. February 20.

Opening remarks OECD Policy Forum on the Future of Health, People at the Centre. Paris, France. January 16.

Panel Measuring what matters: Outcomes and patient experiences as a catalyst for


change? Panelist

Annual Meeting, Caribbean Gynecologic Oncology Cancer Society, Lennar Foundation Medical Center. Coral Gable, Florida USA. January 13. Opening Speaker

YEAR 2016: Forum Pan American Health Organitation, Centre on Non Communicable Disease Policy, Series of country case studies on effective models for palliative care services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, DC, USA. December 8-9. Opening Speaker Session 1: Review of the methodology for the case studies

Presentation: Methodology and indicators to be used for developing case studies

Session 2: Context for the case studies. Presentation: Framework and purpose of the case studies on palliative care in LAC

WIP Women Leaders Breakfast, APEC CEO Summit 2016, Women in Parliaments Global Forum. Lima, Peru. November 19.

Speaker

Executive Health Dinner “Driving sustainable health systems to achieve quality growth and human development”, 2016 APEC CEO Summit. Lima, Peru. November 18.

Speaker Forum: Women’s Impact Initiative. Healthcare and Self-Care Taking Care of your Body and Soul in College. University of Miami Hillel and Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Coral Gable, Florida USA. November 15.

Featured Speaker 2016 World Cancer Congress “Mobilising action, inspiring change”, Union for International Cancer Control. Paris, France. November 2.

Panel Experiences of Cancer Survivorship” Co-chair

Forum Intégrate y Empodérate, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hidden Healthcare Gems in South Florida, Inter-American Chapter of the US Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Miami, Florida, USA. October 31.

Panelist-Presentation: “Evidence-inspired Advocacy and Advocacy-based Evidence: Learning from Breast Cancer.”

Forum Women’s Leadership “Let’s Do Lunch”, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. United Way of Miami-Dade. Miami, Florida, USA. October 28.

Featured speaker

Roche Global Access Forum. Vienna, Austria. October 26.


Plenary Speaker: “Bridging Global Divides: Contributing to Sustainable Health Systems.”

2016 New Directions in Cuban Studies Conference.The University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. October 21.

Opening Speaker Tercer Symposium sobre el Cáncer de Mama. Día Internacional del Cáncer de Mama. Gobierno del estado de Puebla. Puebla, Pue., Mexico. October 19.

Speaker Forum Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad La Salle. Mexico City, Mexico October, 18.

Keynote speaker: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud de las Mujeres.”

Forum Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia, UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico October, 18.

Keynote speaker: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud de las Mujeres.”

Forum Consulta Nacional “México reporte rosa 2015-2016: Cáncer de mama a Con-Ciencia”. Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. Mexico City, Mexico October, 17. Organizer and Host. Speaker Tercer Foro Internacional “Cerrar la brecha de los cuidados paliativos y el control del dolor. Oportunidades para la acción.” Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Mexico City, Mexico October, 10. Keynote speaker: “Cerrar la brecha del dolor.” Symposium “Women’s Cancers in the Americas: Strategies for Synergy”. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for the Americas of the University of Miami, Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C., and Unión Latinoamericana Contra el Cáncer de la Mujer. Braman Miller Center for Jewish Student Life. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. October 5. Organizer and Host. Opening ceremony Speaker

Session 1: Strategies for Synergy and Frameworks for Integration Panelist-Presentation: “Women’s Cancers in the Americas: A diagonal approach.”

Women’s Business Network Luncheon. Coral Gable Chamber of Commerce. Florida, USA. September 28.

Keynote speaker: “Evidence-inspired Advocacy and Advocacy-based Evidence: Learning from Breast Cancer.”

Central America Cancer Control Leadership Forum. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and


Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization. Antigua Guatemala. September 8-9.

Discussion: The Role of Academics and Advocates in National Cancer Control Plan Development and Implementation

Speaker Session 1: Roundtable Topic Discussions

Panelist-Presentation: “Role of advocates to support cancer control planning efforts”

Foro para pacientes con cáncer. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima Peru. August 21.

Keynote speaker: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud de las Mujeres”

6th APEC High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy: Panel 2: Making the Case for Investment in Sustainable and High-Performing Health Systems. Lima Peru. August 21.

Panelist-Presentation: “Healthy Health Systems, Healthy Economies: Making the Case for Investment”

9º Simposio del Museo Interactivo de Economía. Mujeres, economía y desarrollo sostenible. Mexico City, Mexico. August 5.

Presentation: “Mujer y salud: Hacia más y mayor productividad”

Meeting of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC). University of Miami’s Institute for the Americas and Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. August 1-3.

Organizer and Host. Forum Cáncer de la Mujer. National Cancer Institute of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico. July 27.

Panel 3. Acceso y cumplimiento de tratamientos. Cuidados Paliativos. Speaker

The William J. Harrington Programs for Latin America and the Caribbean and Global Oberservhip Program Speaker Series. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. May 13.

Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable: Healthy women, Healthy economies”

Women and Minority Leadership and Professional Development Symposium. Women in Academic Medicine. University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. May 13.

Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable: Healthy women, Healthy economies” Women’s Cancers in the English Caribbean: A regional multi- sector discussion to define feasible strategies to improve the effectiveness of breast and cervical cancer programs. PAHO, WHO and University of Miami Institute for the Americas. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. May 11-12.

Organizer and Host. Session 1: Overview of women’s cancers and integrating services into health systems.

Presentation: Closing divides: health system responses to the challenge


of breast and cervical cancer. Session 6: Identify opportunities for technical cooperation among countries and with international organizations.

Speaker.

Global Health Catalyst Cancer Summit 2016. Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. April 29.

Videoconference. Seminario “Lograr el Crecimiento Incluyente en México.” Centro de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos en México para América Latina. Mexico City, Mexico. April 27.

Organizer and Moderator: Panel “Transformando los programas sociales en oportunidades para el crecimiento incluyente de México”

14th Annual South Florida Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Conference. “Latin America and the Caribbean: Times of Development, Resistance, and Change.” University of Miami Institute for the Americas and Latin American Studies Program, University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. April 22.

Organizer. Keynote Address: Responding to the Health Transition in LAC: an equity imperative.

Achieving our Aspirations. University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. April 21.

Presentation: Update on cross-UM conversations with faculty. VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Cuidados Paliativos “Innovación y desarrollo para la atención integral en salud.” Mexico City, Mexico. April 14-16.

Plenaria “Ampliando el acceso a los cuidados paliativos y al control de dolor.” April 14.

Keynote speaker. Session “Comisión Lancet: Cerrando la brecha en el acceso a los cuidados paliativos.” April 15.

Moderator. Panel “Avances en política internacional para el acesso a los cuidados paliativos y el tratamiento del dolor” April 15.

Speaker.

7th Global Patients Congress “Innovation improving sustainable access: boosting your reach and impact”. International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations. London, UK. April 9-11.

Videoconference.

Segunda Semana de la Innovación en Salud. Foro "El sector salud y su vinculación con la productividad del país.” Asociación Mexicana de Industrias de Investigación Farmacéutica, A.C. Mexico City, Mexico. April 6.

Panelist: Mesa 2 parte 2. La innovación en el vínculo Salud y productividad

Chile’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World. University of Miami Institute for the Americas. University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. April 4. Organizer and Moderator


Society of Women Engineers Regional Conference 2016. University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. April 1.

Keynote speaker. Presentation: “Healthy Women, Healthy Economies.”

Book Launch Event “The State and the Grassroots: Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents. University of Miami Institute for the Americas, Department of Sociology, and Cuban Heritage Collection. University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA, March 30.

Organizer and Speaker. The Business of Health Care: Going Global Conference. School of Business Administration, University Of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. March 21.

Moderator: Keynote Panel “Global Health and Social Responsibility.”

Forum Breast Cancer Today: Awareness, Research, and Technology. Temple Beth Am, Pinecrest, Florida, USA. March 3.

Moderator. Interdisciplinary Course “Hospitals, Health Care Services and Access.” University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. February 6.

Panelist: Access to Healthcare Services: Disparities in the U.S. and Internationally.

World Cancer Day Forum. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, Florida, USA. February 3.

Speaker.

5th Annual United Way Women's Leadership Conference. Bank United Center. Miami, Florida, USA. January 20.

Speaker. 3rd Annual Americas Society. Council of the Americas. Women’s Hemispheric Network Forum. Greenberg Traurig, Miami, Florida, USA. January 15.

Panelist: Women Making an Impact in the Americas. YEAR 2015: Seminary Shifting Horizons, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre: 1995-2015-2035. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 1.

Presentation: Global Health Challenges.

Making Strides: Advancing Women’s Leadership. Eisenhower Fellowships. Miami, Florida, USA. November 19. Panelist: Cultural Perceptions: New Images, New Dialogues. The 20th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong Cancer Insitute. “Breast Cancer Conference 2015”. Hong Kong SAR, China. November 8.


Videoconference: “Transforming Health Systems to Meet the Challenge of Breast Cancer and Chronic Diseases”.

Seminario “Asumiendo el Control: Régimen de Drogas y Salud Pública”. Instituto Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República. Ciudad de México, México. November 6.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor: En el marco de los cuidados paliativos”. Foro Cáncer en la Mujer. Cáncer de mama; cáncer de ovario y cáncer cervicouterino. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Ciudad de México, Mexico. November 4.

Panelist: Mesa 1. La mujer y el cáncer: Problema de salud pública. Prevención. Importancia del diagnóstico temprano.

Foro Fomentando la Innovación en México. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and IDEA Foundation. Ciudad de México, Mexico. October 28.

Presentation: Desafíos y oportunidades para la innovación en salud Quinto Aniversario de Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. Ciudad de México, Mexico. October 27. Organizer and Host. Launch: Consulta Nacional Cáncer de mama a con-ciencia 2015-2016

Tercer Foro Internacional de Cuidados Paliativos “Por una atención integral del paciente al final de la vida”. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Ciudad de México, Mexico. October 27.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor”.

Forum Cancer Control in Low Resource Areas. Workshop 1: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection. National Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC, USA. October 26.

Session 2: Sociocultural considerations in advancing cancer prevention and control in low resource settings Presentation: “Barriers and Responses in Advancing cancer prevention and control: Breast Cancer in Mexico.”

Speaker.

Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference. Mexico City, Mexico. October 18-21. Session: Maternal Newborn Health and Sustainable Development: What Can We Learn from Women and Health? October 19. Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector.”

Foro para la celebración del Día Internacional del Cáncer de Mama. Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del ISSSTE. Ciudad de México, Mexico. October 19.

Conferencia Magistral: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante y manejo integral para la salud de las Mujeres en México.”

Forum “Mujeres con Cáncer. Lecciones Aprendidas del trabajo en red entre instituciones públicas, academia y sociedad civil en la lucha contra el cáncer”. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. Octubre 13.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud de las Mujeres.”

XXI Jornadas de Trabajo Social “El derecho a la salud, desafío y perspectivas de Trabajo Social. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”. Ciudad


de México, Mexico. Octubre 8. Conferencia Magistral: “La búsqueda de la Cobertura Universal en Salud: Protección social en salud para todos en México”

Forum Lancet Commission Report. Women and Health. Coral Gables Campus, University of Miami. Miami, Florida, USA. October 2.

Organizer. Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector.”

Panel Discussion Lancet Commission Report. Women and Health. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Miami, Florida, USA. October 1.

Organizer. Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector.”

Lunch Women’s and Gender Studies Inaugural Colloquium. Topic: Women and Health Equity. Coral Gables Campus, University of Miami. Miami, Florida, USA. September 25.

Presentation: “Women and transition: Challenge for global health and health systems. The case of Seguro Popular and Breast Cancer in Mexico.”

Mayday Foundation. Meeting Annual. New York, NY, USA. September 11.

Presentation: “Closing the Global Divide in Pain and Palliative Care: An equity and health systems perspective”

“Regional ISPOR 5th Latin America Conference in Santiago Chile: Ensuring Patient Access in Latin America: Governance, Assessment Methodologies, and Evidence-Informed Decision Making in Health Policy.” F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Santiago, Chile. September 9.

Panelist: How to ensure financially sustainable health systems in Latin America?

Foro “Mujer y Salud. La clave para el desarrollo sostenible”. Informe de la Comisión Lancet-HSPH “Mujer y Salud”. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. Mexico City, Mexico. August 6.

Presentation: “Valuando lo Invaluable: Las contribuciones de las mujeres a la salud y al sector salud”

Seminar of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Instituto Albert J. Jovell de Salud Pública y Pacientes: “Clinical and health policy innovation seminar for oncologists”. Cambridge, MA, July 15

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del cáncer: lecciones de México”

Launch of The Lancet Commission on Women and Health, “Women and Health The key to sustainable development”. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, June 26.

Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector”

Launch of The Lancet Commission on Women and Health Initiative at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Boston, MA, USA. June 5


Presentation: “Valuing the Invaluable. Contributions of Women to Health and the Health Sector”

Seminario para Ejecutivos de Salud Latinoamericanos y V Alumni Day. Programa de Calidad en Harvard. Boston, MA, USA. May 21

Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer.”

25 Convención Aseguradores de México. AMIS. Centro de Convenciones Banamex. Ciudad de México, México. May 6

Panelist: “Participación público-privada en Salud: experiencias exitosas.”

Forum Sexual and Reproductive Health in Mexico: Access, Quality, and Equity. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Women & Health Initiative. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Boston, MA. April 29

Presentation: “Women’s Health in Mexico: The quest for effective universal health coverage.”

Forum “Mexican reform, global cancer and global health”. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, USA. April 23.

Presentation: “Closing the divides: systemic responses to the challenges of NCDs”

Inauguración del Curso Virtual “Introducción a los cuidados paliativos”. Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Puebla. Puebla, Pue. Mexico. April 15.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor”

Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Course 934 Introduction to Global Medicine: Bioscience, Technologies, Disparities, Strategies. Boston, MA, USA. April 6.

Presentation: “Closing Divides: The challenge of cancer and palliative care in LMICs.”

Forum “Global Cancer Advocacy & Action Training.” Boston, MA, USA. March 28-29.

Organizer and Speaker. Collaborating Institutions: American Cancer Society, YP-CDN Young Professionals Chronic Disease, Harvard Global Equity Initiative.

6th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference: Mobilizing Research for Global Health. Panel, “Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries.” Boston, MA, USA. March 27.

Presentation: “Closing the pain divide: The quest for effective universal health coverage.”

Breast Cancer in the Arab World. Amman, Jordan March 23.

Session of Opening and Overview Presentation: “Transforming Health Systems to Meet the Challenge of Breast Cancer and Chronic Care: A Diagonal Approach.”

Session Innovative Financing Moderator

Special Debate Session: Down-Staging vs. Screening in the Arab World Moderator


Session Leveraging Partnerships with International Organizations Moderator

Global Health Catalyst Cancer Summit. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. March 20

Presentation: “Closing Cancer Divide.”

Lecture “Strengthening Health Systems: Learning from Cancer”. Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Hong Kong, PRC. March 12.

Presentation: “Strengthening Health Systems: Learning from Cancer.”

Jornadas Académicas Cáncer de la Mujer, para los pasantes de medicina del Servicio Social 2015. Celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer. Unidad de Especialidades Médicas del Hospital General de Cuernavaca “Dr. José G. Parres”. Secretaría de Salud de Morelos. Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico. March 7.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” 16 Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos. March 6.

Simposio 6. Retos en la formación de recursos humanos para la salud pública. Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Una estrategia diagonal de capacitación en primer nivel. Retos en la formación de recursos humanos para la salud pública”.

Mesa temática 14. Cáncer de mama en mujeres jóvenes: un problema no resuelto. Comentarista.

Mesa redonda “Estrategia de capacitación de proveedores de salud en Monterrey, Nuevo León”. Susan G. Komen and Caterpillar. Hospital Zambrano Hellion. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. March 5.

Chair.

Symposium Cancer Prevention in India: Catalyzing Action and Enhancing Implementation. Delhi, India. February 19.

Presentation (video): “Cancer Prevention and the Equity Imperative.”

Día Internacional de la Lucha contra el Cáncer. Unidad de Especialidades Médicas del Hospital General de Cuernavaca "Dr. José G. Parres". Secretaría de Salud de Morelos. Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico. February 6.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Día Internacional de la Lucha contra el Cáncer. Hospital de Oncología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. Ciudad de México. México. February 4.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Foro Nacional sobre Estrategias para la Lucha contra el Cáncer. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Ciudad de México. México. February 4.

Speaker. Webinar to Commemorate World Cancer Day: Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection. Pan American Health Organization. Washington, DC. USA. February 3.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama en América Latina: Oportunidades para cerrar brechas y salvar vidas.”


Economic Evaluation and Metrics Working Group meeting. Harvard Global Equity Initiative - Lancet Commission on Global Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care (GAPCPC). San Francisco, CA. January 22.

Organizer and Host. YEAR 2014: Universal Health Coverage Day. Web conference. December 11.

Organizer and Host. Collaborating Institutions: Universalidad y Competitividad en Salud, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C., Global Network For Health Equity, Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Presentation: “The Quest for Universal Health Coverage: Social Protection for Health for All in Mexico.”

Hong Kong Academy of Science. Hong Kong, PRC. December 8.

Presentation: “Closing Divides: Global Health Challenges and Opportunities.” 2014 World Cancer Congress, Union for International Cancer Control. Melbourne, Australia. December 3-6.

Session: Reducing Premature Deaths from Cancer by 50% in 15 years: global less ons from Disease Control Priorities Project.

Chair. December 5. Session: GTFRCC - an investment framework to close the global disparity in access to radiotherapy by 2035. Presentation 5. From opportunity to action: Motivating global radiotherapy investment.

Speaker. December 4. Session: Wellbeing: the Economics. Hosted by Roche. Presentation: “Patient Wellbeing: A Critical Factor for Defining the Value of Cancer Care.”

Speaker. December 4 Symposium: International perspectives on post-treatment survivors.

Presentation: “Cancer survivorship needs in Mexico.” December 4. Annual World Leaders’s Summit. Session “The Economic Case for Cancer Control.”

Speaker. December 3. Launch of the Report of the Commission on Investment in Health. The Lancet “Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation”. Mexico City, Mexico. November 24.

Speaker Mexican High-Level Innovation Forum for Policymakers. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Fundación IDEA. Washington, DC, USA. November 21.

Presentation: “The Health System in Mexico: Challenges and opportunities facing chronic non-communicable diseases.”

III Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Salud Global. Ciudad de Investigación, University of Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. November 20.

Conferencia Magistral: “Desafíos de la Salud Global en la Agenda Post-2015.” Launch the initiative “Permanent Forum on Cancer in Women”. Faculty of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. November 19.


Keynote speech Forum “La Cobertura Universal en Salud”. Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Centro de Desarrollo Social. San José, Costa Rica. November 19.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor: El reto de los cuidados paliativos en el marco de la Cobertura Universal en Salud.”

Launch the undergraduate Global Health degree program. Faculty of Health. York University. Toronto, Canada. November 17.

Keynote speech

Forum The Palliative Care Grand Rounds Program of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, MA, USA. November 12.

Presentation: “Closing the Global Divide in Pain and Palliative Care: an equity and health systems perspective.”

Seminar “The Slow Burning Genocide of Rohingyas: Four Decades of Systematic Destruction of Burma’s Indigenous Muslims.” Cambridge, MA, USA. November 4.

Organizer and Host. Collaborating Institutions: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, FXB Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Asia Center. Speaker:

Introductory remarks Closing remarks and summary

Moderator: Panel 3: “The right to health and essential life services.”

Panel 4: “Developing an evidence-for-advocacy research agenda.”

Seminario "La Contribución de Prestadores Privados de Servicios de Salud hacia la Cobertura Universal con Calidad". Nadro, Cofemedir, Funsalud. Mexico City, Mexico. October 29.

Presentation: “Los Retos y Oportunidades Actuales y Futuras de las Enfermedades Crónicas No Transmisibles para el Sistema de Salud en México.”

Launch of Human Rights Watch Report on pain control and palliative care in Mexico. Acercar los Cuidados Paliativos a Pacientes y sus Familiares. Casa Lamm. Mexico City, Mexico. October 28.

Co-Organizer with Human Rights Watch Panelist at Press Conference

Conferencia Magistral “Mi Lucha es Rosa”. Fundación del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. Mexico City, Mexico. October 27.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Simposium “Oportunidad de Vida frente al Cancer de Mama”. Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León. Hotel Sheraton. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. October 22.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”


Seminario Internacional “Mujer Joven y Cáncer de Mama: Retos y Respuestas”. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología “Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes”. Mexico City, Mexico. October 20-21.

Organizer and Host. Collaborating Institutions: Secretaría de Salud, INPER, INCAN, ULACCAM, COMESAMA, Fundación CIMA*b, laboratorios de Mexico Pfizer, Sanofi y Roche. Speaker: Sesión inaugural. Panelist: “Experiencias y reflexiones de mujeres viviendo el cáncer de mama desde etapas tempranas de su vida.” Presentation: Sesión 2, “Detección temprana: retos y obsáculos para la mujer jóven.” Commentator: Presentación de libro “El Libro de la Mama” de la Dra. Susan Love Panelist: Sesión de Clausura, “Hacia Programas Integrales.”

Simposium. Puebla Sana contra el Cáncer de Mama. Secretaría de Salud de Puebla, San Pedro Museo del Arte. Puebla, Pue., Mex. October 17.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

Launch Meeting “Cerrando la Brecha del Dolor”. Hospital General de Occidente, Instituto Palia. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mex. October 16.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor.” Foro Internacional de Cáncer de Mama. Secretaría de Salud de Jalisco. Instituto Cultural Cabañas. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. October 16.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Seminario Internacional “Hacia la Universalidad Efectiva del Sistema de Salud: Acceso a Cuidados Paliativos y Control del Dolor”. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Control del Dolor. Mexico City, Mexico. October 13.

Organizer and Host. Collaborating Institutions: Secretaría de Salud, COFEPRIS, INCMNSZ, INCAN, COMESAMA, Fundación CIMA*b, COFEMEDIR, NADRO laboratorios de Mexico Sanofi y Grunenthal. Speaker: Sesión inaugural. “Hacia la Universalidad Efectiva del Sistema de Salud: Acceso a Cuidados Paliativos y Control del dolor.” Moderator and Commentator: Session 2, Modelos innovadores: experiencias internacionales y lecciones para México. Panelist: Sesión de Clausura, “Oportunidades y Retos para México: rectoría y regulación.”

Young Leaders Network for Health Equity. Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Boston, MA. October 9.

Webinar: “Universal Health Coverage and Chronic illness: an equity imperative for global health research.”

Global Institute for Psychosocial, Palliative and End of Life-Care. University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. Launch Meeting, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada. October 6. Speaker at Launch.


HGEI-Lancet Commission on Global Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care (GAPCPC) Launch Meeting. New York City, NY. September 22-23.

Organizer and Chair with Richard Horton. Advancing Global Health Policy, session: Innovation and Improvements. Health Affairs Briefing Event. Washington, DC. September 8.

Presentation: “Closing the Global Divide in Pain and Palliative Care: An equity and health systems perspective.”

Foro de Incidencia en Política Pública de Cáncer de Mama. Mexico City, Mexico. August 25.

Co-Organizer with Unión Latinoamericana Contra el Cáncer de la Mujer, Asociación Mexicana de Mastología, Fundación CIMA*b and Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. Presentation: “Panorama actual del cancer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

Foro Promoviendo Oportunidades en Cuidados Paliativos y Control del Dolor. Hospital para el Niño. Toluca, Estado de Mexico. Mexico. August 19.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del dolor. Promoviendo Oportunidades en Cuidados Paliativos y Control del Dolor.”

XI Congreso Nacional de Mastología. Asociación Mexicana de Mastología. Cancun, Mexico. August 14.

Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del cáncer: el enfoque diagonal para ampliar la atención y el control del cáncer de mama.”

Symposium: Improving Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care Through Global Alliances. UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Toronto, Canada. July 25. Presentation: “Closing the Global Divide in Pain and Palliative Care: An equity and

health systems perspective.” 10th iHEA World Congress: Health Economics in the Age of Longevity. Session: Universal Health Care. Dublin, Ireland. July 15. Presentation: “Universal Health Coverage and the Rise of Chronic Disease: A Latin

American Quest”.

Foro Taller Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer de Mama. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Mexico City, Mexico. June 24.

Co-Organizer with IMSS and INSP Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de México.

Foro Convergencia y Oportunidades. Inversión Privada en el Sector Salud. Cofemedir and Competitividad y Salud, Funsalud. Mexico City, Mexico. June 23.

Co-Organizer with Cofemedir Presentation: Oportunidades en la participación del sector privado en el camino hacia la Cobertura Universal Efectiva en Salud. Moderator: Panel Servicios de Salud.

Innovation in Cancer Science & Therapy Symposium. Sanofi and the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation. Cambridge, MA. June 11 and 12.

Panel participant: Patient / scientist perspectives.


EAT Stockholm Food Forum. Expert Consultation. Stockholm, Sweden. May 26 and 27.

Participant.

Research Development Rounds 2014. Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. May 23.

Presentation: “Closing the Cancer Divide: The case of women’s cancers and Mexico’s Seguro Popular”.

Annual Fulbright Enrichment Seminar for students in public health and science and technology. U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Cambridge, MA. May 13.

Keynote address

Cancer Patient Organization Summit. Roche. Toronto, Canada. May 5 and 6. Panel participant: “Introductions and patient organization updates: Short introduction of organisations using template slides provided”

Harvard Global Equity Initiative and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Present “Closing the Pain Divide” A Diagonal Approach to Harnessing Health Systems. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 16-17.

Co-Organizer with the Radcliffe Institute Presentation: Integrating pain control and palliative care into health systems: Effective Universal Coverage.

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and the Network for Patients and Families Annual Conference: “Through Each Other’s Eyes: Sharing What We’ve Learned From Living With Cancer.” The Maxwell V. Blum Resource Room, Boston, MA. April 12.

Keynote Presentation: A Survivor’s Perspective

Seminario de capacitación “De Pacientes y Cuidadores a Activistas”, edición 2014. Unión Latinoamericana contra el Cáncer de la Mujer. Sesión Webex. Massachusetts, USA. April 8.

Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: el enfoque diagonal para ampliar la atención y el control del cáncer de mama.”

International Conference: “A Diagonal Approach to Health System Strengthening: Tackling Cancer and Chronic Diseases.” Beijing, China. March 29.

Presentation: Health Systems and the Challenge of Chronic Disease— Through the Lens of Breast Cancer.

58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Women and NCD Panel Discussion. Cervical And Breast Cancer: Why Prevention Matters. United Nations Headquarters, New York. March 14.

Panelist.

Seminary “Retos del sector salud frente a la universalización de los sistemas de salud.” Sede alterna de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación. México D.F. March 13.

Conference: "Cobertura Universal Efectiva en México: El acceso al control del dolor y los Cuidados Paliativos."

Living & Learning: from personal experience to global health Seminar Series. Harvard


School of Public Health, the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, and Harvard Medical School. Cambridge, MA. March 11.

Series Co-Organizer with Dean Julio Frenk and Dr. Allan Brandt Moderator: “Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative”; with Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.

EAT Stockholm Food Forum Expert Consultation. Harvard Club, Boston, MA

Meeting Organizer & Moderator: “Overview of EAT Initiatve and the nexus between food, health and sustainability”

Living & Learning: from personal experience to global health Seminar Series. Harvard School of Public Health, the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, and Harvard Medical School. Cambridge, MA. March 6.

Series Co-Orgnaizer with Dean Julio Frenk & Dr. Allan Brandt Panel participant: “Taking Care: Lives, Care, Caregiving”; with Anthropologist Arthur Kleinman.

Primer Reunión del Comité Técnico Interinstitucional para el control del dolor y los cuidados paliativos en México. Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios. Mexico, D.F. February 25.

Presentation: “Identificación de la problemática sobre control del dolor y los cuidados paliativos en México.”

Primer Reunión del Comité Interinstitucional de Prevención y Atención del Cáncer de Mama de Puebla. Puebla, Mexico. February 20.

Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: El enfoque diagonal en la atención del cáncer de mama en México para Ampliar la Atención y Control del Cáncer.”

Leading Health Policy in the Americas and Caribbean: A Conversation with Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization. Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge. MA. February 10. Moderator.

Task Force on Universal Health Coverage in the Americas. Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization. Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. February 10, 11.

Conference Organizer. Presentation: “Task Force on Universal Health Coverage in the Americas.” Presentation: “The challnge of achieving Universal EFFECTIVE Financial Coverage: The example of breast cancer.”

Symposium Global Oncology “Global Cancer Care: Challenges and Opportunities.” Dana Faber-Cancer Institute. Boston, MA., USA. February 8. Panelist and Moderator: Delivering essential therapies and medicines in low-and-

middle income countries: barriers to delivery.

Launch Meeting “Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control.” Union for International Cancer Control. Toronto, Canada. February 6.

Presentation: “Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control: Mobilizing Action.”


The Quest for Universal Health Coverage: The Challenge of Cancer & Lessons from Mexico’s Seguro Popular. A Discussion for World Cancer Day. Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge. MA. February 4.

Conference Co-Organizer. Forum participant.

The Lancet Commission for Global Surgery. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. January 17.

Presentation: “Global surgery and UHC: Lessons from GTF.CCC and Mexico’s Seguro Popular.”

Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program 2013-2014. Cancer Prevention and Control Colloquia Series. National Cancer Institute. Washington DC, January 14.

Presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: a diagonal approach with lessons from Mexico.”

YEAR 2013: The World Innovation Summit for Health 2013. Doha, Qatar. December 10.

Participation: Forums Panel Discussions “Health and Ethics: End of Life.”

Universal Health Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean: Health Benefits Plans. Washington DC, December 6.

Participation: Discussion on Health Benefits Plans in the context of Universal Health Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Pekin Union Medical College. Pekin, China. November 25 Presentation: "Health Systems and the Challenge of Chronic Disease — Through the Lens of Breast Cancer."

Global Health Forum on Cancer. Taipei, Taiwan. November 23. Presentation: "Global responses to the cancer epidemic: Scaling up health system transformation."

Indian Cancer Congress. New Delhi, India. November 21. Participant: “Expert Roundtable on cancer screening in India” Keynote presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: Living, Learning, and Leading.” UICC World Cancer Leader’s Summit 2013. Cape Town, South Africa. November 18. Session organizar & moderator: “Closing the cancer divide: A new frontier for

global health equity.” 5th International Cancer Control Congress. Lima, Peru. November 3-6. Panel participant: “Creating and sustaining cancer movements: an all of society

approach to cancer control.” Presentation: “Sustainable models and economics of health care” 2013 US –China Health Summit. Harvard Univesrity, Boston. October 31.


Presentation: “The global Challenge of breast cancer: Helth system responses.” Invited Speaker. Harvard Cancer Society. Harvard University. Cambridge. October 17.

Presentation: “The fight against breast cancer: From anecdote to evidence.”

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Consulate General of Mexico, Latino Health Institute and Harvard Global Equity Initiative. October 17.

Presentation: “Las mujeres y el cáncer de mama: lucha contra el estigma”

Seminar Series “Living and Learning: From Personal Experience to Global Health.” Harvard School of Public Health. October 16.

Seminar Series Co-Organizer. Presentation: “Living and Learning Seminar Series Launch: From personal experience to global health.”

Foro Internacional Promoviendo las Oportunidades de los Cuidados Paliativos en México: Calidad de Vida y Control del Dolor. National Institute of Cardiology of Mexico. Mexico City. October 11. Forum organizer. X Congreso Nacional de Mastología, VII Reunión Internacional “Decisiones Compartidas Para Mejores Resultados” de la Asociación Mexicana de Mastología. Puebla, Puebla. Mexico. October 10.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

Course for students, doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Hospital General Zona Norte de Puebla. Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, October 10.


Seminario Internacional “Cáncer de mama y sobrevivencia: retos y respuestas”. National Institute of Rehabilitation of Mexico. Mexico City. October 8. Seminar Organizer. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. Cuernavaca, Mexico. October 7. Presentation: “Cáncer de mama y mujer joven: Un reto emergente para México.” International NCD Free Launch. Harvard University, Boston. September 23.

Conference Co-Organizer. Presentation: Welcome address.

International Conference: NCD Child. Harvard University, Boston. September 23. Conference Co-Organizer.

Presentation: “The equity imperative: Protecting the most vulnerable- what’s needed? Who does it?”

Regional meeting “A Promise Renewed for the Americas: Reducing inequities in reproductive, maternal and child health.” (Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and UNICEF). Panama. September 10.


Presentation: “La salud de las mujeres y los niños en ALyC: avances y desafíos; retos y oportunidades.”

Course for students, doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Universidad de Las Américas de Puebla. Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, August 22.


American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Chicago. June 3. Presentation: “Innovations in financing and delivery of cancer care in Mexico” Global Forum on Cervical Cancer Prevention. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. May 27. Participant: Closing Plenary: “Making Universal Access a Reality” Susan G. Komen, 2.5 by 2025 Conference. Washington, DC. May 7. Presentation: “2.5 by 2025” Harvard Faculty Club: Seminar sponsored by Universidad Internacional de Catalunya. Cambridge, MA. April 26. Presentation: “Global advocacy: From anecdote to evidence American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting: The Global Cancer Crisis: Needs and Opportunities for Prevention. Washington, DC. April 9. Presentation: “Closing the Cancer Divide: Implementing the Diagonal Approach” Harvard School of Public Health, Women & Health Initiative: International Women’s Day Event, March 28.

Presentation: “Turning the Cause of a Woman into a Cause”

Harvard School of Public Health Course GHP231: Sexual and Reproductive Health Professor: Ana Langer. March 12.

Lecture: “Closing the cancer divide for women: The case of breast cancer”

Yale Seminar Series: Global Health Ethics, Politics and Economics. Yale University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. March 5.

Presentation: “Universal Health Coverage and the Challenge of Responding to Chronic Illness: a case study of Mexico and breast cancer”

Harvard School of Public Health Course GHP231: Sexual and Reproductive Health Professor: Ana Langer. February 28.

Lecture: “Closing the cancer divide for women: An opportunity of lifetimes”

Course for doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Hospital del Niño Poblano. Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, February 20.


Día Mundial contra el Cáncer. Hotel Sheraton Ambassador. Monterrey, Nuevo León. México. February 7.

Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: Oportunidades para Ampliar la Atención y Control del Cáncer en Países en Desarrollo.”


Celebración del Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el Cáncer. Carnaval de Vida. Palacio de Gobierno. Saltillo, Coahuila. México. February 7.

Presentation: Testimonio de vida “Tómatelo a Pecho.”

Pan American Forum for Action on NCDs (PAFNCD) World Cancer Initiative: A joint commitment to save lives. Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., February 5.

Presentation: Women’s Cancer Initiative and the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries.

Susan G. Komen Global Women’s Cancer Summit: Innovation, Science, Research & Technology. Washington DC, February 4th.

Panel participant: Program Implementation.

Harvard School of Public Health Student-led Seminar: World Cancer Day. Boston, February 1st.

Presentation: Cancer-Did you know? Disproving the myths about cancer in resource-constrained settings.”

YEAR 2012: Conference “Regálate vida, detecta el cáncer a tiempo…” Teatro Ocampo, Cuernavaca, Mexico, December 21.

Presentation: Testimonio de vida “Tómatelo a Pecho.”

Harvard School of Public Health Study Tour Organized for the Delegation Led by the All China Women’s Federation. Harvard School of Public Health, December 14.

Presentation: Major Experiences with Breast Cancer Control in Mexico.

Book launch & interview: “Beauty without the Breast: A Personal Testimony by a Global Health Expert on Life with Cancer in a Developing Country.” London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, December 5.

Toronto Cancer Conference 2012, Toronto, November 22.

Presentation: "Beauty without the Breast."

Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Beijing, China. October 31-November 5.

Session: The quest for universal effective coverage and social protection for health: Examples from the LAC region. Presentation: The quest for universal health coverage: A system of social protection for all in Mexico. November 1. Session: Priority-setting institutions in health: Supporting global and domestic HTA systems. Presentation: Setting priorities in Mexico: the Seguro Popular package CAUSES. November 2. Session: Conceptualizing and measuring progress towards universal coverage: A Perspective from researchers at a national and regional level. Presentation: The quest for universal effective coverage: Application to the LAC region. November 2.


World Health Organisation Consultation on Women’s Cancer Across the Life-course. WHO Headquarters, Geneva, October 29.

Presentation: “Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cncer Care and Control in Developing Countries.”

World Oncology Forum. Are we winning the war on cancer? Lugano, Switzerland, Oct 26. Presentation: “Overcoming the divide.”

Seminar and book launch: Cancer in low and middle income countries. Bridging the cancer divide: an equity imperative. Imperial College London, UK. October 25.

Presentation: “Bridging the cancer divide: the diagonal approach.”

Book launch: Closing the Cancer Divide. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. October 24.

Presentation: "Closing the cancer divide: From evidence to action." Co-Presentation with Rifat Atun: “Health system responses: Diagonal approach.”

Book launch: Beauty without the Breast. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. October 22.

Presentation: "Beauty without the Breast."

Washington Post Live Forum: The Check-Up: Non-Communicable Diseases. Washington, DC, October 17.

Forum participant.

Gannett Healthcare Group Live Webinar, October 15. Webinar presentation: "The Worldwide Fight Against Breast Cancer.”

International Seminar “Salud global, mujer y cáncer de mama”. National Cancer Institute of Mexico. Mexico City, October 10.

Forum Organizer. Presentation: “Salud global, mujer y cáncer de mama.”

International Seminar “Towards a Universal Health System in Mexico.” Mexico City, October 8.

Forum Organizer and Presentation: “Hacia la cobertura universal en salud: protección social para todos en México.”

Global Summit on International Breast Health: Guidelines for International Breast Health and Cancer Control – Supportive Care and Quality of Life. Vienna, October 4.

Presentation: “Barriers to Financing and Delivery of Therapy”

Book launch: Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, September 11.

Presentation: Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative.

GTF.CCC Private Sector Engagement Meeting. Harvard Faculty Club Cambridge, MA, September 5.

Presentation: “Enhancing Private Sector Engagement to Expand Access to Cancer Care and Control in Low and Middle Income Countries.


Union for International Cancer Control World Cancer Congress 2012, Montreal, Canada, August 27-30.

Session Organizer: “Closing the cancer divide: Harnessing health systems” Presentation: “The diagonal approach to health systems strengthening: a roadmap for expanding access in LMICs.” Presentation: “Success in development- bringing the health systems strengthening message to life.” Presentation: “The need for knowledge: How does misinformation about cancer affect a country’s health system.”

Union for International Cancer Control World Cancer Leaders’ Summit 2012. Montreal, Canada, August 27th.

Panel Moderator: “The Economic Case for Action: Maximizing impact and measuring effectiveness.”

Course for doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, August 22.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Technical Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Women's Cancer. Monterrey, Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, August 22.

Presentation: “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: Oportunidades para Ampliar la Atención y Control del Cáncer en Países en Desarrollo”.

Forum “Economía, Protección Social Universal y Salud: La Siguiente Fase de la Reforma en México”. México, D.F. August 20.

Forum Organizer. Presentation: “México en The Lancet. Proyección internacional de la experiencia mexicana de reforma en salud”.

Summer Course in Public Health and Epidemiology, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, August 6.

Presentation: Keynote Speaker “Cerrando la Brecha del Cáncer: Oportunidades para Ampliar la Atención y Control del Cáncer en Países en Desarrollo”.

6th Inter-American Breast Cancer Conference, Cancun, Mexico, July 26th. Presentation: Tómatelo a Pecho (Take it to Heart)

Princess Margaret Hospital Summer Rounds Series, Toronto, July 19th. Presentation: Closing the Cancer Divide: Opportunities for expanding cancer care and control in LMICs

Presentation of GTF.CCC Report at International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon, France, July 2.

Presentation: Closing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint for Action

Third Technical Meeting of the Advisory Group on increasing Access to Radiotherapy Technology in Low and Middle Income Countries (AGaRT), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Vienna, Austria, June 22.

Presentation: Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries: Closing the Cancer Divide


Lincoln’s Breast Center Conference: “Closing the Gap: Addressing the Disparities in Breast Cancer.” Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York, June 7, 2012.

Presentation: “Breast Cancer: Global Disparities.”

Global Health and the Arts 2012: Understanding and Tackling Mental Illness in the 21st Century. New Haven, Connecticut, May 18.

Panel: “Global challenge of mental illness”

Pfizer Grand Rounds: “Closing the Cancer Divide: Strategies for Action.” Pfizer Headquarters. New York, May 17.

Presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: Strategies for action.” Annual Fulbright Enrichment Seminar: From Lab to Market. US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Institute of International Education. Boston, MA, May 16.

Presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: a new frontier for global health.”

Course for doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, May 9.

Presentation (via webex): “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

Training for early detection of breast cancer. . Secretaría de Salud y Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia. Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, April 18.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Conference: Personal testimony “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Phamaceutical Policy Research Seminar, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, March 28.

Presentation: “Challenges and Opportunities for Cancer Care and Control in the Developing World.”

NCD Child Conference. Oakland, CA, March 21. Presentation: “Case study: Strategy in action; Mexico, Universal health coverage; and What’s posible!”

New England Roentgen Ray Society, Annual Refresher Course Breast Imaging. Massachusetts, USA. March 3.

Presentation: “Breast Cancer: An Unforeseen Public Health Priority in Low and Middle Income Countries.”

Course for doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. March 1.


Meeting of the Consejo Promotor Competitividad y Salud. Funsalud. Mexico City. February 29.

Presentation: Competitividad y Salud: Informe de avances 2011 y plan de trabajo 2012.


Conference and dialogue: Detección Oportuna de Cáncer en la Mujer. National Public Health Institute of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. February 28.

Presentation: “Testimonio personal: Tómatelo a Pecho.”

Course for doctors and nurses from primary care: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. February 23.


XIV Congreso Internacional Avances en Medicina, Hospital Civil 2012, Módulo de Enfermería: El cáncer de mama en un contexto biopsico-social. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. February 23.


Harvard School of Public Health Course GHP231: Sexual and Reproductive Health Professor: Ana Langer. February 14.

Lecture: “Breast Cancer in LMICs: Meeting the Challenge of Closing the Cancer Divide.”

World Cancer Day. National Cancer Institute of Mexico, México, DF. February 7. Presentation: “Cerrando la brecha del cáncer: Reporte de la Comisión Global para Ampliar el Acceso a la Atención y Control del Cáncer en Países en Desarrollo.”

Movement Against Cancer Forum, Moscow, Russia. February 2. Presentation (video): “Expanding Access to Cancer Care and Control: A global challenge.”

Conference “Detección oportuna del cáncer de mama: Una tarea de todos”. Centro de Innovación y Educación, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. February 2.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.” Course for medical interns: “Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama”. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. January 30.

Presentation (via skype): “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

YEAR 2011: Conference “The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health: 10 Years On”. Chatham House. London, December 9.

Panelist in Session 4. Where Do We Go from Here? Priorities for the Next Decade.

Launch of the Report of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Closing the cancer divide: a blueprint to expand access in low and middle income countries. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, December 8.

Presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: a new frontier for global health” Panel discussion.

Seminar “Women's Cancers: A Life Course Approach”. World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. December 7.


Presentation: “Closing the cancer divide: an equity imperative for women and health.”

2011 International Diabetes Federation Congress. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. December 5.

Presentation: “Expanding access to cancer care and control in LMIc: Lessons for health systems.”

Course: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. November 25

Presentation (for webex): “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.”

Seminar “Miradas multidisciplinarias sobre el cáncer de mama en México: resultados de investigación y políticas públicas”. El Colegio de México. Mexico, November 18

Presentation: “Perspectivas del cáncer en México y a nivel mundial.”

World Cancer Leaders Summit, Union for International Cancer Control. Dublin, Ireland. November 18

Presentation: “Closing the Cancer Divide: a Blueprint to Expand Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. A report of the GTF.CCC. Overview.”

2011 Global Health Conference, Advancing health equity in the 21st Century. Montreal, Canada. November 14th.

Presentation: “Closing the Cancer Divide: Equity Imperative and Opportunity for Global Health”.

GTF.CCC Symposium: Closing the Cancer Divide: The Global Equity Imperative of Expanding Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries, Boston, MA. October 28

Symposium Organizer. Presentation: “The Global Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative.” Presentation: “Innovative Financing: Local and Global Opportunities.” Presentation: “A Report of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries.”

VIII Congreso Nacional de Mastología y V Reunión Internacional Cáncer Mamario para Todos: un Enfoque Multitudinario". Mexico, October 19

Presentation: “Perspectivas del cáncer en México y a nivel mundial.”

Ceremonia Conmemorativa al Día Internacional del Cáncer de Mama. Alcazar del Castillo de Chapultepec. Mexico City, Mexico. October 18

Conference: Personal testimony “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

International Seminar "Seguro Popular y Cáncer de Mama. Inclusión e Innovación”. National Commission on Social Health Protection (Mexico), Mexico. October 18

Opening Remarks: Presentation: “Innovaciones en el Financiamiento de los servicios: Análisis comparativo a nivel mundial en la cobertura del cáncer de mama.” Presentation: Conclusion and Reflections on the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. Conclusiones


y Reflexiones sobre la Reunión Anual 2011 de la Asamblea General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas

2011 Breast Cancer Global Congress. A partnership of the Department of State and the Avon Foundation for Women. Washington, DC. October 13

Presentation: “Breast cancer in LMICs: Meeting the challenge.”

Capital Breast Care Center “5th Annual Gift of Life Breakfast”.Washington, DC. October 13

Presentation: “From Anecdote to Evidence: a personal testimony.”

Tumor Board Special Presentation. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Boston, MA. October 5

Presentation: “The Challenge of Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: Innovative Solutions for Closing the Cancer Divide.”

2011-2012 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Global Action on Non-communicable Diseases: the UN Summit and Beyond. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. September 27

Commentator on Keynote presentation given by Dr.Srinath Reddy.

Cancer Detection and Diagnostics Technologies for Global Health Meeting. National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Washington, DC. August 22-23

Presentation: “Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative.”

Seminar: Age of onset of breast cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean: A multidisciplinary approach to understanding determinants and health policy implications.

Organizer and moderator of the First Meeting of Researchers. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. August 18-19 Presentation: Implications of the age of onset for public policy making in LMICs: short, medium and long run. Overview. Presentation: Breast cancer onset age: distribution in developing countries. Global and regional patterns of age at onset and mortality. Presentation: Trends and analysis of risk factors. Education and female labor force participation.

Second course: Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. August 15


Presentation to the special issue of the review Salud Pública de México: “Atlas de los Sistemas de Salud de América Latina”. National Public Health Institute (Mexico), August 2.

Commentator: “Atlas de los Sistemas de Salud de América Latina”.

Training course for doctors and nurses from primary care “Salud mamaria, detección y atención del cáncer de mama”. Guadalajara. Jalisco. Mexico. July 25.


Diplomate of Global Health. Course Social Determinants of Health, National Public Health Institute (Mexico), July 21.

Presentation:“Determinantes Sociales del cáncer de mama en México.”


Presentation: “La brecha Mundial del Cáncer: Un imperativo de equidad.”

iHEA 8th World Congress. Toronto, Canada. July 13. Presentation: Coverage and financial protection of cancer in Mexico: Seguro Popular.” Presentation: http://ihea2011.abstractsubmit.org/presentations/2398/

We Can, We Should and We Will Conquer Cancer. American Cancer Society. New York, NY. June 20.

Presentation: “Health System Strengthening.”

Global Health Council Conference: Securing a Healthier Future in a Changing World. Washington, D.C. June 13-17.

Conference Co-chair. Presentation: “Restructuring Health Systems in the Face of Chronicity: The Diagonal Optimalist Approach.” June 14. Presentation: “Global Inequities, Children & NCDs – What Can We Learn from Childhood Cancer?” June 14. Panel Presentation: “Opportunities to Harness Platforms and Apply the Diagonal Approach: Lessons from Cancer.” June 14. Panel Participation: Harnessing the NCD Social Movement, Now and Beyond the UN Summit: The NCD Alliance Perspective. June 15. Session Organizer and Speaker: Closing the Cancer Divide: Lessons for NCDs and Chronic Illnesses. June 15. Session Organizer and Speaker: Integrating Cancer, Other NCDs, and Chronic Illnesses into Women and Health Platforms. June 17. Presentation: “A Patient/Practitioner Perspective on the High-level Meeting on NCDs.” June 17.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. June 4. Presentation: “Overview of the GTF.CCC and High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control.”

Women's Cancer Conference: Policy and Strategic Actions. Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. May 4.

Presentation (by video conference): "Why Link Early Detection to Reproductive Health Interventions in Developing Countries?"

Women’s Cancer Summit in Rwanda. April 29. Presentation (by video conference): Meeting the Challenges of Breast Cancer in Rwanda: Applying Global Lessons

Global Health Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Excellence and Equity. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. April 4.

Plenary participation: “Framing Priorities in Global Health”

Global Health and the Arts. Yale University and Longwharf Arts Center. April 1. Panel participation: Patient Advocacy and Access Presentation: “Closing the Global Cancer Divide”


Global Health and Cancer: a Seattle Perspective. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Seattle, Washington. March 14.

Presentation: “Global Health and Cancer: Evidence-based Advocacy.”

PATH. Brown Bag Lunch Series. Seattle, Washington. March 15. Presentation: “Breast cancer: unforeseen health priority in developing countries.”

Global Health Metrics and Evaluation Conference. Seattle, Washington. March 14. Presentation: “Noncommunicable Disease Transitions: Rich and poor countries.”

Integrating Cancer Care and Control with Women and Health: Identifying Platforms, Synergies and Opportunities for Action. Boston, MA. March 10-11.

Chief Organizer of Consultation. Presentation: “Integrating Cancer Care and Control with Women and Health: Identifying Platforms, Synergies and Opportunities for Action.” March 10.

The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health. The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies. Boston, MA. March 8.

Panel Participation (webcast): “Mammograms: Who in the world are they good for?”

The Long Tail of Global Health Equity: Tackling the Endemic Non-communicable Diseases of the Bottom Billion. Boston, Massachusetts. March 3.

Moderator: “Global Solidarity 2.” Presentation: “Global Health Governance and Financing for NCDs of the Poorest: Lessons from Expanding Access to Cancer Care and Control in LMICs”

14 Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico March 1:

Mesa temática: Respuesta social ante la epidemia del cáncer de mama en México. Presentation: Cáncer de mama en México: retos y oportunidades Participación en el Foro de discusión: “Tamizaje de cáncer de mama en México: ¿a qué edad es recomendable iniciar?” Presentación: Edición especial del libro Tómatelo a pecho. Autoría: Felicia Knaul

Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. DF, Mexico. February 28. Conference: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Hospital General de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora. Mexico. February 22, Book presentation and personal testimony: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Hospital Infantil y de la Mujer del Estado de Sonora. Hermosillo, Sonora. Mexico. February 22.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México.

Management Sciences for Health Brown Bag Lunch. Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 24.

Presentation: “Cancer: Unforeseen Public Health Priority in Developing Countries.”

YEAR 2010:


Joint Faculty Meeting. Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity. Boston, Massachusetts. December 8.

Presentation: “Introduction to the GTF.CCC.” Health Promoter Training Workshop of the Ministry of Health of the State of Nuevo León and the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. December 2.

Personal testimony and training in barriers to breast cancer early detection.

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Montreux, Switzerland. November 15-19.

Organizer: IDRC Governance, Equity and Health - Meeting of regional health equity and financing networks. November 15. Panel Presentation: Cross regional comparative assessment of equity in health financing: update of empirical findings from EQUITAP, SHIELD and the Latin America Health Observatory. “Health financing and social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean.” November 16. Panel Presentation: Depth versus breadth of coverage: The tradeoff between unlimited services for some people versus limited packages for all. “A dynamic diagonal approach to universal health coverage: Mexico´s Seguro Popular steps in the right direction; the example of breast cancer.” November 17. Panel Presentation: "Cancer and Health System Strengthening: An Example of the Diagonal Approach." November 17.

Harvard University Course: Societies of the World 25: Health, Culture and Community: Case studies in Global Health. Professor: Paul Farmer. November 9.

Presentation: “Breast Cancer: Unforeseen Public Health Priority in Developing Countries.”

Institute of the Americas. Program to train health and science reporters from Latin America. Boston via teleconference. November 1.

Presentation: “Latin American Women in Transition. Breast Cancer: Opportunities for Action.”

Health Promoter Training Workshop of the Ministry of Health of the State of Jalisco and the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. Guadalajara, Mexico. October 29.

Personal testimony and training in barriers to breast cancer early detection.

Detección temprana del cáncer de mama: una tarea de todos. International seminar, Guadalajara, Mexico. October 29.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud en México

Proceso Social del Cáncer de Mama en Costa Rica. Launch of a report on Breast Cancer. San José, Costa Rica. October 28.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de la mujer

Meeting of the national chapter of the LAC Health Observatory. San Jose, Costa Rica. October 28.

Presentation: Observatorio LAC de la Salud y la metrica en salud.


SIOP. 42nd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology. Boston. October 22.

Plenary session: “Cancer survival need not be determined by income: Lessons from developing countries and focusing on children.”

La Salud de los Mexicanos y Funsalud. 25th Anniversary of the Mexican Health Foundation. Mexico City. October 13.

Panel presentation: Cobertura Universal en Salud: Estrategias diagonales y el ejemplo del cáncer de mama Panel presentation: Competitividad y Salud: La relación dual

Harvard Medical School Global Health Delivery and Oncology Student Interest Group. Boston. October 7.

Presentation: “Innovations in Global Health Delivery: Cancer care and control in lower and middle-income countries.”

Harvard School of Public Health Leadership Council. Boston. October 7.

Presentation: “Why women and cancer: why now?”

Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. New York. September 21-23. Panelist: “Special Session on Addressing Cancer in the Developing World: Health Equity and an Overlooked Public Health Crisis.” September 22.

Union for International Cancer Control: World Cancer Congress 2010. Shenzhen, China August 20.

Plenary Session: “Cancer control and the development agenda for economic and social advancement.”

Taller de capacitación a promotoras de la salud “Detección temprana del cáncer de mama: una tarea de todos”. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos. México. Agosto 11.

Book presentation and personal testimony: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Foro "De la ampliación de la cobertura a la tutela del derecho a la salud: las reformas de segunda generación al Seguro Popular". Comisión Nacional de Protección Social en Salud. ITAM. México. Agosto 5.

Moderator: La perspectiva del afiliado. Retos para mejorar la calidad y la certeza en la cobertura en salud.

Conferencia Magistral “Cáncer de mama”, Secretaría de la Función Pública, México. Julio 22.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de la mujer en México”.

Reunión-Taller Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos. México. Julio 14.

Presentation: Retos y respuestas al cáncer en países en vías de desarrollo: incrementar el acceso al control y tratamiento. Presentation: Proyecto en México: Innovaciones en la detección el diagnóstico y el tratamiento del cáncer de mama en México.


Biennial of the Americas. Denver, CO. July 8. Panelist: America’s Roundtable on Health: Transnational Threats

Continuing Medical Education Course, Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge, Massachusetts. June 17.

Presentation: “Breast Cancer in the Developing World: An Unforeseen Health Priority”

Global Health Conference: Goal & Metrics. The Global Health Council, Washington, D.C. June 16.

Presentation: “New Frontiers in Global Health”

Global Summit on International Breast Health: Optimizing Healthcare Delivery Breast Health Global Initiative, Chicago, Illinois. June 10.

Presentation: “Moving from policy to action in early detection program development”

Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries Meeting. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. June 2.

Presentation: “Introduction; and Mexico: National Cancer Institute of Mexico, Popular Health Insurance, MOH of the States of Jalisco, Morelos and Nuevo Leon, Tómatelo a Pecho, and Mexican Health Foundation” Presentation: “Promoting and implementing recommendations: Global and local strategies”

Reunión con Promotoras de la Salud y Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. May 24.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de las mexicanas”

Reunión con Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. May 24.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de la mujer en México”

Seminario “La salud de la mujer y el cáncer de mama”. Fundación Plenitud, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. May 21.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de la mujer en América Latina” Book presentation and personal testimony: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Seminario “Los sistemas de salud en Latinoamérica”. Fundación Plenitud, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. May 20.

Presentation: Discurso en la ceremonia de “Lanzamiento del Observatorio de la Salud de República Dominicana” Conferencia Magistral: “Sistemas de salud: Desafíos para alcanzar la universalidad”

Desayuno conferencia “La importancia de la información del cáncer de mama”, Asociación Mexicana en Dirección de Recursos Humanos, A.C. (AMEDIRH), Mexico City. May 19.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante para la salud de la mujer en México”.


Women's Hospital, Yautepec, Morelos. México. May 18.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México”.

Health and Crises: A historical perspective on health and economic crises in Latin America and the Portuguese speaking world. Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Joint Center for History and Economics, DRCLAS-Brazil Studies Program, Mexican Health Foundation, and Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). May 4.

Presentation: Closing Remarks

Pan American Health Organization. April 26, 2010. Presentation: “Overview of The Global Task Force on Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries”

Hospital General de Occidente, Guadalajara, Jalisco. México. March 25. Presentation: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”. Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México”.

Hospital de la Mujer, Yautepec, Morelos. Mexico. March 23. Presentation: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”. Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud en México”.

Sharett Institute of Oncology, Israel. March 15. Presentation: “Breast cancer in the developing world: an unforeseen public health priority”

Auditorium of the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University, School of Nursing, Israel. March 15.

Presentation: “Breast cancer in the developing world: an unforeseen public health priority”

XXXI Feria Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería. Mexico City. Con la participación como comentarista de la escritora Guadalupe Loaeza. February 27.

Presentation: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”

Desayuno conferencia “Prevención del Cáncer de Mama”, Hadassah México, Centro Comunitario Maguen David. Mexico City. February 23.

Presentation: “Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante para la salud de los países en vías de desarrollo”

Meeting of the Consejo Promotor Competitividad y Salud. Funsalud. Mexico City. February 22.

Presentation: De Economía y Salud hacia Competitividad y Salud y la Universalización de los Servicios de Salud.

Jornada Académica realizada en Homenaje a la Lic. en Enf. Sor María Suárez Vázquez, National Institute of Cardiology “Ignacio Chávez”. Mexico City. January 29.

Presentation: “El líder y su proyección social”.

YEAR 2009:


Consultation. World Health Report 2010. World Health Organization. Rockefeller Foundation. Bellagio, Italy. November 13, 2009

Presentation: WHR 2010. A focus on Inequality.

International seminar: Breast cancer in the developing world: meeting the unforeseen challenge to women, health and equity. November 2-5. Boston.

Chief organizer. Leaders from more than 30 countries in attendance. Convened an inter-institutional, multi-national organizing committee including the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women´s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Presentation: Experience exchange forum. Nov 2. Expanded access to cancer care and control: global task, local action. Presentation: Experience exchange forum. Nov 2. The Mexico Pink Paper. Presentation: Panel. Expanded Cancer Control and Care in Developing Countries: Innovations in Financing, Procurement and Delivery. Presentation: Global Task Force on Expanded Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries.

Lunch talk organized by DIF-Durango. Tómatelo a Pecho. Durango, México October 13. Presentation: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Seminar organized by DIF-Durango. Tómatelo a Pecho. Durango. October 13. Presentation: México Reporte Rosa 2009-2010: Cáncer de mama: a con-ciencia.

Report launch with First Lady Margarita Zavala. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. October 12.

Presentation: México Reporte Rosa 2009-2010: Cáncer de mama a con-ciencia.

Book launch. Funsalud with First Lady Margarita Zavala. October 11. Presentation: Personal testimony. Book presentation: “Tómatelo a Pecho”.

Seminar organized by National Institute of Public Health. Cuernavaca. October 8.


Global Chat, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. September 30. Presentation: Breast Cancer in the Developing World: Meeting the Unforeseen Challenge to Women, Health and Equity, An example of evidence-based advocacy.

Meeting of the Consejo Promotor Competitividad y Salud. Funsalud. Mexico City. 23 September.

Presentation: Towards universal health coverage.

The weekend to end breast cancer. Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. Toronto. September 12.

Presentation: Personal testimony and global challenge of breast cancer.

Community meeting. Tómatelo a Pecho. Mexican Health Foundation. Mexico City. September 8.


Presentation to the medical community. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Mexico City. Septiembre 8.



Workshop. Tómatelo a Pecho for Programa OPORTUNIDADES, Sinaloa, Durango, Michoacán. Mexico City. August 18.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante.

Reunión Comité Técnico de la Coordinación Nacional del Programa OPORTUNIDADES. Mexico City. August 13.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: prioridad apremiante

Livestrong Global Cancer Summit. Collaboration for Transformation: Putting commitments to work. 25 August, 2009. Dublin, Ireland.

Presentation: Evidence-based advocacy

Comisión Nacional de los derechos Humanos. International Seminar: La desigualdad entre mujeres y hombres, un obstáculo para el acceso al derecho humano a la salud; Panel de Cáncer de Mama, Cáncer de Próstata y Cáncer de Testículo. July 8. Mexico City.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante

Second LAC Health Observatory National Health Accounts Network-Mexican Health Foundation-WHO-Fundación Plenitud: LAC meeting on the global initiative “System of Health Accounts revision”. July. Mexico City.

Co-host and co-organizer. Presentation: National Health Accounts and Financial Protection.

Regional meeting of NGOs working on breast cancer. American Cancer Society. Río de Janeiro. June 14.

Presentation: Tómatelo a Pecho: an example of evidence-based advocacy.

Global Health and Equity luncheon meeting. IDRC Canada. Ottawa. June 11. Presentation: Financial protection in health: policy instrument for preventing impoverishment in the face of epidemiological transition and economic crisis.

Consejo Directivo. Funsalud. México, D.F. May 22. Presentation: Costo Ecónomico de la Influenza en México AH1N1.

Instituto de Investigación para la Salud y Nutrición de Costa Rica, San José. April 22. Presentation: Observatorio de la Salud para América Latina y el Caribe: la importancia de la métrica para la toma de decisiones en salud

Jornada de Economía de la Salud de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San José. April 21. Presentation: Mujer, Salud y Crisis Económica: el caso del cáncer de mama

Participatory Panel on Public Health Priorities: Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: An Unforeseen Public Health Priority. At the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. April 14. Co-organizer with Julio Frenk.

Presentation: Breast Cancer in Mexico: a pressing priority

Holy Blossom Temple Synagogue Sisterhood. Toronto. March 19. Personal Testimony: Living with breast cancer.


13° Congreso de Salud Pública de México. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. March 3 to 6. Moderator of the session: Observatorio de la salud. Experiencias en métricas en América Latina Presentation: Cáncer de mama en América Latina: mitos y metas. Session: Cáncer de mama: retos y respuestas Presentation: Los efectos de las remesas sobre el gasto catastrófico y empobrecedor en México: Session – Protección social en salud Presentation: Cáncer de Máma: reto para la sociedad y para los sistemas de salud. Presentation of the Special Edition of Salud Pública de México.

Radcliffe Seminar, Leadership Development in Global Women's Health, Harvard University. Boston, MA. March 21.

Presentation: Reflections on leadership in global women´s health: a personal experience with breast cancer combining research, evidence and advocacy.

LAC Health Observatory National Health Accounts Network-Mexican Health Foundation-WHO-Fundación Plenitud: LAC meeting on the global initiative “System of Health Accounts revision”. México, D.F. January 28.

Co-host and co-organizer. Presentation: National Health Accounts in Mexico: an example of national global synergy for catalyzing evidence and information for policy.

Seminarios organizados por el DIF del estado de Sinaloa. Culiacán, Sinaloa. Mexico. February 3.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: retos y respuestas (audience: health professionals, patients, survivors and non-governmental organizations).

Seminarios organizados por el DIF del estado de Durango. Durango, Mexico. January 22. Presentation: Cáncer de mama: retos y respuestas (audience: health professionals); Presentation: Testimonio personal (audience: patients, survivors and non-governmental organizations)

Jornada Científica del 40 Aniversario del Ministerio de Salud de Panamá. Panamá, Panamá. January 15.

Presentation: Salud, mujer y crisis económica, la importancia de la equidad, la calidad y la protección financiera, El caso del cáncer de mama.

YEAR 2008: Economic Crises and Health: Risk or Opportunity? December 2. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Seminar sponsored by the Center for History and Economics of Harvard University and the China Medical Board.

Panel presentation: Financial crisis, health outcomes, health spending: Evidence from Mexico.

Session on November 21.- Observatorio de la Salud Coordinator of the session and speaker Presentation: Observatorio de la salud: Una iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe


LXII Reunión Anual. Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública A.C. Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. November 17-22.

Session on November 20.- El cáncer: una emergencia que requiere un abordaje integral Presentation: Emergencia del cáncer de mama en México.

Seminario Internacional, Cáncer de mama: Retos y respuestas. México, D.F. Nov 18-19. Participation: Event organizer. Presentation: Cáncer de mama: Prioridad apremiante

Congreso Internacional de Cirugía Plástica. Puerta Vallarta, Nayarit. Mexico. November 7. Presentation: Personal testimony.

III Congreso de Economía de la Salud de América Latina y el Caribe. Habana, Cuba. October 31.

Session organizer: LAC Health Observatory. Presentation: Observatorio de la Salud: Medir para innovar; Iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe: Avances a nivel institucional y en el desarrollo de métrica en salud.

Seminario Estatal de Capacitación sobre el Cáncer. Hermosillo, Sonora. Mexico. October 17.

Presentation: Cáncer de mama: Reto Emergente para la Salud y los Sistemas de Salud.

Pharma-LAWG working group meeting. México, D.F. October 15. Presentation: Opportunities for improving efficiency and equity in the mexican health system.

Congreso Internacional Salud de la Mujer 2008. Tampico, Tamaulipas. Mexico. October 6. Presentation: Cáncer de mama: Reto Emergente para la Salud y los Sistemas de Salud.

Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. New York, USA. September 24-26. Participation: Member, Global Health Group; Participation: Chair of the Panel “Healthy Transitions for Adolescent Girls”; Participation: Individual Commitment: Cáncer de Mama en América Latina: Tómatelo a Pecho (Breast Cancer in Latin America: Take it to heart); a regional awareness campaign. Event organizer and presentation: Case Study: Mexico, Indicadores y medición de protección financiera.

Second Meeting of the Working Group on Financial Protection in Health. Funded by IDRC Canada. México, D.F., FUNSALUD. Workshop for new countries, September 19-21. Meeting of Principal investigators, September 22-23.

International Consultation to Design a Collaborative Community on Health Metrics and Evaluation. Carso Health Institute. México, D.F. September 17-18.

Event organizer and presentation: LAC Health Observatory: From Measurement to Innovation.


Programa Anual de Verano en Actualización en Salud Pública y Epidemiología, Biomarcadores Tumorales, Epidemilogía Molecular y Tratamiento del Cáncer de Mama, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. July 28-Agust 01.

Profesor, Presentation: Cáncer de Mama en México: Tendencia en la mortalidad y utilización de servicios de Salud.

Presentación oficial de Observatorio de la Salud: Iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe. Instituto Carso de la Salud, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. México, D. F. July 9. Global Health Metrics and Evaluation: Current State and Future Directions, Co-sponsored by: Institute for Health Metric and Evaluation and the Lancet. México, D. F. April 9-10.

Presentation: Financial protection and health system performance assessment: what next?

Celebración Día Internacional de la Mujer, Fundación DAR, A. C. e Instituto Jalisciense de Cirugía Reconstructiva “Dr. José Guerrero Santos”, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. March 7.

Presentation: Testimonio de fortaleza frente a la adversidad, aprendiendo a hacer ante el cáncer de mama.

Burden of Disease in Latin America. Regional meeting for Health Observatory. FUNSALUD. México, D. F. February 7-8.

Presentation: Observatorio de la Salud, Medir para innovar. Una iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe.

Workshop on Operative Strategies 2008. Instituto Carso de la Salud. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. January 24-25.

Presentation: Observatorio de la Salud: Medir para innovar. Una iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe; El Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho.

NGO Workshop on Breast Cancer in Mexico. FUNSALUD. México, D. F. January 23. Participation: Event organizer. Presentation: El Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho.

YEAR 2007: First Meeting of the Working Group on Financial Protection in Health. Funded by IDRC Canada. México, D. F., FUNSALUD. October 15-18.

Event organizer and presentation: Case Study: Mexico; Indicadores y medición de protección financiera.

Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. New York, USA. September 26-28.

Health Financing Task Force. Brookings Institute. Washington, DC, September 25. Presentation: Financial Protection.

Kaiser Media Fellowships Program: Fellow’s Meeting. Washington, DC, September 24-27. Participation: Speaker.

1er Seminario de Fortalecimiento Institucional Pfizer “Construyendo Lazos para Mejorar la Salud Comunitaria”. México, D.F. August 16-17.


Presentation: Keynote address: Acceso a la salud para todos: las alianzas entre empresas, gobiernos y sociedad civil.

Innovations for an Urban World: A Global Urban Summit. Bellagio, Italy. The Rockefeller Foundation. July 15-20.

Participation: Improving urban population systems. Week 3: July 15-20.

World Congress, International Health Economics Association (iHEA). Explorations in Health. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 8-11.

Organized session: Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health Spending and Financial Protection in Latin America: Country-level analysis. Presentation: Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health Spending and Financial Protection: Evidence from Mexico.

Forum “Nuevos Rumbos de las Políticas de Salud en México”, Comisión de Salud de la H. Cámara de Diputados LX Legislatura, México, D. F. April 25.

Presentation: “Desarrollo Económico, Equidad y Combate a la Pobreza: el papel del financiamiento de la salud”.

Johnson & Johnson, High-level executive meeting; “Leadership and Growth”, Orlando, Florida, March 26.

Presentation: “Latin American Health in Transition: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities for Action”.

XII Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. March 7-9.

Moderator: Contribuciones y limitaciones de la evaluación económica en la conformación del paquete básico de servicios públicos en el sector salud. Presentation of book: “La reforma del sistema de salud mexicano.” Número especial de la revista Salud Pública de México.

International Seminar “Conditional Cash Transfers: Lessons from Abroad” New York City Center for Economic Opportunity. New York University, New York, January 25.

Participation: Event organizer Presentations: “Program Design and evaluation Findings of Mexico’s Progresa/Oportunidades”; Panel Discussion: Operations an Administration of CCT Programs.

YEAR 2006: Consultation Workshop on Measuring the Quality of Life: Health, what we know, what more we should know and how we can find out. Washington DC, December 8.

Presentation: The importance of health spending.

LX Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública A. C. Veracruz, Ver., Mexico. November 23.

Presentation of book: “Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados. Un análisis nacional de México: Sigamos aprendiendo…en el hospital”.


Presentation of book: “Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados. Un análisis nacional de México Sigamos aprendiendo…en el hospital”. Residencia Oficial Los Pinos. México, D. F. November 21.

Participation: Event organization, and Presentation of book: “Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados. Un análisis nacional de México Sigamos aprendiendo…en el hospital”.

Conference “La distribución y dispensión de medicamentos. Eslabón vital en el sistema de salud. México, D. F. November 14-15.

Presentation: “Hacia un sistema de salud más eficaz y eficiente”.

Presentation of book: “Aprender Más y Mejor: Políticas, programas y oportunidades de aprendizaje en educación básica en México”. Residencial Oficial de Los Pinos. México, D. F. November 6.

Participation: Event organization.

The Mexico Business Summit. Monterrey, Nuevo León. México. October 30. Presentation: Health and the future of Mexico’s wealth.

The Mexico Business Forum. Seminario “Salud para el Futuro.” México, D. F. October 18. Presentation: Los principales desafíos de los sistemas de salud en el mundo.

International Seminar “Inclusión educativa para niños, niñas y jóvenes hospitalizados y que viven con enfermedad”. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, México, D. F. October 17-18.

Participation: Event organization; presentation “Los derechos educativos de los niños, niñas y jóvenes que viven con enfermedad: una visión internacional”.

Ministerial Policy Forum: Evidence for health system reform: Global lessons from national experience. México, D. F. October 4-6.

Participation: Event organization; presentation: “Evidence is good for your health system: Policy reform to remedy catastrophic and impoverishing health spending.”

Brookings Health Financing Week Comparative Research on Health Financing Planning Meeting. Washington DC, July 26.

Participation: Presentation and co-organization of the workshop meeting on health spending research.

Cámara Británica de Comercio, México, D. F. June 15. Presentation: “Salud y competitividad: Importancia de la protección financiera y la organización del financiamiento”

Global Health Education Consortium: 15th Annual GHEC Conference. “Crossroads in Global Health: The dual Challenge of Infectious and Chronic Diseases”. University of Toronto. Canada. April 20-21.

Presentation: “Concurrent Panel-External financing for health in developing countries: Equity and Efficiency Challenges”.

Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. México, D. F. March 28. Presentation: “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”.


Club de Industriales de la Ciudad de México. February 16. Presentation: “Previniendo el empobrecimiento, promoción de la equidad y protección de las familias de las crisis financieras: Aseguramiento universal en salud a través de una reforma institucional en México”.

Consejo Consultivo, Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, Oficinas de Nestlé, México, D. F, February 14.

Presentation: “Previniendo el empobrecimiento, promoción de la equidad y protección de las familias de las crisis financieras: Aseguramiento universal en salud a través de una reforma institucional en México”.

Seventh Annual Conference of the Global Development Network, St. Petersburg, Russia. January 19-21.

Presentation and prize competition: “Preventing impoverishment, promoting equality and protecting households from financial crisis: Universal health insurance through financial reform in Mexico.

YEAR 2005: XII Reunión Nacional de Directores de Colegios Estatales de CONALEP. México, D. F. December. 2.

Presentation: “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”.

LIX Reunión Anual “Salud Pública: Hacia la construcción de una nueva agenda nacional en Salud”. Villahermosa, Tabasco. México. November 21-26.


Foro Internacional de Metodologías Didácticas Innovadoras en la Educación Básica, IFIE (Instituto de Fomento e Investigación Educativa, A. C). México, D. F. November 15.

Presentation: “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”. Congreso Conmemorativo XXXV Aniversario del Instituto Nacional de Pediatría. México, D. F. October 26-28.

Presentation: “Innovaciones educativas en niños y jóvenes viviendo con alguna enfermedad, Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”.

1er. Foro Nacional de Tecnologías en Salud. México, D. F. October 4. Presentation: “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”

Ageing in Europe: turning Weakness into Strength. Rome, Italy. September 15-16. Second Conference on Aging in the Americas: Key Issues in Hispanic Health and Health Care Policy Research. University of Texas, Austin, Texas. September 21-22.

Participation: Discussant. The Economics of Hispanic Aging: New findings for Mexican Health an Aging Studies.

United Nations expert group meeting on social and economic implications of changing population age structures. UNDP and Consejo Nacional de Población. México, D. F. September 1.

Presentation: Los grandes desafíos para el sistema de salud de México en los próximos años: 2000 – 2050. Costos y Envejecimiento.


Seminario “Plaza Sésamo: Hábitos Saludables para toda la Vida”. México, D. F. August 25.


General Consultation on the Ellison Institute, Cuernavaca, Mor., México. August 11-12. Presentation: “Economic Analysis: Financial Protection”.

LXVI Congreso Nacional de Agentes Aduanales. Cancún, Q. Roo., México. July 20-24. Presentation: “Sigamos aprendiendo… en el hospital”.

Reunión Regional de Control Escolar. Dirección General de Acreditación, Incorporación y Revalidación. Chihuahua, Chih., México. July 5-8.


5th IHEA World Congress. Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona, Spain. July 11-13. Presentation: “Fairness of finance of households financial contribution”. Moderator: “Children and health insurance II”.

Seminario Permanente de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mor., México. July 8-9.

Presentation: “Tendencias en la protección financiera en salud: 1992-2004”.

Seminario “La salud de los mexicanos en el siglo XXI: un futuro con responsabilidad de todos”. Fundación Mexicana para la Salud. México, D. F. June 13.

Presentation: “Salud y competitividad”.

InfoGen A. C. “Infórmate para prevenir”. Club de Empresarios. México, D. F. May 25. Participation: Speaker.

Alzheimer México I.A.P. “Una Esperanza de Vida”. Club de Industriales. México, D. F. May 3.

Participation: Speaker.

Mexico Business Forum. México, D. F. April 26. Presentation: “Educación, salud y competitividad”.

Programa Académico 2005. Academia Nacional de Medicina “Innovación, competitividad y salud: Un reto del sistema de salud”. Academia Nacional de Medicina. México, D. F. April 20.

Presentation: “Competitividad y salud: Experiencias y resultados”.

XVIII Reunión Anual de Damas Voluntarias. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. México, D. F. April 18.

Presentation: “Transición epidemiológica y rezago educativo”.

Seminario de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud. INSP, Cuernavaca, Mor., México. March 22.

Presentation: “Desafíos futuros, equidad y protección financiera del sistema de salud”.


XI Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública “Equidad y protección en el financiamiento de la salud: Evaluación y medición”. INSP, Cuernavaca, Mor., México. March 3.

Presentation: “Desafíos para la medición de la protección financiera de los sitemas de salud y su aplicación en la toma de decisiones: La reforma de 2003 y el Sistema de Protección Financiera en Salud”.

HAA Global Series. México, D. F. March 2. Presentation: “The Health and Wealth of Nations: The importance of financial protection. Evidence from the Mexican health reform of 2003”.

XI Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública “Planeación para los desafíos que enfrentará el financiamiento de los sistemas de salud”. INSP, Cuernavaca, Mor., México. March 2.

Presentation: “Los grandes desafíos para el sistema de salud en los próximos años: 2002-2050”

Magno Congreso del Centenario. Hospital General de México. Unidad de Congresos del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS. México, D. F. February 7-9.

Presentation: “Presencia de la Mujer en la Salud en México”.

YEAR 2004: LVIII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública “Perspectivas de la corresponsabilidad en salud pública”. México, D. F. November 23.

Presentation: “Aplicación del Análisis sobre protección financiera en salud: Un ejemplo del uso de la evidencia económica en el diseño de políticas saludables”.

Seminario Internacional Educación y Competitividad, Instituto de Fomento e Investigación Educativa, A. C. México, D. F. November 4-5.

Presentation: “La importancia de la educación para la competitividad”.

Global Forum for Health Research. Helping correct the 10/90 gap Mexico Forum 8. México, D. F. September-November.

Member of Organizing Committee.

Consejo Promotor Competitividad y Salud, FUNSALUD, Club de Industriales. México, D. F. May 27.

Presentation: “Competitividad y Salud”.

Convención Nacional de Aseguradores. AMIS. Hotel Nikko. México, D. F. May 18. Presentation: “Competitividad y salud”.

Participación especial de Asuntos Internacionales, Parlamento Infantil, México, D.F. April 29.

Presentation: “Necesidades y Prioridades para Niñas y Jóvenes”.

Taller Conferencia Internacional de Innovaciones en el Financiamiento de la Salud, México, D. F. April 22.

Presentation: “Measuring and applying fairness of finance, catastrophic spending and impoverishing health care to the Reform 2003”.


Conferencia Internacional: Innovaciones en el Financiamiento de la Salud. México, D. F. April 21.

Presentation: “The role of FUNSALUD in generating and catalyzing of evidence for policy making and health reform: examples from health economics and quantitative analysis”.

Conferencia EUROLAC, Recife, Brasil. April 14-15. Presentation: “Reform 2003: The System for Social Protection in Health: Applying analysis of financial protection in health evidence for policymaking”. Presentation: “Reform 2003: The System for Social Protection in Health: Sub-national analysis on financial protection in health evidence for policymaking”.

Simposio Fundación Mexicana para la Salud: Una Visión Estratégica, México. March 10. Presentation: Competitividad y Salud.

XI Reunión de Titulares de Educación de los estados con el secretario de Educación Pública, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit. March 4.

Presentation: “Disponibilidad y distribución de las TIC’s en la Educación Básica: Ciclo Escolar 2002-2003”.

Conferencia Mariano Otero, México, D.F. February 3. Presentation: “La reforma 2003: El sistema de Protección Social en Salud: hacia un sistema universal en salud con proteccion financiera”.

YEAR 2003: Seminario de Economía y Financiamiento de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas. Chiapas, México. December 12. Presentación del libro: Caleidoscopio de la Salud: De la investigación a las políticas y de las políticas a la acción. FUNSALUD. México, D.F. November 17.

Presentation.

Reunión Plenaria Coparmex. Coparmex. México, D.F. November 14. Presentation: Competitividad y Salud

Reunión Anual Laboratorios Silanes. Laboratorios Silanes. México, D.F. November 5. Presentation: Competitividad y Salud.

Congreso Lacea. Latin American and Caribbean Economists Association. Puebla, México. October 9-11.

Presentation: La democratización de la salud: el impacto en la justicia del financiamiento y los gastos catastróficos.

De la desnutrición a la Obesidad. Universidad Iberoamericana. México, D.F. September 29. Presentation: Las transiciones social y económica y su influencia en el estado de nutrición.


Seminario Políticas Públicas en el Nuevo Orden Global. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Sinaloa, México. September 5.

Presentation: La Evaluación del desempeño del Sistema de Salud en México y la necesidad de un sistema de protección social.

Reunión del Consejo Directivo Competitividad y Salud con el secretario de Salud. FUNSALUD. México, D.F. July 16.

Presentation: Competitividad y Salud.

4th World Congress Global Health Economics. International Health Economics Association. San Francisco, USA. June 15-18. Reunión del Consejo Directivo y Asamblea de Asociados de FUNSALUD. México, D.F. May 13.

Presentation: Competitividad y Salud. Conformación del Consejo Promotor de Competitividad y Salud. FUNSALUD. México, D.F. April 11.

Presentation: Competitividad y Salud.

X Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos. México. March 5-7.

Presentation: Economía para la salud. Moderator.

YEAR 2002: INSP. Cuernavaca, Morelos. México. December 2.

Presentation: “Programa de Acción a Favor de la Infancia”.

Reunión del Consejo Consultivo de UNICEF. México, D.F. November 25. Presentation: “Programa de Acción a Favor de la Infancia”.

Teleconferencia sobre Ventajas y Oportunidades para el Desarrollo Social. INDESOL-ILCE. México, D.F. November 8.

Presentation: “Programa de Acción a Favor de la Infancia”.

Foro Nacional de Experiencias de Intervenciones en Nutrición Comunitaria. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación y las Instituciones Organizadoras. Nuevo León, México. October 24-25.

Panel.

Red por la infancia y la adolescencia. México, D.F. October 10. Presentation: “Programa de Acción a Favor de la Infancia”.

Senior Policy Seminar on Health, Human Capital and Economic Growth: Theory, evidence and policies. OPS, BID. Washington, USA. October 3-4.

Jornadas de Economía de la Salud (talleres). INSP-ECOS-FUNSALUD-SSA-IMSS. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. September 26.


Moderador.

Niños de la calle. Foro Social Niñez en Pobreza. México, D.F. September 25. Ciclo de Conferencias del CIDE. CIDE. México, D.F. September 23.

Presentation: Innovación en Política Social y en Nutrición.

Advisory Council UNICEF. México, D.F. August 30. Presentation: Presentation of Manual “Contigo”.

Seminario Género y Pobreza: Retos y Perspectivas. INDESOL. México, D.F. July 29-30. Presentation: Género y Tablero de Control de Indicadores.

Taller-Seminario Deficiencias de Micronutrimentos y su Impacto en la Salud de México. Institute Life Sciences of México, A. C. México, D.F. July 18. Seminario Permanente de Economía y Salud. CASEsalud-FUNSALUD. México, D.F. June 27.

Presentation: Costos de la violencia intrafamiliar: un modelo de capital humano aplicado a México y Colombia.

Seminario Internacional Economía de la Salud una herramienta para los tomadores de decisiones en los servicios de salud y para el diseño de políticas de salud. IMSS-CISS-CAMS-INSP-OPS. México, D. F. June 20-21.

Presentation: Desigualdad, Pobreza y Salud.

Endometriosis 2002, Mexico City: A disease of Insuline Sensitivity. Asociación de Endometriosis Capítulo Mexicano, A. C. México, D.F. June 19.

X Reunión Nacional de Trabajo Social. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. México, D.F. May 20-21.

Presentation: Salud y condición social de la mujer.

Social and economic impacts of liberalization and globalization: effects on labor markets and income distribution. Conference in honor of Professor Albert Berry. Centre for international studies program on Latin American and the Caribbean, University of Toronto. Canada. April 19-20. Taller de evaluación y capacitación de la coordinación general de Micro regiones. Coordinación General de Micro regiones, Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Social. Veracruz, Mexico. March 21-22. Seminario Seguridad Social y Políticas en Salud, con énfasis en Equidad. OPS/OMS-CIESS. Mexico. March 11-15.

Panel: Modelos de financiamiento en salud. Programa de Colaboración. Institutos Nacionales de Salud (INSALUD) e Institutos Canadienses de Investigación en Salud (CIHR). SSA-CIHR. Mexico. January 23.

Participation: Introduction.


YEAR 2001: Presentación. Congreso Nacional de Salud. Voluntariado de la Secretaría de Salud. Mazatlán, México.

Reunión con el Voluntariado de la Secretaría de Salud. Durango, México.

Presentation: Protección Financiera.

Reunión con el Voluntariado de la Secretaría de Salud. México. Presentation: Presentación del Plan Nacional de Salud.

Work Group Meeting. World Health Organization. Geneva. December 10-12. Reunión con el Voluntariado de la Secretaría de Salud. México.

Presentation: Protección Financiera.

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). Geneva. December 10-12. Presentation: Financial Protection.

Panamerican Health in the 21st Century: Strengthening of International Cooperation and Development of Human Capital. Cancún, Mexico. December 5.

Presentation: Povery and Health.

International Summit on the Private Health Sector. Bal Harbour. USA. December 2-5.

Coloquio Nacional para el Análisis de la Aplicación del Protocolo Facultativo de la CEDAW. Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres. Mexico. November 22-23.

Presentation: Género y Salud.

Measuring Up. Improving Health Systems Performance in OECD Countries. OECD. Canada. November 5-7.

Member of committee.

II Foro interamericano de liderazgo en salud. FUNSALUD, OPS, BID, Asociación Colombiana de Salud. Colombia. October 18-19.

Presentation: El programa de protección financiera de México.

Foro Equidad y Género en el Desarrollo Social. Inmujeres. Mexico. August 7. Panel.

Seminario Permanente de Economía y Salud. CASEsalud-FUNSALUD. México. July 24. Presentation: Protección Financiera y el Seguro de Salud para todos.

Taller de planeación el seguro popular de salud. SSA. Cocoyoc, Mexico. July 27. Presentation: Diseño básico y sustento teórico-empírico de la protección financiera.

The Global Burden of Disease 2000 in Aging Populations. CASEsalud-FUNSALUD-Harvard. June 12-13.

5th Meeting of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. SSA, OMS, OPS, SHCP. Mexico. June 11-14.

Organizer of the Meeting.


Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Mexico. June 5-7.

Panel: Estrategias de utilización de la información científica para la toma de decisiones en la equidad de salud.

Centro interamericano de estudios de seguridad social y el centro internacional de formación de la organización internacional del trabajo. Mexico. June 1.

Panel: Los retos de la seguridad social en Latinoamérica. Taller de Regimenes de Pensiones y Financiamiento de la Seguridad Social en Latinoamérica.

XIV Aniversario del Comité de damas voluntarias del INPER. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. Mexico. May 29.

Presentation: Mujer, trabajo y sector salud.

El campo de la economía de la salud en México. CIDE, INSP. Mexico, April 27. Presentation: Economía de la salud y mercado laboral en México.

Meeting of working group 1, Commission on Health and Macroeconomics. OPS, OMS. Washington, USA. April 10-11. Cuarta Reunión de la Comisión de Macroeconomía y Salud. CMH. Etiopía. March 6-8. IX Congreso Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública. INSP. Cuernavaca, Mexico. March 6.

Presentation: Política fiscal para fomentar la inversión en salud.

Primera Reunión del Voluntariado de la Secretaría de Salud. Mexico. February 23. Presentation: Introduction.

Seminario Internacional Economía de la Salud: Un insumo para el Desarrollo. INSP-CIDE-FUNSALUD. Cuernavaca, Mexico. February 14.

Presentation: Extending Health Insurance Coverage in Mexico: Implications for the Fairness of Health Finance.

Seminario Internacional Reforma a los Sistemas de Salud: Financiamiento y Equidad. CIDE, Naciones Unidas, Sociedad Alemana de Cooperación Técnica. Mexico. January 25.

Moderador: Experiencia Europea.

Predicting health and health services. Data, methods and models. ICES, Health Intelligence Unit, CIHI-ICIS, Ontario. Toronto, Canada. January 22-23.

Presentation: Using the WHO Health System Performance Assessment framework to predict the impact of health financing reform.


10) TEACHING, TRAINING AND WORK WITH STUDENTS (Mentorship of Student Groups, Courses, and Selection of fellows, thesis projects and internships)

MENTORSHIP OF STUDENT GROUPS

• Faculty Advisor, Camp Kesem Miami, 2017-2018.

• Faculty Advisor, Partners in Health Engage Student Organization, University of Miami, 2017-2018.

• Faculty Advisor, MexiCanes Student Organization, Univeristy of Miami 2016-2017.

• Member, Faculty Advisor, Harvard College Global Health Case Competition, Harvard College. Spring 2015.

• Member, Advisory Board, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN),

2014.

• Faculty Advisor, Harvard Cancer Society, Harvard University, 2013-2015.

• Member, Advisory Board, Global Oncology! (GO!), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2012.

• Member, Advisory Board, Global Poverty Challenge 2030, as of summer 2014. COURSES

• Spring 2017 “Emerging Challenges in Global Health Systems: Equity and Social Justice.” Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. January-May 2017.

• Spring 2016 Intersession Course “Emerging Challenges in Global Health Systems: Equity

and Social Justice.” Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Miami, Florida, USA. March 7-11.

SELECTION OF FELLOWS, THESIS PROJECTS AND INTERNSHIPS

• Internship at the Mexican Health Foundation. Isabel Pérez Ríos Bravo, student of the College of Engineering, University Of Miami. Summer 2016.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Xahaira Elizabeth González Rodríguez (Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública de México). April-May 2015.

• Visiting Scientist in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard Medical School, Nora Patricia Alvarez Aguilar, 2014 –2015.


• Visiting Post-Graduate Research Fellow in Global Health and Social Medicine at the

Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard Medical School, Jordan Jarvis. 2014 – 2015.

• Visiting Undergraduate Student in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard Medical School, Sophie Skoggard. Summer 2014.

• Scholars in Medicine Internship at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología and Funsalud.

Harper Grace Hubbeling. Harvard Medical School. Summer 2014.

• Harvard Global Equity Initiative Scientific Researcher and Collaborator. Virginia LeBaron, PhD. Post doctoral collaborator. 2013 –2015.

• Visiting Research Fellow in Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard Medical School. Alessandro Demaio, MD, PhD. Fall 2013 – 2015.

• Student Collaborator, Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Thalia Porteny, Harvard

School of Public Health. Fall 2013-2015.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Pooja Yeeramilli, 2013-2014.

• Master’s Thesis Advisor. Aparna Kamath. “Cancer care and control in India.” Harvard School of Public Health. Fall 2013 – Spring 2014.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Fern Remedi-Brown. Harvard Medical School. Fall 2013.

• Scholars in Medicine Internship at the Mexican Health Foundation. Lily Lui. Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Summer 2013.

• Scholars in Medicine Internship at the Mexican Health Foundation. Melanie Molina. Harvard Medical School. Summer 2013.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Carlos Gonzalez-Quesada, MD. Harvard Medical School. Spring 2013.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Danielle Rodin, MD. Spring 2013.

• Practicum Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Marisa Dharmawardene. Harvard Medical School. Winter 2013.

• Practicum Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Sebastian Rodriguez, MD. Harvard Medical School. Winter 2013.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Toni Kuguru. Harvard Medical School. Winter 2013.


• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Hayley Daniell. Harvard Medical School. Fall 2012 - June 2013.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Imara Roychowdhury. Harvard Medical School. Summer 2012.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Alice Carter. Harvard Medical School. Summer 2012.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Evelien Sandberg. Harvard Medical School. Winter- Spring 2012.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Katie Stout. Harvard Medical School. Fall 2011.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Pinal Patel. Summer 2011.

• Internship at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Mexican Health Foundation. June-Ho Kim. Summer 2011.

• Post-doctoral Fellow. Harvard Medical School. Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Aparna Raj. Completed. Spring 2010.

• Post-doctoral Fellow. Harvard Medical School. Harvard Global Equity Initiative. Yelena Wetherhill. Spring 2010.

• Internship. Rashida Nek. Massachussetts Institute of Technology. USA. 2007.

• Internship, Maja Pleic. University of Toronto, Canada. June 2006-June 2007.

• Internship, Kyle Rattray. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. June-August 2006.

• Internship, Nelly Nieblas. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. June-August 2006.

• Internship, Bronwyn Isabelle Underhill. University of Toronto, Canada. December

2005- June 2006.

• Internship, Fabrizzio Almazán Casali. Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, México. Junio – Octubre 2005.

• BA. Liv Lafontaine Navarro. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Degree granted in 2013.

• PhD, Débora Schlam Epelstein. “La administración pública de la salud: costo-beneficio de la promoción de la salud en la tercera edad. El caso de la osteoporosis.”, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Administración. 2012.


• PhD, María Cecilia González Robledo. “Transición Epidemiológica: Desafíos para el financiamiento y los recursos humanos de la salud: el caso del Cáncer de Mama”, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México. 2011.

• Masters in Health Systems, Rolando Espinosa Morales. “Patrón de utilización de servicios de salud y costo en pacientes con síntomas musculoesqueléticos: Un estudio en población mexicana”. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, in Mexico. 2009.

• PhD, Luz María González Robledo. “Contratación de prestadores privados para ampliar la cobertura de poblaciones pobres en México. El caso del estado de Jalisco.” Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Degree granted in 2008.

• BA. Christian Norton Ayora. “El impacto de las remesas sobre el Gasto Catastrófico en México: Una propuesta de política pública para la protección financiera de las familias receptoras de remesas”. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. 2008.

• Licenciatura. Julio Antonio Rosado Bautista. “La política social en México: la institucionalización de una cultura de la evaluación.” Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. 2008.

• PhD, Miranda Muñoz Martha. “Pensions Retirement And Welfare In México”, Universidad De Essex- Departamento de Economía, en Inglaterra. Degree granted in 2006.

• Bachelor’s Degree, Ana Sofía León. “El Efecto de la desigualdad de la distribución del Ingreso sobre el cambio en las preferencias políticas en México”. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México- Departamento de Economía, in Mexico. 2005.

• Licenciatura, Alejandra Martínez Elizondo. “Análisis de la Inclusión de la Variable de Salud en los Indicadores de Competitividad Global para el Caso de México.” Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México. División Académica de Economía, México. 2005.

• Master’s Degree, Ramírez, Miguel Ángel. “Impacto de las Personas de la Tercera Edad sobre la Participación Laboral de la Mujer”. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, A.C. División de Economía, in Mexico. 2005.

• Bachelor’s Degree, Torres Ana Cristina. “Los Determinantes del Gasto de Bolsillo en Salud y su Impacto sobre el Empobrecimiento de los Hogares Mexicanos: Análisis para 1994, 1996 y 1998”. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. División Académica de Economía, in Mexico. 2002.

• Master’s Degree, Arreola Ornelas Héctor. “Los Efectos de las Inversiones en Épocas Tempranas de la Vida en Salud y Nutrición de las Mujeres Mexicanas sobre su Oferta Laboral: Un Modelo Econométrico”. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, A. C. División de Economía, in Mexico. 2000.

• Master’s Degree, Sergio Sesma. “El precio como Determinante del Consumo del tabaco en México: 1992-1996”, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública-Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Mexico. 2000.


• Bachelors Degree, Ana Mylena Aguilar Rivera. “La Feminización de la Profesión

Médica y sus Implicaciones en la Oferta y Productividad”. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica AC. División de Economía, in Mexico. 1999.

• Master’s Degree, Miranda Muñoz Martha. “Una Estimación de la Demanda de Salud a partir de la regresión Poisson”. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, A. C. División de Economía, in Mexico. 1997.