Global Palliative Care and Pain Relief Research Hub (Webinar Series)

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 9:00 AM - Thursday, December 15, 2022, 10:30 AM EST

This complimentary webinar series, held every other month, is a collaborative venture between the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Supportive Care Service, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System, the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, and the International Association for Hospice Palliative Care. Through this international endeavor that emerged from the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief, we seek to elevate the academic discourse and clinical impact of palliative care to alleviate serious health-related suffering worldwide. Through our tri-institutional partnership, we will disseminate the science and scholarship of the Global Palliative Care and Pain Relief Research Hub and invite commentary from recognized health systems and policy leaders around the world. Implications for research, clinical practice, education and training, and policy and advocacy efforts will be addressed.

We invite interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral stakeholders to actively engage in this series that will cover a broad range of topics related to palliative care and pain relief, with an emphasis on global health equity, universal access to palliative care as a component of universal health coverage, and social justice. Each session, held bi-monthly, will consist of 2-3 lectures followed by a live interactive discussion with faculty.

Register for the complete lecture series (all 5 sessions):

• February 24 (9:00-10:30 am): The U.S. Cancer Pain Crisis and the Global Pain Divide: Two Wrongs and No Closer to Right
• April 14 (9:00-10:30 am): How to Close the Global Pain Divide: Global Essential Medicine Distribution and Access
• June 23 (9:00-10:30 am): Epi-Transitions in the Global Disease Burden and the Need for Palliative Care
• August 25 (9:00-10:30 am): Comparative Models in Palliative Care: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, and the Americas
• December 15 (9:00-10:30 am): Optimizing the Global Palliative Nursing Workforce to Alleviate Serious Health-Related Suffering

When you register for this webinar series, you will gain access to all sessions, either live or on-demand. By purchasing the complete series, prior to the date, the session will be live, you will gain access to the live meeting and have the opportunity to interact with the speakers during a live discussion. A link to join the meeting will be emailed to you a few days before its start. Any sessions purchased after the date of the live event will be given access to a recording of the talks to watch in your own time. The video of each session will also be available until December 31, 2022 to all who are registered. CME will be offered for each session and a certificate will be available after a post-session evaluation is complete.

Who Should Attend

This webinar is intended for: 1) multidisciplinary healthcare providers; 2) palliative care specialists; 3) students and trainees; 4) researchers; and 5) multi-sector stakeholders and advocates invested in advancing palliative care and relief access.

Live Virtual Format

This live virtual program will be delivered using Zoom. We encourage all attendees to download the Zoom app prior to the start of the course (zoom.us/download). CME credit will be offered for this live virtual program. Detailed access and credit instructions will be emailed to attendees prior to the start of the course.

1. Discuss emerging research in global palliative care and pain relief access to alleviate serious health-related suffering worldwide.
2. Describe the structural and system-level barriers that prevent universal access to palliative care as a component of universal health coverage.
3. Recognize public and global health inequities in palliative care and pain relief and actionable methods to promote social justice.
4. Identify national and global advocacy efforts and opportunities to increase palliative care and pain relief access across contexts and clinical settings.

Registration for this complete webinar series (all 5 sessions) is complimentary. However, you must complete registration through the 'Register' tab above in order to attend. Access details will be emailed to all registered attendees before the start of each session. If you need to cancel your registration, please notify [email protected] as soon as possible. 

The complete webinar series can be purchased at any time. All live sessions will be recorded and made available on-demand as enduring material after the session date. CME credit, along with a certificate, will be offered for each session after the completion of a post-course evaluation, whether you participate live or learn on your own time. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Please note that MSK CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event we must cancel or postpone this course, you will be notified via email from MSK CME [email protected].

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement 

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this other activity (lecture series containing live and enduring learning) for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Organizers 

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Felicia Marie Knaul, PhD
University of Miami

Katherine Pettus, PhD 
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

 

Session 1 Faculty 

Andrea Enzinger, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Kolokotrones University Professor of Global
Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School 

Felicia Marie Knaul, PhD
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Professor, Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami

Katherine Pettus, PhD
Senior Advocacy Director
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)

Smriti Rana, MSc
Director-Programmes, Pallium India
Trivandrum, Kerala, India 

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Session 1 Faculty Disclosures

 

Session 2 Faculty 

Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD, MS
Clinical Professor, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 
Department of Clinical Health Professions
Senior Vincentian Research Fellow  
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, Board of Directors Member 
Director, Pharmacy Internship 
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care

Stefano Berterame, PhD 
Chief, Narcotics Control and Estimates Section 
International Narcotic Control Board Secretariat (INCB)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Ednin Hamzah, MD
Chief Executive Officer 
Hospis Malaysia

Lukas Radbruch, MD
Director, Department of Palliative Medicine
University Hospital Bonn                                                               
Chair, Board of Directors of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dingle Spence, BSc., MBBS, DMRT, Dip. Pall. Med, FRCR
Consultant in Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Senior Medical Officer, Hope Institute Hospital
Kingston, Jamaica

Session 2 Faculty Disclosures

 

Session 3 Faculty 

Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, MSc.
Research Professor, Institute for Obesity Research, School of Government and Public Transformation of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.
Executive Director in Tómatelo a Pecho A.C., Mexico 
Visiting Scholar at the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas

Afsan Bhadelia, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Visiting Scholar, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Visiting Faculty, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill

Liz Grant, MA, PhD,  FRSE, FRCPE, MFPH 
Assistant Principal (President), University of Edinburgh
Professor of Global Health and Development; Director of the University’s Global Health Academy

Xiaoxiao J Kwete, MBBS, MSc
Visiting Scholar, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Founder and Director, Global Health Research and Consulting, Yaozhi

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

David Watkins, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health
University of Washington

Session 3 Faculty Disclosures

 

Session 4 Faculty

Heloísa Broggiato Matter
PhD Candidate, International Relations
Swansea University
United Kingdom

Gulnara Kunirova
Chief External Expert on Palliative Care, Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan
President, Kazakhstan Association for Palliative Care
Board of Director, IAHPC
Executive Director, Together Against Cancer
Kazakhstan

Emmanuel Luyirika, MFM, MPA, BPA, MB, CHB
Executive Director, African Palliative Care Association
Board Member, World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
President, Executive Board of CoRSU Hospital
Uganda

Eve Namisango, MSc, PhD
Programmes, Research and Development Manager, African Palliative Care Association
Honorary Research Fellow, Makererere University
Uganda

M.R. Rajagopal, MD
Chairman, Pallium India
Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief
India

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Session 4 Faculty Disclosures

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.