This panel brings together global leaders in palliative care to examine one of the most pressing health inequities: access to quality palliative and end‑of‑life care worldwide.
Featuring experts from leading academic and clinical institutions, the discussion will explore how research, education, and academic leadership can expand access to essential services and medicines across diverse settings.
Panelists will highlight evidence‑based innovations, global partnerships, and lessons learned from both high‑ and low‑resource contexts, making the case that compassionate, dignified care should be available to all people with serious illness and at the end of life.
Program
Welcome & Introductions
Bernard Nahlen, Director, Eck Institute for Global Health and Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
John Mastrojohn III, President & CEO, Center for Hospice Care and Global Partners in Care
Panel Discussion
Professor Richard Harding, Executive Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, Kings College London
Dr. Jim Cleary, Emeritus Professor at University of Wisconsin, Palliative Care Physician with Ascension Health
Dr. Mark Stoltenberg, Palliative Care Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; director of home-based palliative care and co-director of global palliative care program
Moderator
Lacey Ahern, MPH, Executive Director, Global Partners in Care and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Meet Our Panelists
Professor Richard Harding is a globally recognized leader in palliative care research. He directs the King’s College London World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care and previously led the Cicely Saunders Institute. He is also on the board of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
Dr. Jim Cleary has extensive experience in palliative care in the US and globally. He is a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and led the transformational Pain and Policy Studies Group focused on improving global palliative care and access to cancer pain relief medicines around the world. He is board chair of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
Dr. Mark Stoltenberg is a leader of palliative care initiatives in the US and globally. He works with partners in Latin America, the Caribbean and East Africa focusing on innovative and collaborative education and leadership training. He has worked as a consultant for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) and currently leads a sub-group for the World Health Organization (WHO) Palliative Care working group.
This event is part of the Global Health Speaker Series by the Eck Institute for Global Health.
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