Cancer researcher Dr. Felicia Knaul looking and smiling at the camera

Felicia Marie Knaul, MA, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research

Languages

English

Education

Degrees

PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1995
MA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1992
BA, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 1988

Contact Information

Scientific Interests

Knaul's research focuses on health system strengthening, equity and poverty alleviation, cancer control, palliative care, women and health,and she has produced some 350 academic and policy publications. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on Cancer And Health Systems and recently participated in the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. In 2008, as a result of her breast cancer experience, Knaul founded Cáncer de Mama: Tómatelo a Pecho A.C., a Mexican non-profit institution founded to promote research, advocacy, and awareness to reduce the burden of breast cancer and now focused on women’s health broadly. She lectures globally on the challenge of cancer, both as a patient advocate and as a health systems researcher. Knaul has authored and served as lead editor of several books and special issues of journals, including Closing the Cancer Divide.

Highlighted Publications

Essue BM, Sayani A, Lofters A, Knaul FM. Chapter 4.3: Women and Cancer. In: Giuliani M, Gospodarowicz MK, Brierley JD, Sullivan R. Cancer Systems and Control for Health Professionals. Wiley, First Edition, pp. 139-148. ISBN: 978-1-394-19133-8. March 2025. https://www.wiley.com/en-kr/Cancer+Systems+and+Control+for+Health+Professionals-p- 9781394191338#download-product-flyer

Coles CE, Earl H, Anderson BO, Barrios CH, Bienz M, Bliss JM, Cameron D, Cardoso F, Cui W, Francis PA, Jagsi, R, Knaul FM, McIntosh S, Phillips KA, Radbruch L, Thompson MK, André F, Abraham JE, Bhattacharya I, Borinelli Franzoi MA, Drewett L, Fulton A, Kazmi F, Rajah DI, Mutebi M, Ng D, Szeyi Ng, Olopade OI, Rosa WE, Rubasingham J, Spence D, Stobart H, Vargas Enciso V, Vaz Luis I, Villarreal-Garza C on behalf of the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission Report. The Lancet. Published online April 15, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00747-5

Coles CE, Anderson BO, Cameron D, Cardoso F, Horton R, Knaul FM, Mutebi M, Lee N. The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission: tackling a global health, gender, and equity challenge. The Lancet. 2022 March 19; Vol 399, 1101-1103. Published online February 18, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00184-2