Felicia Marie Knaul, associate of the UCLA chancellor and a distinguished professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was recently a guest on UCLA Health’s “Medically Speaking” podcast, where she discussed her work in global health and shared her personal experiences with breast cancer.
After receiving a diagnosis at 41, Knaul, a Harvard-trained health economist and renowned global health researcher at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, turned her experience into advocacy for women across the world, chronicling her cancer journey and those of other women in two books and founding Tómatelo a Pecho, a nonprofit agency engaged in research and advocacy around women’s health and health system strengthening.
In her conversation with UCLA’s Dr. Eve Glazier, Knaul shared her vision for breast cancer care on a global scale and offered practical advice for women, from conducting self-exams to asking questions and understanding the factors that go into choosing treatment options.
Knaul, who also serves as senior advisor to the dean of the medical school and the president of UCLA Health, “is quite literally a living example of what it means to be an advocate on every level,” Glazier said.
Visit the “Medically Speaking” podcast and learn more about breast cancer care at UCLA Health.
