Lovely to spend time with colleagues @julia_downing (@ICPCN) and @JohtChandan! #PalliativeCare #GlobalHealth #BreastCancerAwareness #UCLA [Visual description: Three colleagues smile together in a hotel lobby beneath a branching chandelier, in front of a gold artwork and a mustard velvet armchair.]

So encouraging and lovely that my colleagues are reading my book. Thank you, Joht Chandan! #BeautyWithoutTheBreast #BreastCancerAwareness #BreastCancer #GlobalHealth #Survivorship [Visual description: Joht Chandan smiles and holds up a copy of Beauty without the Breast in a sunny selfie outside a building entrance. ]

On October 6th, I had the opportunity to join acclaimed film producer @LawrenceKBender for a special screening of his series Red Alert at @UCLA. The screening was followed by a thought-provoking conversation about the film and the powerful role of storytelling in raising awareness, fostering dialogue, and inspiring action. Our discussion highlighted the importance of using film as a platform to amplify critical stories and encourage meaningful conversations. Thank you to Lawrence Bender, @israelstudies, and everyone who joined us for this special evening! Give the Q&A a listen here: international.ucla.edu/israe… #RedAlert #LawrenceBender #UCLA #NazarianCenter #UCLANazarianCenter #Storytelling #FilmScreening #PowerOfFilm #FilmForChange #Documentary #Dialogue #October7 [Visual Description: Two speakers sit in a panel conversation, Dr. Knaul in a blue-and-white patterned blazer holding a microphone and notes and Lawrence Bender in a navy blazer and white shirt, trading remarks and gestures as they listen, smile, and speak to the audience.]

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, and this year's theme is pain management. Morphine is inexpensive and on WHO's list of essential medicines. Yet yesterday's Global Atlas shows that at least 75% of the world's population has little or no access to essential pain medicines, and that the morphine available per person went down between 2017 and 2021. Pain relief is not only about medicine. Physical, psychological, social and spiritual pain all need care. But no one should live or die in pain that we know how to treat. #WHPCDay26 #PalliativeCare #HumanRights #UHC @WHO @whpca @UCLA @UCLAHealth [Visual Description: Charts comparing palliative care services, patients reached and morphine access in 2017 and 2025.]

Join the launch webinar on Tuesday, October 13, 17:30 GMT (10:30 AM PT): bit.ly/4r8Dp5H

How Is Child Marriage Still Legal in the U.S.? nytimes.com/2026/10/10/opini…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A medicine discovered here at UCLA saved Dr. Knaul's life. Now she works to make sure more women everywhere can get the screening and care they need. [Video description: Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul speaks in front of a blue backdrop.]

Today the third edition of the Global Atlas of Palliative Care launches at the Montréal International Palliative Care Congress. With colleagues across the Research Hub on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief at @UCLA, I co-led the chapter that estimates the need: 73.5 million people every year. Most of them (62%) need care well before their last year of life, and most do not have cancer. There is real progress. Specialized services have grown by more than a third since 2017 and now reach over 10 million people. But that is still only about 14% of the need, and about 4% in low- and middle-income countries. Thank you to Stephen Connor and the WFPCA , Billy Rosa, and my Chapter 2 co-authors, especially Afsan Bhadelia, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, Valentina Vargas Enciso and Oscar Méndez Carniado. Read the full Atlas: thewhpca.org/wp-content/uplo… #WHPCDay26 #PalliativeCare #GlobalHealth #UHC @UCLAHealth @WHO [Visual Description: Infographic carousel from the Global Atlas of Palliative Care, 3rd edition. It shows that 73.5 million people need palliative care each year, most of them in low- and middle-income countries, and 53.5 million of those still lack access despite growing services.]

Honored to contribute to @oncodaily’s MAMMO 2026 Global Breast Cancer Virtual Congress. Progress in breast cancer care has to reach every woman, everywhere. Watch online: oncodaily.com/mammo-2026-glo… #Mammo2026 #BreastCancerAwareness

“Mi Lucha es Rosa 2026”: Más allá del diagnóstico, una comunidad de empatía y vida. GRACIAS a los +1,200 participantes!!👏👏 gaceta.facmed.unam.mx/index.…

Today marks three years since October 7, 2023. Tonight we remembered the more than 1,200 people murdered that day, the thousands wounded, and the more than 250 taken hostage. As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I keep returning to Hillel's words: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" To me, they mean that remembering is not enough. We also have to counter and stand up to hatred with education, courage and dignity. Thank you to everyone who stood together tonight and recited Yizkor as one community. Zichronam LiVracha. May their memories be a blessing. #October7 #NeverForget #BringThemHome #Yizkor #StandAgainstAntisemitism #UCLA #Remembrance #TikkunOlam @UCLAchancellor @UCLA @israelstudies

En el cocktail de profesores del 6o Congreso Internacional Mi Lucha es Rosa organizado por @tomateloapecho @FacMedicinaUNAM @funsalud , con mi querida y admirada @FeliciaKnaul

When I watched the 1984 Olympics, I did not know athletes were staying at the university I would one day lead. Today, I see how universities help athletes reach new heights and prepare for life beyond sport. My reflections on why that model matters: bit.ly/4huRirB

🎀 Una mujer muere cada hora en México por cáncer de mama Y cerca de 85% de los casos se diagnostican tardíamente. Detrás de estas cifras hay vidas, familias y una realidad que podemos cambiar. No basta con pedir que las mujeres se revisen: necesitamos acceso, diagnóstico oportuno, infraestructura y atención de calidad para todas. En el Congreso #MiLuchaEsRosa 2026 unimos ciencia, experiencia y colaboración para transformar la evidencia en acción y cerrar las brechas que todavía cuestan vidas. Gracias @lajornadaonline por visibilizar este desafío! 🔗 jornada.com.mx/2026/10/06/so… @FacMedicinaUNAM @FundacionIMSS @tomateloapecho @FUNSALUDMX @UCLAHealth @dgsomucla

Quick trip to Mexico City for the 6th international breast cancer congress “mi lucha es rosa” at @UNAM_MX. @Betzabe100 @anelcabrera @FeliciaKnaul @anacsepulveda_v @ASCO

“Mi supervivencia no fue cuestión de suerte, más bien fue cuestión de acceso. Tuve acceso a un diagnóstico oportuno y de calidad, al tratamiento completo que necesitaba y a protección financiera. Sobrevivir al cáncer de mama debe dejar de ser un privilegio y convertirse en un derecho para todos”, Dra. @FeliciaKnaul, Presidenta Fundadora y Directora de @TomateloaPecho, en la inauguración del 6o Congreso Internacional de Cáncer de Mama “Mi Lucha es Rosa”.

¡Cuida tu salud y detecta a tiempo! En el marco del 6° Congreso Internacional "Mi lucha es rosa 2026", junto con la @FacMedicinaUNAM y la @FundacionIMSS, invitamos a la Jornada de Prevención y Detección Oportuna. Fechas: 5 y 6 de octubre Lugar: Facultad de Medicina, UNAM Conoce más en: miluchaesrosa.fimss.mx