PROFILE

Medical Director of Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust. Senior Consultant of the Palliative Care Unit at Makerere University, Kampala. Senior Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, Global Health Academy. Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Research lead for PallCHASE. Central Council of the Indian Association for Palliative Care. Scottish physician specializing in palliative care. She has worked for over 30 years on 4 continents, including the UK, India, Africa, and the Arab world (10 years in Gaza), to build capacity and train tomorrow’s leaders through developing integrated palliative care models, building evidence-based practices and research capacity, demonstrating values-based changes in curriculum delivery and mentorship. She has a passion for values-based transformation, reaching the most excluded and marginalized people, including in humanitarian settings.