As of August 2015, Dr. Felicia M. Knaul, Director of HGEI between 2009-2015, transferred to the University of Miami as the Director of the Miami Institute of the Americas and Professor at the Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Knaul made significant contributions to the Harvard community and beyond during her tenure at HGEI through innovative and cross-cutting, policy-oriented research on various topics related to promoting health equity globally, including most recently, launching and chairing the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC). The GAPCPC Commission is a joint project between researchers at Harvard University and the University of Miami.