May Aasebø Hauken, RN, cand.polit., PhD, University of Bergen, Norway
May Aasebø Hauken is educated as a nurse with long clinical practice in cancer care, especially related to palliation. She holds a PhD in cancer rehabilitation and is a professor in health psychology and health promotion at Centre for Crisis Psychology at University of Bergen, Norway. Hauken has published a range of peer reviewed papers, popular scientific papers, and book chapters related to different aspects of cancer care. She is currently connected to the international EU-project, INSPIRE, related to palliative rehabilitation.
Lise Nottelmann, MD, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark
Lise Nottelmann earned her medical degree in 2008. Since then she has mainly worked in clinical oncology and specialized palliative care. In 2019, she did her PhD thesis on early, integrated palliative care in oncology. She conducted the Pal-Rehab randomized controlled study at Vejle Hospital in Denmark incorporating elements of rehabilitation into the holistic model of palliative care and found that a 12-week individually tailored palliative rehabilitation intervention integrated in standard oncology care significantly improved the patient’s quality of life and emotional functioning. She is currently working on the INSPIRE (Integrated Short-term Rehabilitation in Incurable Cancer) project and the EAPC Taskforce on Rehabilitation in Palliative Care (not diagnosis specific).
Line M. Oldervoll, PhD, University of Bergen, Norway
Line Oldervoll is Professor at Centre for Crisis Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway. Her main research area is physical exercise and rehabilitation in patients with serious somatic illness, in particular cancer patients. Oldervoll has extensive experience with quantitative data using both objective physical performance- and subjective measurement methods in her research. She is currently Lead on two work packages in the EU-Horizon project Integrated Short-Term Palliative Rehabilitation in Incurable Cancer (INSPIRE), under Scientific Lead Professor Matthew Maddocks, Kings College London. She is leader of the National Cancer Rehabilitation Network in Norway.
Marc Sampedro Pilegaard, OT, MSc, PhD, Gødstrup Hospital, DEFACTUM, Aarhus University, Denmark
Marc Sampedro Pilegaard, occupational therapist, is currently working as Senior Researcher at Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gødstrup Hospital and at DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region and as Associate Professor at Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University. Pilegaard has been involved in national and international research projects focusing on both rehabilitation and palliative care. He has published book chapters and peer-reviewed articles about palliative rehabilitation and has been chair for an international task force group under the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) focusing on occupational therapy in palliative care.
Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham, USA
Dorothy W. Tolchin is a physiatrist with sub-specialty fellowship training in neuromuscular disease and hospice and palliative medicine. She is the Director of Medical Student Education for the Harvard Medical School/Mass General Brigham Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Co-Director of the longitudinal curriculum theme in geriatrics and palliative care at Harvard Medical School. Her scholarly work in palliative care focuses on curriculum innovation and advancing national discourse at the intersection of rehabilitation and palliative care. Dr Tolchin is also Founding Director of the Integrated Longitudinal Disability and Anti-Ableism Curriculum at Harvard Medical School. She presents nationally and internationally on comprehensive care for individuals with disabilities, the landscape of disability education in undergraduate and graduate medical education, and the development of disability curricula and inclusive learning environments. Dr Tolchin received her AB, EdM, and MD from Harvard.
