2004
David E. Joranson, MSW (USA)
Senior Scientist and Director, Pain & Policy Studies Group
Comprehensive Cancer Center , The Medical School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care
www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy
David Joranson received a Master of Science in Social Work, with a concentration in Social Policy, from the University of Wisconsin in Madison . He is Senior Scientist and Director of the Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care. Formerly, Mr. Joranson administered state drug regulatory policy in the USA , and co-founded national associations for state controlled substances agencies and state initiatives to improve cancer pain relief and address regulatory barriers.
Mr. Joranson has contributed to the study and modernization of narcotics control and professional practice policies to improve pain patient access to opioid analgesics in the United States , Europe , Latin America and Asia , in cooperation with national projects in China , Colombia , India , Italy , Mexico and Romania . He has advised the US Institute of Medicine’s global heath program, the World Health Organization cancer program and the International Narcotics Control Board. Joranson is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain and participates in its Developing Country Task Force; he is also a life member of the Indian Association for the Study of Pain and has received a humanitarian award for enhancing compassionate care of addicts and pain patients, as well as awards for distinguished public service.
He is author of numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles about national and international pain policy and addressing regulatory barriers.
