Jason W Boland, PhD, FRCP, MSc, PFHEA, is a Professor and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK. He is the Director of the Gateway to Medicine Year programme here. His clinical work is as a Palliative Medicine consultant for Care Plus Group in NE Lincolnshire, UK. He graduated in medicine with an MA in neuroscience from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1999. He has worked clinically since, specializing in Palliative Medicine. He combines this with research, education, and education research. His clinical research includes assessing the effects of opioids in immunity and survival in patients with cancer, malignant bowel obstruction, and delirium in the palliative care setting. He has been awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, UK and Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.