Mohammad Razai Explained

Mohammad Razai
Birth Place:Kabul
Education:University of Cambridge
Occupation:Medical doctor and writer
Known For:Research in healthcare
Website:https://www.sgul.ac.uk/profiles/mohammad-razai
Field:Medicine, humanities, creative writing
Work Institutions:St George's University of London
Specialism:General practice, medical humanities, poetry, and medical writing
Prizes:John Maddox Prize 2021

Mohammad Sharif Razai is a physician, poet, author and researcher.[1] He was awarded the 2021 John Maddox Prize as an early career researcher, by Sense about Science and Nature for his work on racial health inequalities.[2]

Early life and education

Razai was born in Afghanistan and came to the UK when he was 14.[3] He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge.

Career

Razai works as a medical doctor in the UK's National Health Service, and as a researcher at St George's University of London.

Razai's writings deal with health inequalities in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Mohammad Razai is also a published poet and has written for the Poetry Review, Brittle Stars, Tears in the Fence, Under the Radar [5] , Brixton Review of Books and other poetry magazines.[6] [7] [8] [9] He also contributes to the BMJ Opinion regularly on a wide range of topics.[10] [11] [12]

Awards and honours

Razai was awarded the John Maddox Prize in 2021 as an early career research.[13] In 2021, there were over 100 nominations from across 23 countries, with the winners announced in a ceremony at the Wellcome Collection. The winners were chosen by an international panel of judges and were presented their awards following comments from Tracey Brown, director of Sense about Science, Nature editor-in-chief Magdalena Skipper and Bronwen Maddox, daughter of the late John Maddox.[14] On receiving the award, Razai paid tribute to family members who had just fled Afghanistan. "No matter what obstacles and challenges we may face as scientists in the global north, it is not the same as Afghan scientists, especially women and those from racial minorities, who literally pay with their lives in speaking truth and standing up for their rights," he said. "I remember them and dedicate this prize to them."[15]

In 2021, he received St George's University's excellence in public/civic engagement research award for his work to tackle ethnic and societal health disparities and inequalities.[16]

Razai also received an award during his training as a doctor for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic by Pulse magazine.[17]

In 2021, he was awarded a research fellowship by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).[18]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Mohammad Razai. www.sgul.ac.uk.
  2. Web site: John Maddox Prize 2021 Winners Announcement – Sense About Science. senseaboutscience.org. December 2021 .
  3. Web site: Mohammad Razai: from child Afghan asylum seeker to Cambridge undergraduate. 19 June 2010. the Guardian.
  4. Web site: Meet the researcher: Dr Mohammad Razai. www.sgul.ac.uk.
  5. Web site: Shop . 2022-04-12 . Nine Arches Press.
  6. Web site: Vol 111, No 1, Spring 2021 – The Poetry Society. poetrysociety.org.uk.
  7. Web site: Tears in the Fence 73 is out. 22 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Workout Archives.
  9. Web site: Issues . 2022-04-13 . Brixton Review of Books . en-US.
  10. Razai . Mohammad S. . Playdon . Zöe . 2022-03-18 . What is wrong with playing doctor? . BMJ . en . 376 . o739 . 10.1136/bmj.o739 . 1756-1833 . 35304869. 247522077 . free .
  11. Razai . Mohammad S. . McKechnie . Doug . Rao . Mala . Majeed . Azeem . 2022-02-17 . Now is the time for radical action on racial health inequalities . BMJ . en . 376 . o424 . 10.1136/bmj.o424 . 1756-1833 . 35177403. 246901252 . free . 10044/1/102232 . free .
  12. Web site: You searched for razai . 2022-04-13 . The BMJ . 31 August 2021 . en-US.
  13. Web site: Dr Mohammad Razai wins John Maddox Early Career Researcher Prize . 2022-04-12 . www.sgul.ac.uk . en-GB.
  14. 9 June 2021 . 2021 Edelman Award Ceremony . 2022-04-12 . OR/MS Today. 48. 3. June 2021. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. 10.1287/orms.2021.03.13 . 241982291 .
  15. Graham . Flora . 2021-12-02 . Daily briefing: What a healthy, sustainable diet looks like . Nature . en . 10.1038/d41586-021-03639-4. 34862507 . 244872054 .
  16. Web site: Research Day 2021 – Prizes announced and Thomas Young Lecture . 2022-04-12 . www.sgul.ac.uk . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Dr Mohammad Razai . 2022-04-12 . General Practice Awards . en.
  18. Web site: 2021-08-09 . Meet the Speakers - FPM Annual Symposium . 2022-04-13 . FPM . en-GB.
  19. Razai . Mohammad S. . Oakeshott . Pippa . Kankam . Hadyn . Galea . Sandro . Stokes-Lampard . Helen . 2020-05-21 . Mitigating the psychological effects of social isolation during the covid-19 pandemic . BMJ . en . 369 . m1904 . 10.1136/bmj.m1904 . 1756-1833 . 32439691. 218835068 . free .
  20. Razai . Mohammad S. . Kankam . Hadyn K. N. . Majeed . Azeem . Esmail . Aneez . Williams . David R. . 2021-01-15 . Mitigating ethnic disparities in covid-19 and beyond . BMJ . en . 372 . m4921 . 10.1136/bmj.m4921 . 1756-1833 . 33446485. 231606789 . free . 10044/1/87101 . free .
  21. Razai . Mohammad S . Oakeshott . Pippa . Esmail . Aneez . Wiysonge . Charles Shey . Viswanath . Kasisomayajula . Mills . Melinda C . June 2, 2021 . COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: the five Cs to tackle behavioural and sociodemographic factors . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . en . 114 . 6 . 295–298 . 10.1177/01410768211018951 . 0141-0768 . 8209756 . 34077688.
  22. Razai . Mohammad S. . Chaudhry . Umar A. R. . Doerholt . Katja . Bauld . Linda . Majeed . Azeem . 2021-05-20 . Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy . BMJ . en . 373 . n1138 . 10.1136/bmj.n1138 . 1756-1833 . 34016653. 234783643 . free . 10044/1/91902 . free .
  23. Paul . Elise . Fancourt . Daisy . Razai . Mohammad . 2022-05-05 . Racial discrimination, low trust in the health system and COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a longitudinal observational study of 633 UK adults from ethnic minority groups . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . 115 . 11 . en . 439–447 . 10.1177/01410768221095241 . 35512716 . 9723809 . 0141-0768.

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