The First Cell
Speaker, Presenter
Azra Raza, M.D.
- Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of The Evans Foundation II MDS Center at Columbia University. A practicing oncologist seeing 30-40 cancer patients weekly, she also directs basic cancer research lab with hundreds of original publications in high profile journals.
She worked with President Clinton designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology and with VP Joe Biden for the Cancer Moon-shot initiative.
Her latest book, THE FIRST CELL: And the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last was published in October 2019. Her life is devoted to early detection and prevention of cancer. Di: Azra is a renowned public speaker, and a master orator. Her work on Mirza Ghalib (Ghalib: Epistemologies of Elegance by Azra Raza) is a treat for a connoisseur of literature.
