1. The First Cell with Azra Raza

Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University. She is considered an authority on pre-leukemia and acute leukemia. Dr.Raza has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts in famous journals ranging from Nature to the New England Journal of Medicine. She is the co-editor of the widely acclaimed website called 3quarksdaily, which I highly recommend.   

She is a recipient of numerous awards, including The Hope Award in Cancer Research. Dr.Raza is a member of the Founder Group, which is looking for a breakthrough in science alongside President Bill Clinton. She also met with the then-Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative. She also has a Ted Talk called “Why Curing Cancer is So Hard”.   

Most recently she is the author of the beautifully written book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.

Books recommended by Dr.Azra Raza: 

1. Between the Kingdoms – Suleika Jaouad   

2. History of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes   

3. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes  

4. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky  

5. Moby Dick - Herman Melville  

6. Beloved - Toni Morrison  

7. Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf  

8. Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau  

9. Confessions - Saint Augustine  

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