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Rohin Francis
Rohin Francis is a British cardiologist, writer, vlogger, and creator of the YouTube channel Medlife Crisis. He is working toward a PhD on imaging techniques for acute myocardial infarction. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Francis has created content that has looked to educate the public about medicine. Early life and educationAccording to Francis, he is of Bengali origin.[2] Francis attended medical school at St George's in London, and he trained as a physician at the Cambridge Deanery in Cambridge.[3] He specialises in cardiology.[4][5] CareerUniversityFrancis was a PhD student at University College London, where he studied the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a means to image acute myocardial infarction.[4] Science communicationFrancis is a science communicator, with a following of over 500,000 on his YouTube channel Medlife Crisis.[6] In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Francis started creating more serious YouTube videos, and has since discussed issues such as coronavirus disease, systemic racism and pseudoscience.[7] In an interview with Men's Health, Francis described why and how people needed to remain positive whilst acknowledging the seriousness of coronavirus disease.[8] He said that it was appropriate for coronavirus disease-related YouTube videos to be demonetised as it could mitigate the spread of misinformation.[9] Public researchFrancis has argued against the private ownership and licensing of publicly-funded research.[10] He criticised companies such as Elsevier for their high profit margins, earned by licensing primary research.[10] He has also publicly supported Alexandra Elbakyan, the creator of the website Sci-Hub, for her efforts to make research more accessible.[11] Academic publications
Francis has also written for The Conversation, the journal The Medical Student, and The Guardian.[3][12] External links
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