Rohin Francis
Francis presenting YouTube Educon in 2020
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College London
OccupationCardiologist
Known forSocial media presence
Medical career
FieldCardiology
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2017–present
GenreMedical education
Subscribers537,000[1]
Total views42.9 million[1]
Last updated: 25 October 2023
Websitewww.medlifecrisis.co.uk

Rohin Francis is a British cardiologist, writer, blogger, 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 education

According 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]

Career

University

Francis is a PhD student at University College London, where he is studying the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a means to image acute myocardial infarction.[4]

Science communication

Francis 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 research

Francis 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Medlife Crisis". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Francis, Rohin (September 18, 2021), Physicist Asks Unhelpful Doctor A Bunch of Questions (ft @SabineHossenfelder), retrieved 2023-10-28
  3. 1 2 "Rohin Francis". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. 1 2 UCL (2019-09-09). "Rohin Francis". UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Rohin Francis". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  6. ↑ Premela (2020-02-14). "YouTube Channels Aspiring Medics Should Check Out". The Medic Portal. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  7. ↑ COVID-19 and the NHS with Rohin Francis - Pager, retrieved 2020-06-06
  8. ↑ Ellis, Philip (2020-03-14). "A Doctor Gives 6 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Beating Coronavirus". Men's Health. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. ↑ Stokel-Walker, Chris (2020-03-30). "YouTube's Independent Creators Are Mad That They Can't Say 'Coronavirus'". Medium. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  10. 1 2 "The Biggest Scandal in Science". www.medpagetoday.com. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Should Knowledge Be Free? - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Medlife Crisis. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  12. ↑ Francis, Rohin (9 May 2016). "A good death should be doctors and patients' last life goal". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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