Charareh

Two Worlds, One Me

I am so honoured to have Charareh Pourzand on the podcast. Her integrity and intelligence, forged through over 30 years of working as a scientist and researcher, shine through everything she does.
Charareh is a Swiss Iranian who moved to Bath in mid-nineties. She is an academic reader in biopharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at Bath University. Charareh has an active research laboratory and works mostly on the effects of sunlight on skin.

Charareh's hobby is teaching traditional Persian and Middle-Eastern Belly-dance. All proceeds of her dance classes are donated to Médecins Sans Frontières.
I hope that you enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed talking to this inspiring woman.

Some of Charareh's work can be viewed at the links below:
TEDx Talk 2014: The skin beauty & the sun beast:

Press release of 2020: Easy to overdose on paracetamol if you’re selenium deficient, says research : ‘ related to selenium in diet and increase in Paracetamol toxicity

Press release 2019 : Pioneering study could offer sun protection to patients with rare genetic disease

Press release 2016: Sun cream compound offers unprecedented protection against UVA radiation

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If you would like to talk to me about your two worlds, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact me. My address is [e-mail]
Music thanks to John Bartmann