Interview of Syed Ziaur Rahman by Diana Simmonds

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Professor Rahman is a scion of one of the great Unani physician families, with roots dating to the twelfth century. His family are the custodians of many medical manuscripts as old as of tenth century. Among these are extremely rare editions. His family helped found the practice of Unani in India where it became, along with Ayurveda, one of the twin pillars of traditional medicine practiced across the subcontinent for centuries, and remains widely used to this day. Professor Rahman has an illustrious research and teaching career in pharmacology. His global impact includes pioneering work to eliminate animal exploitation in medical teaching, exploring the contemporary potential of traditional medicine, and founding a new field of research into the environmental impacts of pharmacology. Professor Rahman was awarded a PhD in Medicine from Western in 2015." By Diana Simmonds for "GradLife", Summer 2018/19 Magazine

--- Diana Simmonds is a Senior Australian journalist and arts critic, currently the editor and proprietor of Stagenoise.com. She wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin, The Australian, and the Sunday Telegraph, where she was the arts editor. In 2008 she was appointed editor of Sydney Alumni Magazine for the University of Sydney. She has also written several novels and non-fiction books, including one on Princess Diana and one on Doris Day, and continues to write as a freelance journalist from time to time.. In 2006 she co-founded the Sydney Theatre Reviewers and began working with brothers Damian and Tim Madden to create Stagenoise, an Australian theatre review site.