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# Dr. Fahad Razak named new scientific director of Ontario COVID-19 advisory group
- URL: https://www.iqra.ca/2022/named-new-scientific-director-of-provincial-covid-19-advisory-group/
- Published: 2022-05-05T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-05T14:00:04.000Z
- Author: Iqra
- Tags: News, Dr. Fahad Razak, Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, Dr. Peter Juni

Effective May 9, 2022, Dr. Fahad Razak will become the new Scientific Director for the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (SAT) replacing Dr. Peter Jüni, who will be leaving Ontario in June for Oxford University. 

"Honoured to be the new Scientific Director of [@COVIDSciOntario](https://twitter.com/COVIDSciOntario?ref=iqra.ca). Harnessing science to inform our response to the pandemic has been a great privilege," commented Dr.Razak on his Twitter feed. "Thank you to all the scientists on the Table who I have learned so much from, and the hundreds of hours they have volunteered."

Dr. Razak has been a member of the Table since its inception and has contributed to many Science Briefs including Long- COVID, hospital visitor policies, vaccines and therapeutics. 

His research group has led some of Canada’s largest studies on patients hospitalized with COVID-19, including examining the impact of disability on care and outcomes, exploring how to manage critical drug shortages, and a randomized trial to see whether prone positioning helps patients.  
  
Dr. Razak is a General Internist at St Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto) and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, with expertise in health services research and global health. 

He also has been a front-line physician providing care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients since the start of the pandemic.

> Honoured to be the new Scientific Director of [@COVIDSciOntario](https://twitter.com/COVIDSciOntario?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=iqra.ca). Harnessing science to inform our response to the pandemic has been a great privilege. Thank you to all the scientists on the Table who I have learned so much from, and the hundreds of hours they have volunteered. 1/2 [https://t.co/Xmq6d4LfCQ](https://t.co/Xmq6d4LfCQ?ref=iqra.ca)
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> — Fahad Razak (@DrFahadRazak) [April 29, 2022](https://twitter.com/DrFahadRazak/status/1520095495494021121?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=iqra.ca)