Dr Hannah Nazri is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Warwick. She obtained her medical degree at the University of Bristol, a BSc Medical Physics & Bioengineering at the University College London (1-year intercalated degree) and an MSc Clinical Embryology and DPhil at the University of Oxford. Her passion lies in delivering personalised healthcare, advancing endometriosis research, and advocating for gender equality. As the Malaysian Doctors for Women & Children director, Asia Network to End FGM/C (female genital mutilation/cutting) Advisory Board member and the and the International Planned Parenthood Federation Elimination of FGM/C Centre of Excellence Experts’ committee member, she is committed to eradicating FGM/C and improving gynaecological health access globally and has collaborated with international and local non-profits to that end. Additionally, Hannah is the President of the Boston Congress of Public Health Board, a non-profit aiming to foster future public health leaders dedicated to social justice. She was a panellist at the 68th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) parallel event on FGM/C and has been a UN Women UK CSW delegate. Recently, Hannah has been appointed to become a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Global Health Trainees’ Committee. She is also an Early Career Ambassador for the World Endometriosis Society and the International Relations Subcommittee Member for the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy.
Previously, Hannah was awarded the Royal Commonwealth Society Associate Fellowship in recognition of her work with the youth education charity, The Kalsom Movement (2022 Commonwealth Education Awards finalist, 2020 UN Youth Sustainable Development Solutions Network Report top 50 charities). She was a top-5 finalist of the 2020 Women of the Future Award UK and was invited to the 2022 Commonwealth Diaspora Reception and the 2024 His Majesty the King’s Garden Party – both at Buckingham Palace, and the 2024 Pre-CHOGM Reception at St James’s Palace.
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Speaking engagements
Endometriosis
- May 2025: Speaker for “Holistic Endometriosis Care” Scientific Workshop organised by Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in collaboration with the Monash University (Malaysia & Australia), University of Oxford, and University of Warwick.
- May 2025: Speaker (first author oral presentation) on “FragPipe Reanalysis of Small Extracellular Vesicle Proteins in Endometriosis” and session co-chair for the "Biopsychosocial Considerations in Endometriosis" at the 16th World Congress on Endometriosis, Sydney, Australia.
- Oct 2024: Speaker for St John’s College, University of Oxford’s Women’s Network on the "Gender Pain Gap and Endometriosis".
- May 2024: First author poster presentation on "Small Extracellular Vesicle Proteins as Potential Biomarker of Endometriosis" at the International Small Extracellular Vesicles 2024 (ISEV2024), Melbourne, Australia.
- May 2023: Speaker for the 2023 Federation of International Women's Association in London Women's Health Conference on navigating a gender-biased healthcare system.
- Jul 2022: First author oral presentation on "Small Extracellular Vesicle Proteins as Potential Biomarker of Endometriosis" at the 38th European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy. Oral presentation was pre-selected for the Basic Science Award.
- Mar 2021: First author oral presentation on "Peritoneal Fluid Small Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarker of Endometriosis" at the 14th World Congress on Endometriosis (Virtual).
- Jul 2018: First author oral presentation on "Exosomes as a Biomarker for Endometriosis" at 34th European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain.
End FGM/C
- June 2025: Panellist for the Global Health stream discussion on "Strengthening alliances and building movements to End FGM/C: A call to action" and first author poster presentation on "Developing a Patient Information Leaflet on Female Genital Cutting/ Mutilation in Malaysia" at the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) World Congress, London, UK.
- May 2025: Speaker for Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Malaysia (OGSM) Academy Webinar Series: Medicalisation of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation (FC/FGM): Perspectives from UK, Egypt & Malaysia.
- May 2025: Represented the Asia Network to End FGM/C during the "Addressing the Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Asia" webinar organised by UNFPA Asia and the Pacific and UNICEF East Asia and Pacific.
- Apr 2025: Guest lecturer for the Médecins Sans Frontières' Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course on FGM/C.
- Mar 2025: Led a workshop on FGM/C for the Students for Global Health - Warwick Branch, Warwick Medical School.
- Feb 2025: Guest lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - MSc Module: "How to Change Things".
- Feb 2025: Speaker on "An Introduction to FGM/C", organised by the Warwick Medical School Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society.
- Dec 2024: Panellist for the "FGM/C in India Webinar", organised by the Society of Indian Medical Students of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
- Oct 2024: Speaker at the 2024 UNFPA-UNICEF Regional Partners Roundtable to End FGM/C in Southeast Asia.
- Mar 2024: Panellist - Presented a talk on the medicalisation of FGM in Asia at the 2024 United Nations' 68th CSW Parallel Event organised by the Asia Network to End FGM/C: "FGM/C in Asia: Evidence and Funding"
- Mar 2024: Speaker on the medicalisation of FGM at the 2024 International Planned Parenthood Federation (Arab World Regional Office) and Mauritanian Association for the Promotion of Family International Workshop on "Exchanging Experiences and Learning on Quality of Care on FGM Survivors".
- Jul 2023: Lead discussant for the "Emerging Trends: Medicalization, Cross-border FGM/C, FGM/C Economics" at the FGM/C pre-conference at the 2023 Women Deliver, Kigali, Rwanda.
Interviews
The Future is Female: #IWD2024 – Gender Pain Gap: Women’s Pain Matters, Astro Awani, 10th March 2024
Study International, 25th July 2023
Majalah Nona (Malaysia), 22nd February 2021
Bernama TV Malaysia ‘Tea with Tehmina’ Interview Episode 2: The Kalsom Movement, 7th July 2020
More about The Kalsom Movement, an education charity based in Malaysia, here.
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 2011
A national newspaper article featuring The Kalsom Movement when I was the Director of Projek Kalsom Motivational Camp in 2011 and a third-year medical student at the University of Bristol. Title of article: “Students contribute to society during holiday”.
Mentions
Bernama, 5th June 2025
Asia Network to End FGM/C Blog, 19th May 2025
The Free Press Journal, India, 19th June 2024
Ova Health, 24th January 2024
Ova Health, 20th March 2024
Ova Health, 15th January 2024
The Star Malaysia, 17th October 2023
Tatler Asia, 26th April 2021
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