Researcher, writer, social activist
Raudah Yunus is a researcher, writer and social activist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
and currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin
(MCW). Raudah specializes in Public Health, with a particular focus on ageing, elder abuse
and neglect, human trafficking, and the health of vulnerable populations. After serving as a
physician for several years in Malaysia, Raudah completed a Master of Public Health (MPH)
and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) at the University of Malaya in 2015 and 2018,
respectively. Her DrPH dissertation was on the health outcomes of elder mistreatment among
rural older Malaysians. Raudah actively advocates for senior citizens and refugee
communities in Malaysia through her regular newspaper writings and involvement with a
local NGO called Relief, Education and Development (READ Malaysia).
Her latest research projects investigate the health impact of elder financial abuse, review
evidence of intervention programs against elder mistreatment, and advocate for the inclusion
of refugees into the Malaysian health agenda. Raudah is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health
Equity in Southeast Asia, under the Atlantic Institute in Oxford. At MCW, Raudah works on
two Initiative on Islam and Medicine (II&M) projects; one at the intersection between
bioscience and theology and another on the religious accommodation of palliative care for the
Muslim population in the US.
