Hematology/Oncology Fellow
The Ohio State University
Dr. Marium Husain, MD, MPH is a medical oncologist at The Ohio State University James Comprehensive Cancer Center. She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine. She worked as an oncology hospitalist at the James before joining OSU for hematology/oncology fellowship. Her medical interests include: quality of life, integrative medicine/oncology, health disparities, global health and cancer.
Marium has been working on community service projects in the Columbus area and abroad for the past 10 years. As the President of the national non-profit, IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America), she has been working on public health education and creating domestic campaigns for food insecurity, reproductive health, mental health and climate change. She has also traveled to Haiti, as part of IMANA Medical Relief, to help provide primary care at a rural clinic and raised money to build wells for clean water access. IMANA is a leading resource and network for American-Muslim physicians, dentists and other healthcare professionals in North America. She has also volunteered with the WHO working on nutrition-related projects and with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on vaccine pricing. She serves on the NAMI-Franklin County board and works within the local community to raise awareness about mental health issues. She organizes and participates in town halls in the Dayton, Ohio area to raise awareness of racism and Islamophobia. She also volunteers with the Women of APPNA, as part of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America (APPNA), to help raise awareness of basic women’s health rights and professional development. Marium has a strong passion for social justice projects, including climate change/global warming, food insecurity and women’s rights.
