Simin Kazemi

Simin Kazemi is a physician, sociologist, and researcher in the fields of health and gender. She holds a PhD in sociology and has collaborated on research with the Social Determinants of Health Research Center at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Alongside her medical practice, Kazemi works in the areas of medical sociology, the sociology of women, health inequalities, and the relationship between social structures and the experience of illness and treatment.

Her primary focus is on medical sociology, women's health, medical malpractice, social inequality in health, gender, the body, modern medicine, and the critique of health policies. Her writings typically approach topics from a sociological perspective that appear medical on the surface, but have social, cultural, and gendered roots and consequences.