The first Husaini Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Azra Raza on March 10, 2024.  Dr. Raza shines as a beacon of creative thought and action.  Her unrelenting research into cancer prevention radically engages with one of the most devastating and elusive diseases in medicine today.  But her thinking also transcends the empirical world of science through the poetic gravitas of Urdu: a vehicle that allows her to poignantly address the ephemeral human condition.  It is befitting that as the first Zohra Husaini lecturer, Dr. Raza embodies excellence in thought, action, and humanism.