Dr Britzer Paul Vincent Paul Raj

Dr Britzer Paul Vincent is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, specializing in public health and organ donation research. He currently collaborates with Prof Nasreen Ali on projects addressing health inequalities and workforce challenges, as well as evaluating health service initiatives. In addition, he works with Prof Gurch Randhawa on fostering community engagement in organ donation. Dr Vincent’s role also includes training research assistants in research methodologies and providing supervisory support. He has extensive experience teaching public health modules at the master’s level, successfully supervising several dissertations that have led to publications. He is also co-supervising PhD student Dr Asma Al-Abdulghani, whose research focuses on barriers to deceased organ donation within Muslim communities in the UK and Qatar.

With over a decade of experience in organ donation and transplantation research, Dr Vincent has held various roles across clinical and public health domains. His Master’s dissertation examined knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to deceased organ donation among medical and nursing students. He also undertook a study in a government tertiary care teaching hospital on the barriers and suggestion for improvement toward deceased organ donation practices. In his PhD, he explored the barriers and facilitators to deceased organ donation in two regions of India. His PhD was funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) in collaboration with the MOHAN Foundation, India. In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr Vincent was awarded the prestigious Young Investigator Award at the Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation in 2021.

Following his PhD, Dr Vincent secured funding from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) for community engagement projects, beginning with £10,000 to support outreach efforts among minority communities. He subsequently obtained a two-year £31,000 grant to engage communities in Luton and Bedford on organ donation awareness. Through his research and community initiatives, Dr Vincent is actively contributing to advancements in public health and organ donation practices, particularly within underrepresented populations.