Thirusha is Canada Research Chair in Equity and Social Justice in Medical Education and Associate Professor at the Department for Innovation in Medical Education (DIME) at the University of Ottawa. She is an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow for the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge and an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Thirusha is a clinical psychologist who trained in apartheid-era South Africa. Inspired to give voice and make space for women of colour in research and health she uses research poetry as a method for deep reflexivity in research. Her research references critical and theoretical perspectives on health and health professions education through decolonial and feminist theories. Her clinical work in South Africa focused on psychotherapy for severe mental disorders and the mental health of healthcare workers. Thirusha’s current research focus areas include Health Professions & Health Sciences Education and Global Health knowledge production in the contexts of mental health and infectious diseases. Her writing appears in Academic Medicine, The Lancet, The BMJ and Advances in Health Sciences Education. She was the 2019 Karolinska Institutet Prize in Medical Education Fellow.