Anusha is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway University of London. She holds a BSc and MRes in Biomedical Sciences, and a PhD in Vascular Immunology from Imperial College London, where she researched atherosclerotic vascular disease, and published several peer-reviewed papers in world-leading cardiovascular journals. She also holds fellowship of the UK’s Higher Education Academy (FHEA). 

Her current research interests focus on how environmental factors such as pollution and medicinal plants affect atherosclerosis and inflammation in the human body. She is developing clinically relevant models of human vascular disease such as organ-on-a-chip models. She is also the course director for the Biomedical Sciences BSc degree at Royal Holloway.

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She is a member of the Education Working Group at the Planetary Health Alliance, and the British Society of Immunology. She contributed to a report on Non-Communicable Diseases for the World Health Organization and the São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health. She has volunteered with the Foundation of Goodness and coached upcoming Table Tennis players using her experience as a former England under-11 champion.

She is a member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Butterfly Conservation in the UK, and is passionate about Planetary Health, decolonizing science, climate justice, Nature, and Conservation. She enjoys wildlife photography and sustainable crafting such as crochet and sewing.