Surita Parashar is a Research Scientist with the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health program, and an Adjunct Professor with Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Her research advances strengths-based approaches to understanding and addressing social structural factors that shape health inequities amongst people living with HIV. She is passionate about co-leading research in partnership with individuals and communities marginalized by social-structural inequities. Her academic training includes graduate degrees in Population and Public Health (SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences), and International Development (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University).