Thomas Mayers is an Assistant Professor at the Medical English Communications Center, and associate researcher at the Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan. He received his Bachelor of Arts with Honours and Master of Arts from The University of Leeds in 1999 and 2007, respectively, and was qualified for the ESME Certificate in Medical Education in 2018. He is a member of many academic societies, including the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE), the Japan Society for Medical English Education (JASMEE), the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IASMSE), and the Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET). His research has been on 3 different topics: medical English education, end-of-life care, and nursing science, but the driving force uniting all of these is a desire to promote person-centered care.