HIV Research Trust trustees

Deenan is a UK-based clinical virologist and Professor of Virology at University College London. He is a non-executive Director of North Middlesex University Hospital, and Director of the Wellcome Trust-funded Centre for Health and Population Studies in South Africa. Deenan holds a PhD in Biochemistry as well as medical training. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Deenan served on the Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

Elizabeth is a research professor based in Kenya who works within the field of global health. Her main areas of research focus on sexually transmitted infections, women’s health, and reproductive health; as well as HIV care, prevention, and treatment. She is Chief Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and led a landmark study on the use of PrEP in Kenya. She holds a Masters and PhD in Public Health.

Liz is a UK-based epidemiologist who is Professor of Tropical Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research investigates the regulation of tuberculosis in HIV prevalent populations and improving access to HIV self-testing.

Frances is Professor of Global Health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and has been based in Zimbabwe since 1999. She is the founder and former Director of the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research, Zimbabwe.

Cate is a community medicine specialist and epidemiologist based at McGill University, Canada. Formerly the inaugural Chief Scientific Advisor to UNAIDS and currently a Senior Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, her focus is scientific capacity strengthening and advancing women in global health.

Henry is an African Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome research programme. He works on the tuberculosis phagosome in the University of Malawi College of Medicine, and serves as President of the Federation of African Immunological Societies. In 2019, Henry was awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize.

Faye was Director of Finance for Terrence Higgins Trust until 2021. She now serves of the board of the HIV Research Trust, overseeing proper financial governance.