There were a number of awards presented at the BHIVA Autumn Conference 2017.

BHIVA Research Awards

Originally launched in 2006, the BHIVA Research Awards are open, through competitive application, to all BHIVA members for research projects that impact on the improvement of clinical care and management of people living with HIV in the UK. A minimum of £30,000 per annum is available, to be distributed amongst the successful applicants according to the quality of the submitted proposals, with a maximum of £10,000 award per application. The awards panel is chaired by an independent chair. Applications for grants or funding for research or other projects made directly to the Association are reviewed by the BHIVA Executive Committee at its meetings and considered based on merit and their relevance to the objectives of BHIVA.

BHIVA received sixteen good quality applications from large and small centres in 2017, requesting a total of £198,272. BHIVA is proud to announce seven successful applicants being awarded £56,735.92. The winners of the BHIVA Research Awards 2017 are:

• Dr Kate Childs, Kings College London

• Mr Mathew Jones, University of Oxford

• Dr Fiona Lampe and Dr Colette Smith, University College London

• Dr Julianne Lwanga, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

• Dr Larissa Mulka, University of Sussex

• Dr Shema Tariq, University College London

• Dr John Thornhill, Imperial College London

Left to Right: Professor Caroline Sabin, Dr Dr Kate Childs, Mr Mathew Jones, Dr Fiona Lampe, Dr Julianne Lwanga, Dr Larissa Mulka, Dr Shema Tariq and Dr John Thornhill

The Brian Gazzard Lectureship in HIV Medicine

The lectureship was set up by BHIVA in honour of its Founding Chair, Professor Brian Gazzard, and is now in its 13th year. The lecture is selected to be presented from a short list of proposed topics and eminent speakers put forward for consideration by the BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee.

This annual prize was awarded to Dr Richard Harding, King's College London, for his presentation 'Palliative care and HIV'.

Left to Right: Professor Brian Gazzard and Dr Richard Harding

The BHIVA Don Jeffries Research Award

In 2012, as a memorial to Professor Donald Jeffries OBE, the BHIVA Education and Scientific Subcommittee instituted an award for the top-scoring project in the BHIVA Research Awards applications. This award has been set up in perpetuity, to honour Professor Jeffries' unerring support of the British HIV Association.

This annual prize was awarded to Mr Matthew Jones for his presentation 'Interrogating the transcriptome to identify strategies for HIV cure'.

Left to Right: Professor Caroline Sabin presented Dr Mathew Jones with a commemorative engraved trophy bowl in recognition of his Research Award

BHIVA Best Case Presentation Awards

Two awards available from presentations made during the case presentation lunchtime workshops held on Thursday and Friday. Overall the standard was extremely high and it was difficult to select one winner from each session.

The BHIVA World AIDS Day Twitter Campaign Competition 2017

BHIVA ran a successful twitter campaign in March 2017 to celebrate International Women's Day and highlight important issues for women living with HIV in the UK. Following this, the BHIVA External Relations Subcommittee invited BHIVA members to submit an entry to run a new twitter campaign for World AIDS Day 2017.

The winning campaign was submitted by Dr Seán Cassidy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London and Dr Muge Cevik, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Left to Right: Professor Chloe Orkin presents the award to Dr Sean Cassidy and Dr Muge Cevik

Acknowledgements

During the conference a formal thank you was made by the Chair of the British HIV Association to the full BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee. In addition the following Committee Members were presented with gifts of appreciation:

• Dr Duncan Churchill (for his term as BHIVA Honorary Treasurer)

• Dr Iain Reeves (Conference Local Host)

• Professor Caroline Sabin (for her term as Chair of the BHIVA Education and Scientific Subcommittee)

• Dr Laura Waters (Chair of the BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee)