Education and Scientific Subcommittee
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Purpose

  • The promotion and improvement of education and training of healthcare professionals working in the field of HIV medicine with reference to the association’s aims and in liaison with other agencies and institutions
  • Providing advice on postgraduate and continuing education
  • The content and management of the BHIVA website
  • To take an advisory role for the scientific programme of and be responsible for the submitted abstract review for BHIVA’s conferences and symposia

The subcommittee is also responsible for the BHIVA research awards.

The terms of reference of the subcommittee are determined by the BHIVA executive committee.


Membership

Membership comprises a chair, vice chair, ordinary members, a community representative, chair of the BHIVA conference subcommittee, and appointed members. The chair is appointed by the BHIVA executive committee and ordinary members are selected from the membership of the BHIVA executive committee. The appointed members are co-opted from the BHIVA membership and are selected to ensure the subcommittee has the appropriate level of expertise and representation to fulfill its duties and responsibilities.


Working Groups

The subcommittee is able to delegate specific functions and activities to appointed working groups. The Website Working Group is responsible for the continuing development and content of the BHIVA web site. The E-Learning Working Group is responsible for the development and publication of e-learning modules for the purpose of continued professional development with the aim of promoting good clinical practice - click here for more information on E-Learning.

In addition, the International Partnerships Working Group was set up in 2012 to promote BHIVA as a national organisation with an international reach, promote good clinical practice in the management and treatment of HIV and co-infections on a global level and to foster links with national and international organisations to influence policies in national/international HIV care and management.


Terms of Reference

The Terms of Reference for the Education and Scientific Subcommittee are currently being updated and will be published in due course.


Committee Members

Chair

  • Dr Mark Nelson Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

Members

  • Dr David Asboe Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London1

  • Dr Sanjay Bhagani Royal Free Hospital, London

  • Prof Mark Bower Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

  • Dr Sarah Fidler Imperial College London

  • Dr Martin Fisher Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

  • Dr Andrew Freedman Cardiff University School of Medicine

  • Prof Saye Khoo Royal Liverpool University Hospital

  • Dr Ranjababu Kulasegaram St Thomas' Hospital, London

  • Professor Andrew Lever University of Cambridge

  • Professor Derek Macallan St George's, University of London

  • Dr Rona MacDonald The Sandyford Initiative (HIV Trainees Club)

  • Dr Ed Ong Newcastle General Hospital

  • Dr Karen Rogstad Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dr Melinda Tenant-Flowers King's College Hospital, London

  • Dr Ian Williams Royal Free and University College Medical School, London *

Junior Consultant and Non-Consultant Doctors' Representative

  • Dr Carol Emerson Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Community Representative

  • Mr Ben Cromarty UK Community Advisory Board


* Independent chair of the BHIVA Research Awards judging panel

Click here to see Members of the Website Working Group