Rules of the Association

The BHIVA Rules of the Association were redrafted in 2008.
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Officers

Professor Jane Anderson - Chair
Professor Jane Anderson is Director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, and a Consultant Physician at Homerton University Hospital in London. Professor Anderson has clinical and research interests in HIV infection in migrant populations and in women and families. Her work engages with the medical, social, ethical and policy challenges posed by HIV, in diverse communities in east London. Professor Anderson sits on the BHIVA Conferences and Guidelines Subcommittees and took over as Chair of BHIVA at the Annual Conference in April 2011. She will serve as Chair to April 2014.

Dr Andrew Freedman - Honorary Secretary
Dr Andrew Freedman is Reader/Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales, where he has worked since 1994. He was on the Department of Health Expert Advisory Group on AIDS from 1996 until 2006. Dr Freedman is on the BHIVA Audit and Standards, and Education and Scientific Subcommittees. He was elected as BHIVA Secretary in 2009 for a 3-year term.

Professor Clifford Leen - Honorary Treasurer
Professor Clifford Leen is a Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and HIV at the Western General Hospital Edinburgh. He now leads a research unit involved in international and national studies on the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C. He is Chair of the Education and Scientific Subcommittee and Secretary of the BHIVA Hepatitis Working Group Executive Panel. He was a member of the BHIVA Executive Committee (2003-7) and Scottish HIV Advisory Group (SHIVAG) executive committees and has been on the BHIVA treatment guidelines writing committee since 2003.  He has been appointed on the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS, and is a member of the UK Medical Research Council College of Experts Consortium. He is also the Transitional Board Head of training for Infectious Diseases in Scotland. He is on the MRCP (UK) Part Examination Board and on the board of examiners for the Diploma in HIV Medicine. Professor Leen chairs the BHIVA Education and Scientific Subcommittee.


 

External scrutineers

• Professor Jane Anderson Homerton University Hospital, London

• Mr S Collins UK Community Advisory Board
• Prof BG Gazzard Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
• Prof MA Johnson Royal Free Hospital, London
• Prof SB Lucas St Thomas' Hospital, London
• Dr IG Williams University College London Medical School