Date: 20–22 April 2022

Venue: Manchester Central, Manchester, UK

The Margaret Johnson Best Oral Presentation Award

This prize was awarded to the presenter of the best oral research presentation during the conference. To be eligible for this prize the presenter had to be of junior grade (sub-consultant or equivalent).

Winner:

O7 Improving short-term mortality of people living with HIV admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: A 20-year study (2000-2019)
Dr Tanmay Kanitkar, Royal Free Hospital, UK

BHIVA Chloe Orkin Award for Best Presentation in the field of social sciences

This prize was awarded to the presenter of the best oral or poster research presentation during the conference in the field of social sciences.

Winner:

O12 Exploring frailty and frailty screening for older people living with HIV
Natalie St Clair-Sullivan, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK

Pictured left to right: Natalie St Clair-Sullivan, Dr Tanmay Kanitkar, Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)

BHIVA Martin Fisher Award for Best Presentation in the field of community-based work

This prize was awarded to the presenter of the best oral or poster research presentation during the conference in the field of community-based work.

Winner:

P039 Confinement: Women, HIV And Pregnancy During The Covid-19 Pandemic In The UK
Ms Fungai Murau, 4M Mentor Mothers Network CIC, UK

Pictured left to right: Angelina Namiba (collecting award on behalf of Fungai Murau), Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)

Commended Oral Presentations

Three awards were presented in recognition of the best oral research presentations during the conference. To be eligible for these prizes the presenter must be of junior grade (sub-consultant or equivalent).

Winners:

O3 Experiences of PrEP stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings in the UK among a community sample of PrEP users
Amber Newbigging-Lister, UK Health Security Agency, UK

O13 Anticholinergic medications associated with falls and frailty in people with HIV
Dr Jessica Doctor, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, UK

O19 HIV and mental health: improving generic NHS talking therapy services for people living with HIV in England
Calum Douglas, National AIDS Trust, UK

Pictured left to right: Jessica Doctor, Calum Douglas, Amber Newbigging-Lister, Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)

The BHIVA Ian Williams Best Poster Prize

This prize was awarded to the presenter of the best poster research presentation during the conference. To be eligible for this prize the presenter must be of junior grade (sub-consultant or equivalent).

Winner:

TP07 Has the omission of routine blood monitoring of stable patients living with HIV (PLWH) during COVID adversely affected their health?
Ms Eleanor Swift, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK

Pictured left to right: Ms Eleanor Swift, Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)

BHIVA Commended Poster Presentations

20 highly commended posters from 127 poster presentations displayed.

Clinico-pathological case presentations

This prize was awarded to the presenter of the best case presentation as part of the BHIVA Lunchtime Clinico-pathological case presentations sessions.

Winner:

Starting from scratch
Merle Henderson, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Pictured left to right: Merle Henderson, Dr Ula Mahadeva (Co-Chair of clinico-pathological case presentations session)

BHIVA/ViiV Implementation Science Scholarship Award

Winner:

Pilot – Patient activation measure to support personalised care and pathway stratification in HIV services
Dr Daniella Chilton, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London

Thank You

Dr Clare van Halsema (Conference Local Host) and Dr Nicola Mackie (Chair of BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee) were both thanked for their contributions towards the conference.

Pictured left to right: Dr Clare van Halsema (Conference Local Host), Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)

Pictured left to right: Dr Nicola Mackie (Chair of BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee), Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Chair)