There were a number of awards presented at the BHIVA Autumn Virtual Conference 2020.

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:

O22 Delivery of oral HIV Pre Exposure Prophylaxis for people who inject drugs and are at risk of sexual exposure to HIV during an outbreak
Ceilidh Grimshaw, Sandyford Initiative

BHIVA Commended Oral Presentations

3 highly commended presentations.

The Ian Williams Best Poster Presentation Award

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

Winner:

P23: Is treatment emergent weight gain on dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy reversible following discontinuation? - a retrospective cohort study
Dr Kyle Ring, St Mary's Hospital, London

BHIVA Best Case Presentation Award

Winner:

The diagnostic challenge of a non-healing ulcer
Dr Julia Bilinska, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London

BHIVA Chloe Orkin Award for work in social sciences

Winner:

O6 Measuring health care HIV knowledge within our NHS Trust
Moses Shongwe, Barts Health NHS Trust

BHIVA Martin Fisher Award for community-based work

Winner:

O9 Increasing access to peer-support for people living with HIV in the UK: An evaluation of ‘Project 100’
Garry Brough, Positively UK

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. The winners of the BHIVA Research Awards 2020 were:

'Discontinuation of tenofovir in HIV-1/HBV coinfected patients: a feasibility study', Dr Daniel Bradshaw, Public Health England

'Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the short form HIV Disability Questionnaire among women living with HIV in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional self-report measurement study', Mr Darren Brown, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London

'POWER: ParticipatiOn of WomEn in HIV Research', Dr Lisa Hamzah, St George’s, London

'The mechanisms of gut immune dysfunction in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection and their implications for HIV-1 persistence', Dr John Thornhill, Barts Health, London and QMUL

'Analysis of Broadly Neutralising Antibody Resistance in Adolescents and Young People living with HIV', Dr Penny Zacharopoulou, University of Oxford

Don Jeffries Research Award 2020

In 2012, as a memorial to the late Professor Donald Jeffries CBE, 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 and dedication to the British HIV Association.

This annual prize was awarded to Dr John Thornhill, Barts Health, London and QMUL, for his presentation 'The mechanisms of gut immune dysfunction in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection and their implications for HIV-1 persistence'.