Originally launched in 2006, the BHIVA Research Awards are open, through competitive application, to all BHIVA members. A total of at least £30,000 per annum is available, to be distributed amongst the successful applicants according to the quality of the submitted proposals. The judging panel is chaired by an appointed chair and the call for applications is open from December to February. Successful applicants are announced at the BHIVA autumn conference.
BHIVA Research Awards provide funding for research projects that will impact on the improvement of clinical care, management, health and wellbeing of people living with HIV and on the prevention of HIV transmission. Applicants must be from UK-based institutions and awards will only be paid to UK bank accounts. Projects should be wholly or primarily focussed on UK populations. Applications with additional impact in other country or population settings and/or which support the development of research skills for the UK-based applicant may also be considered.
In 2023, the BHIVA Research Awards received nine high quality applications from both large and small centres, requesting a total of £132,110.16. The BHIVA Research Awards Judging Panel is proud to announce the following six successful applicants being awarded a total of £70,158.16:
‘Pulmonary MRI assessment in HIV with obstructive lung disease: PuMAH OLD’, Dr Paul Collini, University of Sheffield
‘The impact of ectopic fat deposition on cardiac risk assessment in patients living with HIV. An MR spectroscopy cross-sectional analysis with HIV-negative individuals', Dr Thomas Heseltine, Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust
‘The effect of HIV-1 on osteoclast differentiation and activity ex vivo among peripubertal children and adolescents’, Dr Lisha Jeena, University of Oxford
'Who is best placed to lead the care of older people living with HIV? A qualitative study', Dr Howell Jones, University College London
‘Antibiotic STI prophylaxis and antimicrobial resistance among men-who-have-sex-with-men living with HIV’, Dr Manik Kohli, University College London
‘The role of ddhC in HIV diagnostics’, Dr Ravi Mehta, Imperial College London
BHIVA is grateful for donations from BHIVA members.
In 2022, the BHIVA Research Awards received nine high quality applications from both large and small centres, requesting a total of £166,198.96. The BHIVA Research Awards Judging Panel is proud to announce the following three successful applicants being awarded a total of £33,469.36:
Pilot study of prevalence and activity of anti-interferon auto-antibodies in people living with HIV, Dr Douglas Fink, University College London
Mechanism for a novel determinant of viral load in individuals of African origin living with HIV, Dr Harriet Groom, University of Cambridge
The Investigation of Interactions between the Microbiome and Inflammatory Phenotypes and their Relationship to Clinical Outcomes in People with HIV (PWH), Dr Rachel MacCann, University College London
The BHIVA Research Awards 2022 were part-funded by Gilead Sciences. BHIVA is also grateful for donations from BHIVA members.
In 2021, the BHIVA Research Awards received 10 high quality applications from both large and small centres, requesting a total of £139,194.46. The BHIVA Research Awards Judging Panel is proud to announce the following six successful applicants being awarded a total of £65,910.60:
Tackling Tobacco Addiction in HIV (TTAH) Study, Dr Emily Clarke, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HIV-1 Viral Load Small Volume Blood Testing Validity and Acceptability, Dr Stuart Flanagan, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Acceptability and feasibility of digital assessment of falls risk, frailty and mobility impairment using wearable sensors in people with HIV as part of HIV care, Dr Claire Norcross, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
To understand the knowledge of health care providers and the barriers relating to the diagnosis and treatment of low bone mineral density (BMD) amongst women living with HIV, Dr Hajra Okhai, University College London
Prevalence of Epstein Barr virus and cytomegalovirus and associated immune-activation and inflammation in adolescents and young adults with perinatally-acquired HIV, Dr Helen Payne, Imperial College London
Waist circumference cut-offs for metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in women and men of African ancestry with HIV, Dr Laura Ribeiro Cechin, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
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.
The 2021 Don Jeffries Research Award was presented to Dr Claire Norcross for submitting the highest scoring application in the BHIVA Research Awards 2021.
The BHIVA Research Awards 2021 were part-funded by Gilead Sciences. BHIVA is also grateful for donations from BHIVA members.
In 2020, the BHIVA Research Awards received 14 high quality applications from both large and small centres, requesting a total of £201,557.58. The BHIVA Research Awards Judging Panel is proud to announce the following five successful applicants being awarded a total of £68,325.32:
'Discontinuation of tenofovir in HIV-1/HBV coinfected patients: a feasibility study', Dr Kosh Agarwal, King’s College Hospital, London and Dr Daniel Bradshaw, UK Health Security Agency
'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
The 2020 Don Jeffries Research Award was presented to Dr John Thornhill at the BHIVA Autumn Virtual Conference 2020 on Tuesday 24 November 2020, for submitting the highest scoring application in the BHIVA Research Awards 2020.
The BHIVA Research Awards 2020 were part-funded by Gilead Sciences. BHIVA is also grateful for donations from BHIVA members.
In 2019, the BHIVA Research Awards received eleven high quality applications from both large and small centres, requesting a total of £138,569.02. The BHIVA Research Awards Judging Panel is proud to announce the following four successful applicants being awarded a total of £40,492.
'The acceptability of offering rapid antiretroviral therapy to people living with HIV in East London: A qualitative study', Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
'Enhanced cervical screening and Human Papilloma Virus testing in young women with perinatally acquired HIV (HiPPY Study)', Dr Tamara Elliott, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
'Examining how HIV-specialists contribute to the promotion of physical activity in people living with HIV', Dr Martin Lamb, Sheffield Hallam University
'Evolution of Natural Killer (NK) cell responses during acute HIV-1 infection with distinct viral subtypes', Dr Dimitra Peppa, University of Oxford
The 2019 Don Jeffries Research Award was presented to Dr Dimitra Peppa at the BHIVA Autumn Conference on Friday 4 October 2019, for submitting the highest scoring application in the BHIVA Research Awards 2019.
The BHIVA Research Awards 2019 were part-funded by Gilead Sciences. BHIVA is also grateful for donations from BHIVA members.
Earlier winners of the BHIVA Research Awards can be found in the website archive (BHIVA Members Only)