The British HIV Association has made provision for a number of scholarship awards funded by MSD Ltd to assist healthcare professionals to attend the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Scholarship awards were capped at a maximum of £2,000 each and were considered a contribution towards an award winner’s registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses. The most recent winning scholars can be found below.

2019 CROI Conference winning scholars

• Dr Natasha Astill, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds

• Dr Lucy Garvey, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

• Dr Lakshmi Jain, Mortimer Market Centre, London

• Dr Amelia Oliveira, Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London

• Dr Sarah Parry, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London

• Dr Amanda Samarawickrama, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

• Dr John Shaw, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Left to right: Professor Chloe Orkin (BHIVA Chair), Dr Lakshmi Jain, Dr Amanda Samarawickrama, Dr Lucy Garvey, Mr Bill Gardner (MSD), Dr Laura Waters (BHIVA Conferences Subcommittee Chair)

2018 CROI Conference winning scholars

• Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, Barts Health NHS Trust, London

• Dr Owen Seddon, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

• Dr Matthew Page, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham

• Dr Virginia Rasi, University College London

• Dr Charlotte-Eve Short, Imperial College London

• Dr Sophie Flavell, Mortimer Market Centre, London

• Dr Jane Nicholls, North Bristol NHS Trust

• Dr Bridie Howe, City Hospitals Sunderland

• Dr Erasmus Smit, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham (Bursary carried over from 2017)

Left to right: Professor Chloe Orkin (BHIVA Chair), Dr Virginia Rasi, Dr Matthew Page, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, Dr John Forni (MSD representative)