Warm congratulations to UCD School of Medicine alumna Professor Yvonne Gilleece who has been appointed New Chair Elect of the British HIV Association (BHIVA). Professor Gilleece is the first Irish person to hold this prestigious office.
BHIVA is the leading UK association representing professionals in HIV care. Since 1995, BHIVA has been 
committed to providing excellent care for people living with and affected by HIV. BHIVA is a national advisory body on all aspects of HIV care and provides a national platform for HIV care issues. BHIVA representatives contribute to international, national and local committees dealing with HIV care. In addition, BHIVA promotes undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education within HIV care.
Professor Yvonne Gilleece trained in UCD School of Medicine and London, and is Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV Medicine & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. She is a national and international leader on HIV and was elected Chair of BHIVA in 2022. She specialises in HIV in Women and is immediate past Chair of the BHIVA Pregnancy Guidelines, Chair of WAVE, a subcommittee of the European AIDS Clinical Society, Chair of SWIFT, promoting research in women living with HIV. She also specialises in HIV and Bone and HIV and Hepatitis Coinfection & Liver Dysfunction.
We wish Professor Gilleece well in her new role.