Agenda

Dr Howell Jones is a North London based HIV Geriatrician. Since 2019 he has helped to deliver the Sage Clinic at the Ian Charleson Day Centre at the Royal Free a specialist clinic aiming to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV as they age. From 2024 he has also provided care for housebound and care home residents living with HIV He has contributed to national and international work on long-term condition management in people living and is passionate about reducing HIV stigma in both health and social care settings.

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Dr Howell Jones is a North London based HIV Geriatrician. Since 2019 he has helped to deliver the Sage Clinic at the Ian Charleson Day Centre at the Royal Free a specialist clinic aiming to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV as they age. From 2024 he has also provided care for housebound and care home residents living with HIV He has contributed to national and international work on long-term condition management in people living and is passionate about reducing HIV stigma in both health and social care settings.

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Dr Daniella Chilton has been a HIV consultant at Guys and St Thomas’ since 2010.  Initially focusing on young adults, she has now developed the ‘living well’ service aiming at supporting people living with HIV to manage and curtail co-morbidities, with the support of the MDT.  As the cohort becomes older, she and colleagues have created the ‘Ageing well’ service, screening for frailty and taking a MDT approach to supporting people living with HIV as they become older.  She also enjoys inpatient HIV.  Daniella is a deputy clinical director at GSTT, within the specialist ambulatory directorate, and the clinical lead for patient initiated follow up within the trust.  She is passionate about empowering patients to live well and self-care, and about transformation and modernisation of NHS services. 

Dr Nicoletta Policek has a remarkable 40-year career blending HIV activism with academia. She is the Executive Director of the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) and serves as the Chairperson for UK-CAB, a network that provides peer-led training to HIV treatment advocates throughout the UK. Her commitment extends to several national and European initiatives. She is the co-Chair of both HIV Outcomes UK and the new HIV Prevention Alliance Europe. Additionally, she is a member of the Steering Groups for HIV Outcomes Italy and HIV Outcomes Europe, solidifying her role in shaping HIV treatment and prevention strategies on a wide scale.

John Jaquiss is an HIV activist and community advocate with a passion for supporting mental and physical wellbeing and empowering self-management of health conditions. Living with HIV, John has embraced his own health journey, working closely with healthcare specialists to stay well. He serves as a BHIVA Community Trustee, a member of the UK-CAB steering group, and a Positive Voices speaker with Terrence Higgins Trust, sharing experiences across schools, universities, corporates, and healthcare. John contributes to initiatives including Changing Perceptions, London Fast Track Cities, and the Sussex HIV Network. John is also an experienced consultant, coach, and former managing director.

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Prof. Jaime Vera is a Professor in HIV Medicine at the Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Jaime is also the clinical lead physician for the combined HIV and memory clinic in Brighton. Jaime’s research focusses on the study of comorbidities affecting people with HIV such as cognitive impairment and frailty including the development of innovative models of care aimed at improving quality of life, and mental well-being of older people with HIV in both low and high-income settings.

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Prof Alan Winston is a Professor of HIV and Genitourinary Medicine at Imperial College and Consultant Physician at St. Mary’s Hospital, London. He has an MD in antiretroviral clinical pharmacology and his research focuses on non-infectious co-morbidities associated with HIV-disease in the modern antiretroviral era, with a strong focus on central nervous system complications. He qualified from Glasgow University and undertook training in general medicine and HIV medicine in the UK and Australia. He leads the HIV and GU clinical trials unit at St. Mary’s hospital which runs over 20 studies at one time. He is the principal clinical investigator on the POPPY study, a cohort study describing the incidence and nature of co-morbidities in HIV.

Memory Sachikonye has been living with HIV since 2002. She coordinates the UK Community Advisory Board (UK-CAB); a network of HIV treatment advocates from across the UK with over 700 members and 120 organisations. In this role, she supported the setting up of the African Community Advisory Board (AfroCAB).

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Dr Borja Mora-Peris has been a Consultant in HIV & Sexual Health since 2020 after completing his training at the Jefferiss Wing. He finished his internal medicine training in 2010 at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona. Following this, he completed a Masters in Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD exploring antiretroviral activity within the CNS. He continues involvement in research studies regarding treatment of gonorrhoea, antiretroviral therapy and HIV cure. He has a specialist interest in HIV/TB coinfection and Healthy Ageing in people with HIV. He also runs the undergraduate placement in HIV medicine and sexual health in their department. He is also a member of the HIV inpatient team (based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital) and in-reach inpatient lead at the trust. He is passionate about person-centred care and integration of services.

Memory Sachikonye has been living with HIV since 2002. She coordinates the UK Community Advisory Board (UK-CAB); a network of HIV treatment advocates from across the UK with over 700 members and 120 organisations. In this role, she supported the setting up of the African Community Advisory Board (AfroCAB).

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Dr Tom Levett is Associate Professor in Medicine and Frailty at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and an honorary consultant Geriatrician at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, He has a research interest in HIV and ageing completing his PhD on frailty in older adults living with HIV. He is co-lead of Brighton’s joint HIV-ageing service – the Silver Clinic. 

Ali Grant is a consultant pharmacist in HIV medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London. She holds several national committee positions, including seats on the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Guidelines Committee and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Clinical Effectiveness Group, where she contributes to the development and review of national treatment guidelines. Ali is passionate about patient-centred care and advocates strongly for involving individuals in decisions about their health. Her key area of interest is medicines optimisation—ensuring patients derive the greatest possible benefit from their treatments. Recognising the evolving needs of people living with HIV as they age, Ali has also established an ‘Ageing Well with HIV’ clinic as part of a multidisciplinary team, offering holistic support for ageing-related health concerns.

Maria Liu is a specialist HIV pharmacist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London, working across both inpatient and outpatient services. She has a strong interest in digital innovation, particularly in optimising electronic health records to improve clinical workflows, increase efficiency, and embed safety into routine practice. With patient experience at the centre, her recent projects have focused on optimising workflows, streamlining prescribing processes, and supporting new service development and redesign. Clinically, her interests include medicines optimisation, polypharmacy, and deprescribing, especially in the context of ageing and multimorbidity. She sees digital transformation as a key enabler in helping clinicians provide more proactive support for these populations. She’s passionate about delivering equitable care, and empowering people living with HIV to remain active partners in decisions about their treatment as they age.

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Laura Hilton qualified as a nurse in 1997 and has worked in areas including respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and oncology. She has a total of 27 years of HIV experience, firstly within an inpatient setting and for the past 23 years, as a clinical nurse specialist and then a nurse consultant. She has a degree and a postgraduate diploma in nursing. She is an independent nurse prescriber and has completed my consultation and assessment course. She has a particular interest in extended roles for nurses and new ways of working and was instrumental in setting up nurse-led clinics within her setting in 2005. She believes that specialist nurses are key to delivering high quality, patient centred care. For the past year, she has been part of the NHIVNA executive committee as a Trustee which has increased her awareness of issues affecting HIV nurses nationally. She also sits on national Frailty and migration working groups.

John Jaquiss is an HIV activist and community advocate with a passion for supporting mental and physical wellbeing and empowering self-management of health conditions. Living with HIV, John has embraced his own health journey, working closely with healthcare specialists to stay well. He serves as a BHIVA Community Trustee, a member of the UK-CAB steering group, and a Positive Voices speaker with Terrence Higgins Trust, sharing experiences across schools, universities, corporates, and healthcare. John contributes to initiatives including Changing Perceptions, London Fast Track Cities, and the Sussex HIV Network. John is also an experienced consultant, coach, and former managing director.

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Prof David Robinson – David Robinson is a Consultant Geriatrician at Saint James’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1996 at St James’s Hospital. He completed his basic and specialist training in Dublin and Queensland, Australia. He was awarded a Master’s in Health Care Ethics and Law from the RCSI in 2010. He achieved a Doctorate in Medicine from Trinity College, Dublin in 2011. In 2013 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. In 2022 he was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in Trinity College, Dublin. His subspecialty interests include: Acute Geriatric Medicine, Cognitive Disorders, and Healthcare Ethics and Law. He co-founded the Platinum Clinic at St James’s Hospital, for older people living with HIV. 

Natalie St Clair-Sullivan – Natalie St Clair-Sullivan is a Research Assistant at King’s College London and a physiotherapist with over ten years of clinical experience. Her research focusses on the experiences of ageing with HIV and frailty, frailty screening, the integration of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment into joint HIV–ageing clinics, and the influence of language on the perception and experience of frailty. She recently completed her PhD on HIV and frailty, drawing on her clinical background and academic research to develop evidence that informs both practice and policy, with the aim of improving mobility, independence, and quality of life for people ageing with HIV.

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Dr Ben Moshy is a junior Registrar in Internal Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital. He has had a long term interest in HIV and Infectious diseases, spending time working clinically in the Gambia as well as completing a DTM&H at Liverpool. Through his time at the Royal Free, he has developed a specific interest in the intersection of elderly care and HIV Medicine. He has taken part in research projects and worked within the specialist HIV & Ageing service offered at the Ian Charleson day centre. He is at the beginning of his training but aims to specialise in Geriatrics/Infectious diseases. Continual advocacy for this underrepresented cohort is something that he is passionate about and he is very proud to be assisting the CHAIN group.

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Prof Marta Boffito

Justine Mellor works as an advanced clinical practitioner at the Northern sexual health and HIV service in Manchester. She has worked at the Hathersage Centre with a cohort of over 2200 patients since 2013. During the last 4 years she has developed links with the Frailty team within the acute trust to develop pathways for older people living with HIV. She is the link co-ordinator for frailty within the HIV service taking a lead on frailty screening and comprehensive geriatric assessments. She is keen to develop the nursing role further in care delivery of the older person to ensure people receive an evidence based comprehensive assessment and care plan to support them to live well as they enter their older years.

Claire Peterson

Peter Richards

Dr Matt Spencer

Dr Maggie Symmonds