Person-Centred Care Advisory Committee

Brent Clifton

Brent Clifton serves as the Deputy Director at the National Association of People Living with HIV Australia (NAPWHA), where he is responsible for supervising activities, shaping policies and managing programmes related to HIV treatment, health and overall quality of life. Brent has taken on various roles in peer support and management within the Australian HIV sector. He has contributed significantly to diverse programmes, initiatives and research partnerships, with a primary focus on enhancing the health and well-being of people with HIV.

Gastón Devisich

Gastón Devisich is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Fundación Huésped, which is a member of Coalition Plus. Gastón serves as the liaison person between gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and the projects implemented by the organization, especially regarding scientific research. He is in charge of catalysing emerging demands from the community that could lead to the design of new interventions, reporting back to the community with scientific updates and promoting meaningful participation of the communities in HIV research and development.

Gastón began his service to the community as a peer-support group facilitator and peer educator for the Argentinean Network of Young People and Adolescents Living with HIV (RAJAP). He served as a long-time member of RAJAP’s committee after being elected as Coordinator of the ART Adherence Area and Institutional Development Area, which he also co-created.

Keren Dunaway

Keren Dunaway is a passionate advocate for gender equality and human rights. At Llanto, Valory Esfuerzo (LLAVES), she works to elevate the rights of women living with HIV within Latin American political agendas, spearheading initiatives focused on youth empowerment and women’s rights. Keren also supports the youth volunteer network in Honduras, where she fosters collaborations with feminist organizations and sexual and reproductive health and rights groups across the region. As a dedicated community researcher, her influential work on gender equity has significantly shaped policy dialogue and advocacy efforts.

In addition to her role at LLAVES, Keren serves as Global Program Officer at ICW Global, where she leads the PLHIV Stigma Index Technical Assistance program. Through this initiative, she empowers networks of people living with HIV to conduct community-driven research, producing evidence-based advocacy to address stigma and advance the rights and dignity of people living with HIV worldwide.

Kimberly Green

Kimberly Green is PATH’s Global Director for Primary Health Care, overseeing integrative, people-centred systems and service delivery across the life course in 34 countries. She has 30 years’ experience focused on health service delivery integration and innovations and is passionate about advancing health care for all through community leadership and task shifting, telemedicine and other digital tools, self-care approaches such as self-testing, and innovative health financing. Throughout her career, she has partnered with governments, communities and the private sector in Africa, Asia, eastern Europe and Latin America to advance PHC innovations and reforms.

She holds a Master’s degree in international health and development from The George Washington and a PhD from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington Department for Global Health, Advisor to the International PHC Institute in Ethiopia, and a Deputy Editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Kimberley was recently confirmed as a member of the President Mahidol Award Conference Organizing Committee. She has extensively published in peer-reviewed journals, has presented as part of abstract-driven conferences and is frequently engaged by WHO as a member of guideline development groups or expert commissions.

Andrew Grulich

Andrew Grulich is a medical epidemiologist and specialist public health physician with 30 years of experience in conducting HIV research and working for implementation of the results of that research. He is Theme Director, Populations and Prevention, and Head of the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He leads research on the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.  

Andrew was the principal investigator of the Opposites Attract study, one of the cornerstones of the Undetectable=Untransmissible campaign, and he led the EPIC-NSW study of population-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) roll out, which demonstrated dramatic reductions in HIV incidence. His other major research theme is on the link between infection, immune function and cancer, with a recent focus mostly on the prevention of human papillomavirus-associated anal cancer. He has contributed to more than 430 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited more than 20,000 times.   

Andrew’s work is collaborative with clinicians, government and community-based organizations working in the response to HIV. He has held senior leadership roles in Australian and international health organizations and has been an active member of local community-based HIV organizations since the mid-1990s. He was Vice-President of Australia’s largest HIV community-based organization, ACON, in 2000-2002. He was President of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine in 2001-2003 and sat on the Australian Health Minister’s advisory committee on HIV between 2000 and 2014. Andrew was Chair of the Australian committee responsible for writing national PrEP guidelines in 2014.  

Since 2019, he has been a technical advisor on the UNAIDS/WHO Asia-Pacific Advisory Group for PrEP. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Andrew has extensive experience with the IAS, serving as a member of the IAS Governing Council in 2012-16, including as Asia-Pacific representative on the Executive Committee in 2014-16. He was Prevention Co-Chair at AIDS 2014 in Melbourne and AIDS 2020: Virtual.

Daisy Kwala

Daisy Kwala is a Care Manager and health rights activist with the Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme (BHESP), Kenya, and deeply committed to promoting the health and rights of key populations, particularly sex workers, vulnerable women, and those living with HIV. Her role involves supporting recruitment and retention in care and engaging stakeholders through Community Advisory Group meetings, peer consultations and HIV Technical Working Group sessions. She leads efforts to provide research updates, solicit feedback, and disseminate findings on HIV management to inform and strengthen programmes.

As a healthcare provider, Daisy advocates for stigma-free, person-centred care and differentiated service delivery models tailored to the unique needs of sex workers, including Muslim sex workers and vulnerable women in arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties, such as Marsabit, Isiolo and Wajir. Her work addresses intersecting challenges, such as cultural sensitivity, stigma, discrimination and systemic barriers to care. Since BHESP's expansion into ASAL regions in 2021, she engaged stakeholders, including religious leaders and the Ministry of Health, to foster inclusive, culturally sensitive programming.

After attending the Person-Centred Care (PCC) Advocacy Academy in Zambia, Daisy is actively engaging stakeholders to integrate PCC into healthcare policies and practices. She champions approaches that empower sex workers and women living with HIV to take ownership of their health while advocating for equitable access to care. This includes innovative initiatives, like taking healthcare services to insecure locations and offering peer-led, hotspot-based services, ensuring underserved populations have access to essential services.

She has been recognized by the IAS through the Me and My Healthcare Provider campaign for delivering quality, stigma-free care. She attended AIDS 2022 and AIDS 2024, where she showcased BHESP's PCC work and gained insights into global best practices for improving health outcomes.

Marie-Claude Lavoie

Marie-Claude Lavoie is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMB). She is also the Director of Strategic Information and Evaluation at Ciheb, UMB, where she oversees the monitoring and evaluation strategy and activities for large-scale HIV programmes in central, eastern, southern and western Africa. Her research includes HIV prevention and treatment, substance use, evidence synthesis and implementation science in the US and globally. Before joining UMB, Marie-Claude worked as a regional technical advisor for the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization for the Latin American and Caribbean region. 

Greg Millett

Gregorio (Greg) Millett is a Vice President at the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and the Director of amfAR’s Public Policy Office in Washington, DC. Greg is a former senior scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as a former Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Domestic Policy Council where he helped author and implement President Barack Obama’s original National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

Greg is a leader in health inequities research. He has published in top medical, public health and policy journals, including JAMA, The Lancet, BMJ, Health Affairs and AJPH. He has presented as a plenary speaker at both IAS conferences and CROI. In early 2020, Greg and his team provided the first national overview of COVID-19’s impact on Black and Latinx communities in the United States. These research findings were widely reported across print and televised media and were utilized in Congressional hearings that aimed to address COVID-19 health inequities.

Njekwa Mukamba

Njekwa Mukamba is a researcher who works in the Implementation Science Unit and Research Department at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) in Lusaka.

His main interest is in utilizing interdisciplinary implementation science research for HIV care in resource-limited settings, and he has been involved in mixed-methods research. He coordinated the process evaluation component of Better Information for Health in Zambia (the BetterInfo Study), which led to the formulation of the BetterInfo toolkit.

He coordinated the qualitative and health economics components of the Person-Centred Care study, which sought to improve the experience of recipients of care in HIV care in 24 public health facilities in the Chongwe and Lusaka districts of Zambia. He has applied human-centred design methods in co-creating strategies for the integration of person-centred care in the Zambian health system. He is a member of the Social Science Research Group at CIDRZ and a member of the IAS.

Lillian Mworeko

Lillian Mworeko is the Executive Director at the International Community of Women Living with HIV. Previously, she worked at The National Forum of People living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda, the Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organizations and the Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organizations.

Rodenie Arnaiz Olete

Rodenie Arnaiz Olete, MSc, RN, is committed to advancing person-centred approaches in HIV care through research, programme development and community engagement. As a member of the IAS Advisory Committee on Person-Centred Care, Rod is eager to advocate for practical strategies to address the psychosocial and socioeconomic challenges and other non-biomedical needs faced by people living with HIV.

Rodenie has been actively involved in such initiatives as the Open Doors Home programme, which provided temporary shelter and integrated psychosocial and socioeconomic support for Filipino people living with HIV experiencing unemployment and homelessness. Another key project, PsySE-SDN, focused on building capacity and service delivery networks to improve access to person-centred care. Rodenie also spearheaded the enhancement of the #telePrEPph initiative, which aimed to expand PrEP access nationwide for LGBTQ+ communities using telehealth services.

Rodenie’s research includes studies addressing critical topics, such as the mental well-being and economic empowerment of people living with HIV, the impact of chemsex on HIV adherence among men who have sex with men, and disparities in HIV outcomes among migrants. These findings have informed community-based interventions and national strategies.

Currently pursuing a PhD in public health at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, Rodenie is exploring behavioural and implementation science frameworks to support inclusive HIV care. His work reflects a commitment to developing collaborative, evidence-informed solutions that prioritize the unique needs of individuals and communities affected by HIV.

Reena Rajasuriar

Reena Rajasuriar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, a principal investigator at the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, and an Honorary Fellow at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Melbourne University, Australia. With a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) and Master’s in clinical pharmacy from the University Science Malaysia, she was awarded her PhD in immunology by Monash University Australia. Reena coordinates the translational research programme in HIV immunology and ageing at CERiA and heads the Immunotherapeutics Laboratory at University of Malaya. Her research focuses on the immunopathogenesis of ageing in people living with HIV and its interaction with functional ageing outcomes. 

Her research programme on HIV and ageing (AgeVantage+) at CERiA has been instrumental in providing early insights into the multidimensional profiles of ageing experienced by people living with HIV in resource-limited settings and the critical role that both HIV and non-HIV related factors contribute to the trajectory of ageing. Now, her team is focused on understanding how integrated HIV care can best be implemented in resource-limited settings to promote healthy ageing.

Tokunbo Soyemi

Tokunbo Soyemi is Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs HIV, at Gilead Sciences. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and a Master of Science in clinical pharmacy, international practice and policy from the School of Pharmacy, University of London. Tokunbo has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 16 years across viral hepatitis and HIV, following a clinical career at the NHS. Tokunbo’s work focuses on person-centred care, addressing gaps in the HIV care continuum, advancing health equity creatively to improve outcomes for underserved populations impacted by HIV, and forging cross-sector partnerships in the mission to end the HIV epidemic for everyone everywhere.

Tokunbo is passionate about the prevention of infectious diseases, health equity, public health policy, global health advocacy, and adolescent girls and women’s health. In her private time, she enjoys spending time in nature, journalling, cooking and travelling with her family.

Bruno Spire

Bruno Spire is a researcher living with HIV and a senior scientist at the French National Institute for Medical Research (INSERM). Since 1988, he has been a member of AIDES, the main non-governmental HIV organization in France, serving as President from 2007 to 2015 and being elected Honorary President in 2016. AIDES has 450 staff members, 800 volunteers and a budget of EUR 40 million. Bruno is also the Treasurer of COALITION PLUS, a community-based organization (CBO) that draws together 15 large CBOs from across the world. He trained as a medical doctor in Paris, obtaining his MD in 1985.  

Bruno graduated with a PhD in virology in 1990, working in the Françoise Barré-Sinoussi team involved in the discovery of HIV. He participated in the characterization of HIV reverse transcriptase, described the first methods of inactivation of HIV and focused his research on molecular virology by studying the HIV Vif protein. In 1998, he turned his interest in research into public health issues associated with HIV and AIDS in order to reconcile the objectives of scientists and activists. Since 1988, he has been involved in numerous multidisciplinary studies (principally ANRS cohort studies) on adherence, quality of life, treatment preferences and behaviours that increase vulnerability of people living with HIV and key populations.  

Currently, Bruno leads a research team at INSERM that focuses on HIV community-based research. The philosophy of this approach is to do research with people and not only for people. He has been a principal investigator or co-investigator in several community-based research projects on key populations investigating HIV lay testing, safer injection education by peers and PrEP-associated behaviours and perceptions. His research is mainly based on multidisciplinary projects that strengthen ties between academic science and activism. His research projects are based in France and also in West Africa and Cambodia, where he serves as the North Trial Coordinator of the French ANRS Cambodian research site.

Darrell Tan

Darrell HS Tan is an infectious diseases physician and clinician-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, where he leads the Options Collaboratory in HIV/STI Treatment and Prevention Science (www.optionslab.ca).  He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, with a cross-appointment in the Institute of Medical Science. His research focuses on clinical trials and implementation science in the areas of HIV prevention, HIV treatment and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Darrell holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biomedical HIV/STI Prevention, is Co-Lead of the Prevention and Testing Think Tank of the CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research, and is a member of the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society.