Senior staff of the Unit contribute their professional expertise to national and international institutions, in order to facilitate the formulation of health policy, to promote HIV care and prevention, to help in the organisation of conferences, to assist in the conduct of international trials or in other form of public engagement. Selected examples include:
Professor Pontiano Kaleebu:
Chairperson, African AIDS Vaccine Programme
Member, WHO/UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Advisory Committee up to 2009,
Board Member, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), New York,
Board Member, South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) up to 2006,
Member, Scientific Committee, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
Member AAVP/Collaborating Centre for Biomedical Research.
Chair, National HIV Drug Resistance Working Group;
Member of the National ART committee;
Member of National HIV vaccine Advisory committee
Principal Investigator UVRI/IAVI HIV Vaccine Program
Acting Director UVRI March 2009 – June2010
Dr Paula Munderi:
HIV Clinical Care Sub-Committee – Uganda Ministry of Health
National Working Group on HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance – Uganda Ministry of Health
WHO Guidelines Development Technical Working Group on ART
DSMC Member – NIH / DAIDS African Therapeutic Trials
DSMC Member – KESHO BORA Trial
Scientific Programme Commitee – XVIII International AIDS Conference 2010
Scientific advisory committee – European AIDS Treatment Network (NEAT)
Scientific Review Panel – The HIV Research Trust (UK)
Abstract review panel – IAS Conferences
Peer Reviewer for Journals (TMIH, J Int AIDS Soc, JIAPAC)
Professor Janet Seeley:
Conference organizer: Biodiversity and Livelihoods, India 2009
Conference organizer: Expanding anti-retroviral therapy (ART) provision in resource-limited settings: Social dynamics and policy challenges. Norwich, UK 2009
Chairperson of the University of East Anglia International Development Research EthicsCommittee.
Member of Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia Management Committee
Supervisor and Examiner for Masters and undergraduate dissertations for University of East Anglia
Supervisor for PhD students for University of East Anglia , LSHTM, University of Glasgow Post-doctoral mentor for British Academy Post-doctoral Research Fellowships 2006 – 2010
