Our people

President


  • John Bowis is the President of HIV Outcomes and served as former UK Minister for Health (1992-1996) and Transport (1996-1997) as well as member of the British Parliament (1987-1997). He then became a member of the European Parliament (1999-2009), where he worked on files such as Cross Border Health, Neglected Diseases and Mental Health. An Oxford University graduate, Mr. Bowis has advised institutions such as the World Health Organisation and is board member of GAMIAN Europe, the European Institute of Health, and Maastricht University European Health Faculty, among others.

“We advocate to secure the health future of people living with HIV. It can and must rise on the policymakers’s agenda across Europe.”
— John Bowis

MEP Champions


  • Tomislav Sokol became a HIV Outcomes MEP Champion in 2024. He is a health law expert, lecturer and former Deputy Minister of Science and Education in Croatia, where he also served as a Member of Parliament. In 2019, Mr Sokol was elected to the European Parliament, where he became a leading voice for cross-border European healthcare policies and led negotiations on the European Health Data Space.


  • Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis is HIV Outcomes’ MEP Champion and the WHO Special Envoy for the European Region, having also served as HIV Outcomes Ambassador. He practiced as cardiac surgeon for 20 years and was a member (and Deputy Speaker) of the Lithuanian Parliament for six terms. He is the co-author of the Independence Act of Lithuania and of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Vytenis Andriukaitis was Minister for Health in Lithuania for two years and then became European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety in 2014 until 2019.

Co-Chairs


  • Mario Cascio has been living with HIV for over 40 years. He is a founding and current board member of NPS Italia APS, the first Italian network of people with HIV, and chairs the Quality of Life Programme at the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG). Mario is also a founding member of iCOPe HIV, the International Coalition of Older People living with HIV, advocating for the unique needs of ageing and older individuals with HIV.


  • Caroline Sabin is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at University College London (UCL).  She has been closely affiliated with some of the largest cohorts and cohort collaborations in the HIV field such as the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort Study, the D:A:D Study and the Pharmacokinetic Observations in PeoPle over fiftY (POPPY) study in England and Ireland. Beyond her professorship, Caroline directs the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Blood-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at UCL and is a Trustee of the British HIV Association. Caroline Sabin has an extensive publication history and serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of HIV Medicine.

Members

    • Prof. Caroline Sabin, University College London (Co-Chair)

    • Mario Cascio, NPS Italia APS (Italian network of people living with HIV) (Co-Chair)

    • Prof. Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, University of Milan

    • Chiva, represented by Amanda Ely

    • European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG), represented by Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak 

    • National AIDS Trust (NAT), represented by Dr Jacqui Stevenson

    • Dr Nicoletta Policek, UK Community Advisory Board and HIV Outcomes UK Co-Chair

    • Dr. Mariana Mărdărescu, National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balş” and HIV Outcomes Romania Co-Chair

    • Nikos Dedes, Positive Voice (Greek association for people living with HIV)

    • ŠKUC-Magnus, represented by Miran Solinc

    • Industry, represented by Andrea Zanaglio (Gilead Sciences), Silas Holland (Merck Sharp & Dohme) and Rhon Reynolds (ViiV Healthcare)

    • Adhara Asociación VIH/SIDA (ADHARA), represented by Diego García and Alejandro Bertó Morán

    • AFEW International, represented by  Yuliya van Polanen

    • AIDS Action Europe, represented by Ferenc Bagyinszky

    • Prof. Alan Winston–Okeefe, Imperial College London

    • Prof. Anna Mia Ekström, Karolinska Instituet

    • Prof. Aoife Cotte, University College Dublin

    • Dr. Carmina Rodriguez Fumaz, Hospital Universitari German Trias i Pujol

    • Dr Carol Emerson, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    • Dr. Casper Rokx, Erasmus MC

    • Dr. Christoph Spinner, Technical University Munich

    • Dr. Constantinos Protopapas, Attikon University Hospital

    • Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN), represented by Roberto Pérez-Gayo

    • Dr. Diana Barger, Université de Clermont-Auvergn

    • DIA+LOGS, represented by Agita Sēja

    • East Europe & Central Asia Union of People Living With HIV (ECUO), represented by Vladimir Zhovtyak

    • Dr. Ellen Moseholm, University of Copenhagen

    • Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, represented by Igor Gordon

    • European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA), represented by represented by Sabrina Sanchez

    • Dr. Fabienne Marcellin, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)

    • GAMIAN-Europe, represented by Nigel Olisa

    • Georg Behrens, Hannover Medical School

    • Prof. Giovanni Guaraldi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE)

    • Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos (GAT Portugal), represented by Luis Mendão

    • Ian Jackson, NHS England

    • Dr Jade Ghosn, Hôpital Bichat Claude-Bernard, Paris

    • Prof. Jeffrey Lazarus, ISGlobal

    • Dr Katharina Grassmeier-Pfistershammer, Medical University of Vienna

    • Kevin Moody, Amsterdam University Medical Center

    • Prof. Kyriakos Souliotis, University of Peloponnese & Health Policy Institute

    • Prof. Lars E Eriksson, Karolinska Instituet

    • Dr. Lorraine Sherr, University College London

    • Prof. Dr. Marc van der Valk, HIV Monitoring Foundation and Amsterdam University Medical Center

    • Maryan Said, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and EATG member

    • Dr. Mojgan Hessamfar, Université de Bordeaux

    • National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA), represented by John McLuskey

    • National Union of Organizations of People Affected by HIV/AIDS (UNOPA), represented by Iulian Petre

    • Dr. Nina Ferencic, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

    • One Voice Network, represented by Denis Onyango

    • PLWHA Albanian Association, represented by Olimbi Hoxhaj

    • Positiiviset Finland, represented by Sini Pasanen

    • Positively UK, represented by Silvia Petretti

    • Prof. Richard Harding, King’s College London

    • Prof. Raimonda Matulionytė, Vilnius University

    • Dr Robbie Lawlor, Dublin City University

    • Stéphan Vernhes, AIDES & Coalition PLUS

    • Supporting Women with HIV Information Network (SWIFT Network), represented by Yvonne Gilleece

    • Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), represented by Richard Angell

    • Trans United Europe, represented by Dinah de Riquet-Bons

    • European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)

    • UNITE Global Parliamentarians Network(UNITE)

    • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

    • Fast Track Cities Europe

    • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Past Leaders

  • Prof. Jeffrey V. Lazarus (PhD, MIH, MA) is a distinguished researcher and advocate in liver health with multiple international academic appointments. He is a professor of global health at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York City, and research professor and head of the Public Health Liver Group at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Additionally, he is an affiliated professor at the University of Copenhagen’s WHO Collaborating Centre for research and training in the patient perspective on medicines use and an adjunct professor in the Liver Unit at Mt. Sinai, New York. Prof. Lazarus serves on the steering committee of the Global NASH Council and is a member of the EASL Public Health and Policy Committee, where he leads the Healthy Livers, Healthy Lives coalition. He is also the program director for the annual Global Think-Tank on Steatotic Liver Disease and sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Hepatology and Liver International. In 2023, he received the American Liver Foundation Distinguished Scientific Achievement award.

  • Prof. Jane Anderson is a clinical researcher in HIV Medicine at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, with a focus on the needs of minoritised and migrant populations. Jane is an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Population Health at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Deputy Director of the SHARE Research Collaborative Chair of the National AIDS Trust and a past Chair of the British HIV Association.

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