Dr Laura Waters

Patient/Public Group Chair

Laura Waters is a HIV & Sexual Health consultant and HIV lead at The Mortimer Market Centre, CNWL, London and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Global Health, University College London. She is the National Specialty Advisor for HIV, chairing the group that advises NHS England on HIV treatment and the immediate past chair of the British HIV Association (BHIVA). Laura is a previous BASHH Board member and was appointed chair of the BASHH Patient & Public Voice Panel on May 2023.

Laura has published & presented widely, led or co-authored several national guidelines and founded the People First Charter. She is a trustee for The Food Chain and previously for the Terrence Higgins Trust. She teaches regularly at local, regional and national level, including on HIV courses for University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.