Laura Waters is a genitourinary and HIV consultant and HIV lead at The Mortimer Market Centre, London. She is Chair of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), chairs the BHIVA treatment guidelines and serves on the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Board. Previously, Laura was the Secretary of BHIVA and Chair of its conferences sub-committee, Chair of the BASHH HIV Special Interest Group, and co-author of several national guidelines. Laura represents BHIVA on the HIV Clinical Reference Group, advising National Health Service England on HIV treatment and care. She has published widely, writes a regular column for Boyz magazine, and is a Terrence Higgins Trust trustee. She teaches regularly at local, regional and national levels, including on HIV and sexual health to medical students, and in HIV courses at University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.