Dr Laura Waters
Laura Waters is a HIV & Sexual Health consultant and HIV lead at The Mortimer Market
Centre, 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, the immediate past chair of the British HIV
Association (BHIVA) & chair of the British Association of Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) Patient
& Public Voice panel.
Laura has led or co-authored several national guidelines. She has published & presented widely, 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. Laura founded The People First Charter in July 2021.