Ms. Reddy is a Technical Head at Wits RHI in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has a Master’s degree in Medical Science and is currently pursuing her PhD degree. In her tenure as a research scientist (since 2005), her roles have included laboratory coordinator, regulatory compliance officer, study coordinator/project manager and programme manager which has allowed her broad exposure to all aspects of clinical trials. She has substantial experience in the conduct of HIV prevention and reproductive health research with adult women as well adolescent girls, young women and adult men (cisgender and transgender) having served as principal investigator (PI) Co-PI and sub-investigator on a number of qualitative studies, observational studies and clinical trials pertaining to the evaluation of promising novel biomedical agents for HIV prevention (gels, oral pills and vaginal rings), contraception, novel point of care diagnostic sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests and PrEP restart.
