Dr Mgodi is a clinical trials specialist with 15 years of experience conducting cutting-edge clinical trials of biomedical HIV prevention interventions. She has led safety and efficacy trials of intravaginal rings, topical and systemic pre-exposure prophylaxis, as well as active and passive vaccination among adolescents, women of reproductive age, heterosexual and men who have sex with men, and transgender people in Africa, Latin America, the US and Europe. She has experience leading interdisciplinary teams, and overseeing comprehensive protocol design and implementation. She is a scientific reviewer for the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Ethics Committee. She chairs several Trial Steering Committees and Data and Safety Monitoring Boards.