Professor Yvonne Gilleece studied Medicine at University College Dublin, graduating with Honours in 1993. She continued her training as a junior doctor in Dublin and London where she developed an interest in HIV Medicine. She completed her Specialist Registrar training in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She was appointed Consultant in HIV Medicine in Brighton in 2005 where she continues to work as Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV Medicine & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. She served as Honorary Secretary of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) from 2018-2022 and was elected as Chair of BHIVA in 2023, the first non-London Chair. She is a national and international leader on HIV, publishes regularly in peer reviewed journals. She specialises in HIV in Women and is immediate past Chair of the BHIVA Pregnancy Guidelines, immediate past Chair of WAVE, a subcommittee of the European AIDS Clinical Society, and Chair of SWIFT, promoting research in women living with HIV. She also specialises in HIV and Bone and HIV and Hepatitis Coinfection & Liver Dysfunction.
