Gavin Churchyard

MBBCh, FCP (SA), FRCP (Edin), MMed (Int Med), PhD

CEO, The Aurum Institute NPC

Prof Gavin Churchyard is physician scientist and founder and former CEO of The Aurum Institute NPC, a not for profit, proudly South African, Global Health Impact Organization. He is now President Emeritus and an Honorary Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, School of Public Health, and an adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. He is the co-Chair of the National Institutes of Health Cross-Network TB vaccine Working Group and co-Chair of the ACTG TB vaccine Working Group.  He is the principal investigator on numerous large TB vaccine and preventive treatment trials.  Prof Churchyard is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on TB vaccines. He has contributed to international guidelines for TB and HIV and has published widely in the areas of TB and HIV treatment and prevention.