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Inaugural Lecture of Professor Chloe Orkin

When: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: Perrin LT, Blizard Building, Whitechapel

Speaker: Professor Chloe Orkin

Join us for the next FMD Inaugural Lecture to celebrate the work of Professor Chloe Orkin

Please note this is a blended event with attendees able to join in person or online.

‘Infections and inequities’

My interests as a medical student - learning about microbes and student anti-apartheid activism - shaped my career. I will share my long and scenic journey from an NHS clinician with no formal academic training to a Professor of Infection and Inequities. The journey spans three countries, five viruses and the leadership of three medical organisations.

The importance of providing access to clinical trials was evident when novel HIV therapies were lifesaving. As my career progressed, my research focused on understanding barriers to inclusion in research for under-represented groups. The SHARE Research collaborative for health equity was founded to increase the diversity of both researchers and participants. These principles were applied to establish the international SHARE-net collaborative during the mpox (monkeypox) pandemic.

I will also discuss how speaking up as an EDI lead has helped me to understand how my own intersectional identities have shaped my journey. 

Speaker bio

Professor Chloe Orkin is a Professor of Infection and Inequities at the Queen Mary University of London and a Consultant Physician at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Her specialist area is viral therapeutics, and her clinical trials unit has contributed to licensing more than 20 therapies for viruses such as HIV, viral hepatitis, and SARS-CoV-2. She is the global lead author for the first-ever long-acting injectable HIV therapy.

She is the Academic Lead for Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the Faculty of Medicine at Queen Mary and Director of the SHARE research collaborative for health equity.

Chloe is an expert advisor to WHO Europe on monkeypox (mpox) and COVID-19. During the multi-country mpox outbreaks, she established and led an international collaborative clinical network (SHARE-net), resulting in three global case series that have changed guidelines.

Chloe was the 80th Medical Women's Federation President and past Chair of the British HIV Association. She is on the governing council for the International AIDS Society, co-chairs the HIV Glasgow International Conference and is a scientific advisor to the Medicines Patent Pool

Please note this is a blended event with attendees able to join in person or online.

5.30pm - Event starts, Introduction of Professor Chloe Orkin

5.35pm - ‘Infections and inequities’ - Inaugural lecture by Professor Chloe Orkin

6.25pm - Reception 

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