Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan (Chair) is a Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University London and her research and advocacy focuses on reducing inequity in sexual health and HIV.
She led the first study exploring intimate partner violence experienced by women living with HIV in the UK. She is a trustee of SWIFT (the Supporting Women with HIV Information Network) and a co-founder of SAHAR (South Asian HIV Advisory Resource). She chairs the External Relations Subcommittee of the British HIV Association and is a medical adviser to NAZ, a charity aiming to improve the sexual health of ethnic minorities. She is also Education Lead of Race & Health, a collective aiming to reduce the adverse effects of racism, xenophobia and discrimination that lead to poor health.