Professor Helen Rees is one of South Africa's best respected clinician scientists and is internationally renowned for her research and policy work in HIV, vaccines, reproductive health and drug regulation. She is founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) which is the University of Witwatersrand's largest research institution. She is also Personal Professor in the Wits Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department and Co-Director of the Wits African Leadership In Vaccinology Excellence (ALIVE). Helen is an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, an Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University (UK) and an alumnus of Harvard Business School (USA). Helen is Board Chair of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), co-chair of the SA Health Data Advisory and Coordination Committee, member of SA's National Advisory