I am a consultant in paediatric infectious diseases at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College. I am interested in congenital infections and their prevention, particularly HIV and CMV. I run both HIV and other congenital infection clinics at St Mary’s Hospital in London, and I am ward-attending consultant for Paediatric Infectious Diseases 4 months per year. I am a member of PENTA-ID and participate in HIV treatment trials for children. In 2018, I joined the board of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). At the 2018 ESPID meeting, I received the “Bill Marshall” award, my chosen lecture topic was “Lessons from HIV- Can we eradicate congenital Cytomegalovirus infection?” I have been actively involved in development of international courses for education for Paediatric Infections for many years (hermione.lyall@nhs.net).