Liz is a clinical epidemiologist with LSHTM who has lived in Africa with research funding since 1996. She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and has held advisory roles with WHO since 2001, including past membership of Strategic & Technical Advisory Group (STAG-TB). She leads Research Groups in Malawi, with ongoing randomized trials evaluating survival and other benefits from TB screening/new diagnostics, and HIV self-testing. She has international recognition for my work on TB epidemiology and control strategies in the context of high HIV prevalence, and for design and evaluation of innovative diagnostic interventions.