Dr. Ava Avalos, a research associate with BHP, is an HIV/TB specialist physician who has been living and working in Botswana for the past 18 years. She has extensive clinical, research, policy, and programmatic experience, serving as a clinical advisor to the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness, since 2006. Her area of clinical research and technical expertise focus on ART treatment failure, HIV drug resistance, programmatic implementation and health economics. She is a member of the HIV & TB Clinical Care Guidelines Committee, the University of Botswana IRB, and serves as vice-chair on the board of the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC).