Honorary professor in the Department of Medicine, Wilkinson (MA, PhD, DTM&H, FRCP) is director of the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Initiative (CIDRI) and a full member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM). He has established an enviable track record in the study of infectious diseases, particularly TB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) and HIV. He has shed considerable light in areas such as TB-HIV drug interaction and early detection of treatment response. He is a Wellcome senior fellow, professor in Infectious Diseases (Imperial College London) and group leader of the Francis Crick Institute Mill Hill Laboratory, London.