Prof Churchyard (MBBCh, MMED (Int Med), FCP (SA), FRCP (Edin), PhD) is a physician scientist who is the founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Aurum Institute, an independent, not for profit, proudly South African, public benefit organization that focuses on TB, HIV & COVID19 technical assistance, service delivery, and research. Prof Churchyard is an Honorary Professor at the University of Witwatersrand and adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University. Prof Churchyard is a Chair of the NIH/DAIDS Cross-Network TB vaccine Working Group. He has extensive clinical trials experience and has conducted numerous TB and HIV trials.