Chloe Meave Orkin is a British physician and Professor of HIV/AIDS medicine at Queen Mary University of London.

She is an internationally renowned expert in HIV therapeutics and led the first phase III clinical trial of injectable anti-retrovirals.

Towards the end of her specialist training, Orkin moved to Botswana together with nurse colleague and partner Flick Thorley to establish an HIV/AIDS treatment programme in Francistown as part of the government anti-retroviral roll-out.

The campaign was widely covered in the media[13] and supported by several high profile celebrities, including actor Richard Wilson and DJ Tim Westwood.

[16] Orkin has also served as Chair of the British HIV Association from 2017-2019[17] and is on the Governing Council for the International AIDS Society.

She has also led research into poor health outcomes in ethnically diverse people[20] and on gender disparities in women's academic careers.

HIV Anti-retroviral Therapy: COVID-19 Equality Research: Blood-borne Virus Testing in UK Emergency Department: Orkin is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).