She is Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator of several grants awarded to the HIV AIDS Vaccines Ethics Group (HAVEG) at the College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Pietermaritzburg). (www.saavi.org.za.haveg/htm). HAVEG is funded by CHVI CIHR to explore and strengthen consent processes in HIV vaccine trials. It is also funded by USAID to explore how to facilitate ‘stakeholder engagement’ through the ethics review process. Previously HAVEG was funded by the NIH to research ethical-legal complexities in adolescent HIV prevention trials, and by the Wellcome Trust to explore ancillary care and ‘standard of prevention’ in HIV vaccine trials. Since 2000, HAVEG has worked with various stakeholders to strengthen such trials, including clinical trialists, Research Ethics Committees, and representatives of participating communities.