Zakir Gaffoor has over 15 years of experience in clinical trials research. Currently he is the Clinical Trials Coordinator (CTU) at HIDRU  and is the CRS leader for the Verulam CRS. He has worked with various local and international sponsors on many landmark HIV prevention and COVID-19 prevention clinical trials. In his current role, he is responsible for close coordination of multiple NIH funded studies and trials testing PrEP and vaccine candidates with CAPRISA.