Minutes, Overview, May 1997, NAAID Council Meeting

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National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council

Minutes of Meeting

May 19-20, 1997

The 126th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 1997 in Conference Rooms 8, 9 and 10, Building 31, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), presided as Chairman.

In accordance with the provisions of Public Law 92-463, the meeting was open to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on May 19, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 20. The meeting was closed to the public on May 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and again from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., for review and consideration of individual grant applications. Notice of the meeting was published in the Federal Register.

Council Members Present:

Dr. Janet Butel
Dr. Robert Couch
Dr. Jerrold Ellner
Dr. Laurie Glimcher
Ms. Louise Jacobbi
Dr. Howard Johnson
Dr. Warren Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Stephan Lawton
Dr. Paula Pitha-Rowe
Ms. Orvalene Prewitt
Dr. Samuel Silverstein
Ms. Emily Spitzer
Dr. Judith Thomas
Dr. Lowell Young

Council Members Absent:

Mr. Martin Delaney
Mr. Garry Lyle
Dr. W. Gary Tarpley
Ms. Mildred Williamson

Ex Officio Member Present:

Dr. James Hughes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ex Officio Member Absent:

Dr. Fred Gordin, Veterans Administration

AIDS Research Advisory Committee, NIAID Members Present:

Dr. Gary Nabel
Dr. Charles Rinaldo
Mr. Ryland Roane
Dr. Cladd Stevens

Ex Officio & Liaison Members of ARAC Present:

Dr. Harold Jaffe
Dr. Norman Letvin

Ad Hoc Members Present:

Dr. Paul Allen
Dr. Charles Janeway, Jr.
Dr. Marc Jenkins
Dr. Stanley Lemon
Dr. John Mekalanos
Dr. Kenneth Rock

NIAID Staff Attending:

Dr.. Elizabeth Adams, Special Assistant to the Director, DAIT
Ms. Kristin Adamson, Program Specialist, DAIT
Ms. Diane Adger-Johnson, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
Dr. Jeffrey Albert, Mathematical Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
Dr. Margaret Ashworth, Chief, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Kathryn Aultman, Vector Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
Dr. Phillip J. Baker, Lyme Disease Program Officer, BMB, DMID
Mr. Todd Ball, Chief, MGMS, GMB, DEA
Ms. Patricia Baron, Biologist, OSC, DAIDS
Ms. Mabel Battistone, Head, RSU, DEA
Dr. Fred Batzold, Chief, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Christopher Beisel, Persisting Viral Infections Program Officer, VB, DMID
Ms. Diana Berard, Technical Assistant, EDHB, DMID
Mr. Steven Berkowitz, Associate Director for Management and Operations
Dr. Roberta Black, Microbiologist, TIB, BSP, DAIDS
Dr. William Blackwelder, Chief, Biometry Branch, DMID
Mr. John Bowersox, OC, NIAID
Dr. James Bradac, Microbiologist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Teri Brown, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
Dr. Kerri Burton-Danner, Intern, DMID
Mr. Lawrence Butler, Contract Officer, CMB, DEA
Dr. Kevin Callahan, Scientific Review Administrator, AITRC, MIRB, SRP, DEA
Ms. Sarah Carr, Director, OPA
Dr. Scott Cairns, Senior Scientist, TIB, PBRB, DAIDS
Ms. Anne Claysmith, Health Specialist, OSC, DAIDS
Dr. Pamela Clax,, Health Specialist, TRP, DAIDS
Ms. Carole Cole, Health Specialist, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Elaine Collier, Chief, AS, CIB, DAIT
Dr. Janet Connolly, Chief, GTB, DAIT
Ms. Janet Cordell, Nurse Clinical Coordinator, CSS, CRAB, DMID
Dr. George Curlin, Deputy Director, DMID
Mr. Allan Czarra, Director, Office of Program Coordination and Operations Branch, DEA
Dr. Lawrence Deyton, Acting Director, DEA
Dr. Howard Dickler, Chief, CIB, DAIT
Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Associate Director, BSP, DAIDS
Dr. Dennis M. Dixon, Chief, BMB, DMID
Ms. Ann Doane, Program Assistant, OPSI, DAIDS
Ms. Laura Doepel, Technical Writer/Editor, OC
Dr. Patricia D’Souza, Health Scientist Administrator, BSP, OD, DAIDS
Dr. William Duncan, Associate Director, TRP, DAIDS
Ms. Laura Eisenman, DAIT Coordinator, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
Dr. Patricia Fast, Associate Director, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Jorge Flores, Medical Officer, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Mary Glenn Fowler, Deputy Branch Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Lawrence Fox, Medical Officer, HIVRB, TRP, DAIDS
Ms.Thelma Gaither, Cytokine and Antiviral Clinical Trials Program Officer, DMID
Dr. Bruce Gellin, Medical Officer, CRAB, DMID
Dr. Vassil Georgiev, Scientific Review Administrator, APRRB, SRP, DEA
Dr. Ann Ginsberg, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Other Mycobacteria Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
Dr. Michael Gottlieb, International Tropical Diseases and Parasite Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
Dr. Mark Grabowsky, Chief Medical Officer, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Charles Hackett, Chief, Molecular and Structural Immunology Section, BIB, DAIT
Dr. B. Fenton Hall, Host Immunity Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
Ms. Molly Hardison, Program Analyst, OPA
Ms. Gail Havely-Aly, Program Coordinator, DAIDS
Dr. Carole Heilman, Associate Director for Scientific Program Development, DAIDS
Dr. Milton J. Hernandez, Director, OSTMD, DEA
Dr. Stephen Heyse, Medical Bacteriology and Antibacterial Resistance Program Officer, BMB, DMID
Ms. Phyllis Hill, Program Coordinator, DAIT
Dr. Penelope J. Hitchcock, Chief, STDB, DMID
Dr. Rodney Hoff, Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Jacqueline Holden, Contracting Officer, APRCS, CMB, DEA
Dr. Hortencia Hornbeak, Director, Scientific Review Program, DEA
Dr. Jill Horowitz, Virology Program Officer, STDB, DMID
Dr. Dominick Iacuzio, Influenza and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
Dr. Peter Jackson, Chief, AIDS, CERRB, SRP, DEA
Ms. Gail Ginsburg Jacobs, Tuberculosis Technical Assistant, RDB, DMID
Dr. Leslye Johnson, Chief, EDHB, DMID
Ms. Susan Jones, RSU, DEA
Dr. Jonathan Kagan, Chief, DDCSB, DAIDS
Ms. Deborah Katz, Director, OPOSI, DAIDS
Dr. John Y. Killen, Director, DAIDS
Dr. Jane Kinsel, Assistant Director for Special Projects, OD, DMID
Ms. Mary Kirker, Chief, Grants Management Branch, DEA
Dr. David Klein, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases l Program Officer, RDB, DMID
Ms. Joan Kondratick, Biologist, OSC, DAIDS
Ms. Toni Kuhn, Chief, AIDS PRCS, CMB, DEA
Ms. Marilyn Kunzweiler, Administrative Officer, EAMB
Dr. John La Montagne, Director, DMID
Dr. Chris Lambros, Microbiology, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
Ms. Sarah Landry, Program Analyst, OPOSI, DAIDS
Dr. Dennis Lang, Bacterial and Viral Enteric Diseases Program Officer, EDHB, DMID
Dr. Catherine Laughlin, Chief, VB, DMID
Dr. Barbara Laughon, Chief, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Dale Lawrence, Chief Medical Officer for Vaccine Science, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Wendy Liffers, Deputy Associate Director for Management and Operations
Dr. Charles Litterst, Section Chief, DDCSB, TRP, DAIDS
Ms. Daniella Livnat, Health Specialist, DDCSB, DAIDS
Mr. Edward Lucas, RSU, DEA
Dr. Bonnie Mathieson, OAR
Mr. Paul Marshall, Program Analyst, OPA
Ms. Diane Martin, Budget Analyst, FMB
Ms. Elaine Matzen, Health Specialist, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Marybeth McClauley, Health Specialist, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. John McGowan, Deputy Director, NIAID
Mr. Paul McFarlane, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
Dr. Pamela McInnes, Chief, RDB, DMID
Dr. James McNamara, Chief, PMB,TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Nancy Miller, Microbiologist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Gregory Milman, Chief, PBRB, DAIDS
Dr. Paolo Miotti, Epidemiologist, EB, DAIDS
Ms. Theresa Mizell, Program Coordinator, DMID
Ms. Judy Murphy, Deputy Director, OC
Dr. Mohamed Nasr, Chemist, DDCSB, TRP, DAIDS
Ms.Blanche O’Neill, Health Specialist, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Diane Parris, Administrative Officer, EAMB
Dr. Estella Parrott, Coordinator of Research Programs, ORMWH, OD, NIAID
Ms. Mary Parsons, Health Specialist, OD, DMID
Dr. Marshall Plaut, Chief, AMS, AAIB, DAIT
Ms. Maureen Power, Nurse Consultant, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Lawrence Prograis, Deputy Director, DAIT
Dr. Helen Quill, Chief, BIB, DAIT
Dr. Robert Quackenbush, Assistant Director for Training, Referral, and Minority Affairs, DMID
Dr. M. Sayeed Quraishi, Scientific Review Administrator, ACERRB, SRP, DEA
Dr. Regina Rabinovich, Chief, Clinical Studies Section, CRAB, DMID
Ms. Sahira Rafiullah, Deputy Director, OPA
Ms. Merilee Rahe-Stoline, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
Dr. Wasima Rida, Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
Dr. Stephen Rose, Chief, GTB, DAIT
Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, Senior Science, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Daniel Rotrosen, Acting Director, DAIT
Dr. Fran Rubin, Respiratory Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
Dr. Polly Sager, Director, Office of Scientific Coordination, DAIDS
Dr. Leigh Sawyer, Clinical Trials Program Officer, VB, DMID
Dr. Steve Schnittman, Assistant Director for Clinical Research, TRP, DAIDS
Dr. Lewis Schrager, Chief, EB, BSP, DAIDS
Dr. Alan Schultz, Chief, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
Ms. Justina Schwemberger, Research Training Officer, OSTMD, DEA
Ms. Linda Scott, Legislative Analyst, OPA
Dr. Vicki Seyfert, Chief, Immunoregulation Section, BIB, DAIT
Dr. Opendra Sharma, Health Scientist Administrator, PBRB, DAIDS
Ms. Rona Siskind, Program Analyst, OPSI, OD, DAIDS
Dr. Sharilyn Stanley, Special Assistant for Science Policy, OD, NIAID
Ms. Jo Ann Stesney, Program Analyst, OPCO, DEA
Dr. Christopher Taylor, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases II Program Officer, RDB, DMID
Ms. Eveline Tierney, IND Coordinator, CRAB, DMID
Dr. Dianne Tingley, Chief, APRRB, SRP, DEA
Ms. Carolyn Tolbert, Deputy Chief, PAB
Dr. Christopher Tseng, Antiviral Research and Antimicrobial Chemistry Program Officer, VB, DMID
Ms. Marilyn Tuttleman, Technical Assistant, BMB, DMID
Ms. Jane Unsworth, Grants Management Specialist, AIDS Division Coordinator, GMB, DEA
Mr. Mark VanRaden, Statistician, BB, DMID
Dr. Mary Clare Walker, Microbiologist, CDB, VPRP, DAIDS
Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, NIAID
Mr. Thomas Williams, Budget Officer, NIAID
Ms. Virginia Wilson, CMA, CMO, DEA
Ms. Jeannie Wood, Health Specialist, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
Ms. Melanee Woodard, Grants Financial Analyst, FMB
Dr. Janet Young, Biologist, PBRB. BSP, DAIDS