Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council

Minutes of Meeting

September 8-9, 1997

The 127th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, September 8, 1997 in Conference Rooms 6, 7 and 8, 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 September 8, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on September 9. The meeting was closed to the public on September 8 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
• Mr. Martin Delaney
• Dr. Jerrold Ellner
• Dr. Laurie Glimcher
• Ms. Louise Jacobbi
• Dr. Howard Johnson
• Dr. Warren Johnson, Jr.
• Mr. Stephan Lawton
• Mr. Garry Lyle
• Dr. Paula Pitha-Rowe
• Ms. Orvalene Prewitt
• Dr. Samuel Silverstein
• Ms. Emily Spitzer
• Dr. W. Gary Tarpley
• Dr. Judith Thomas
• Ms. Mildred Williamson
• Dr. Lowell Young

Ex Officio Members Present:

• Dr. Theodore Freeman, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
• 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. Raphael Dolin
• Dr. Sandra Lehrman
• Dr. Kenneth McIntosh
• Dr. Marian Neutra
• Dr. Charles Rinaldo
• Dr. Cladd Stevens
• Mr. Steven Wakefield

Ex Officio & Liaison Members of ARAC Present:

• Dr. Harold Jaffe
• Dr. Norman Letvin
• Dr. Henry Masur

Ad Hoc Members Present:

• Dr. Michael Bevan
• Dr. Maureen Howard
• Dr. Dennis Kasper
• Dr. Jean-Pierre Kinet
• Dr. Gerald Mandell
• Dr. Michel Nussenzweig
• Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills
• Dr. Judy Teale

NIAID Staff Attending:

• Ms. Lillian Abbey, Program Analyst, DMID
• Dr.. Elizabeth Adams, Special Assistant to the Director, DAIT
• Ms. Diane Adger-Johnson, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Dr. Jeffrey Albert, Mathematical Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
• Mr. Mark Alexander, Technical Assistant, VB, DMID
• Dr. Kathryn Aultman, Vector Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Phillip J. Baker, Lyme Disease Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Ms. Patricia Baron, Biologist, OSC, DAIDS
• Ms. Mabel Battistone, Head, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Christopher Beisel, Persisting Viral Infections Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Ms. Diana Berard, Technical Assistant, EHDB, DMID
• Mr. Steven Berkowitz, Associate Director for Management and Operations
• Ms. Sheri Bernstein, Health Specialist, CCB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. William Blackwelder, Chief, Biometry Branch, DMID
• Ms. Nancy Blustein, Director, OPO, DAIT
• Dr. Sandra Bridges, Microbiologist, TIB, BSP, DAIDS
• Ms. Judith Brooks, Health Specialist, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Teri Brown, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Dr. Kerri Burton-Danner, Presidential Management Intern, DAIDS
• Dr. Kevin Callahan, Scientific Review Administrator, AITRC, MIRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Sarah Carr, Director, OPA
• Dr. Scott Cairns, Senior Scientist, TIB, BSP, DAIDS
• Ms. Anne Claysmith, Health Specialist, OSC, DAIDS
• Dr. Pamela Clax,, Health Specialist, TRP, DAIDS
• Mr. Brian Collier, AO, DAIDS
• Dr. Elaine Collier, Chief, AS, CIB, DAIT
• Dr. Janet Connolly, Chief, Genetics Section, GTB, DAIT
• Ms. Janice Cordell, Nurse Clinical Coordinator, CSS, CRAB, DMID
• Dr. George W. Counts, Director, Office of Research on Minority and Women’s Health, NIAID
• Mr. Wayne Crum, Senior Budget Analyst, FMB, OFMTT
• Ms. Mary Culane, Nurse Consultant, PMB, TRP, DAIDS
• 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
• Dr. Dennis O. Dixon, Chief, CCB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Ann Doane, Program Assistant, OPSI, 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 Glen Fowler, Deputy Branch Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms.Thelma Gaither, Cytokine and Antiviral Clinical Trials Program Officer, DMID
• Dr. Ann Ginsberg, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Other Mycobacteria Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Dr. Michael Gottlieb, International Tropical Disease Research and Parasite Biology Program Officer, DMID
• Dr. Mark Grabowsky, Chief Medical Officer, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Mr. Robert Gulakowski, Technical Assistant, RDB, DMID
• Dr. Charles Hackett, Chief, Molecular and Structural Immunology Section, BIB, DAIT
• Dr. Madelon Halula, Chief, Special Review Branch, SRP, DEA
• Dr. B. Fenton Hall, Host Immunity Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Ms. Molly Hardison, Program Analyst, OPA
• Ms. Gail Havely, 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
• Dr. Elizabeth Higgs, International Tropical Diseases Research Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Rodney Hoff, Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Elizabeth Horigan, IND Coordinator, CRAB, DMID
• Ms. Mei-wan Hoh, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Dr. Hortencia Hornbeak, Director, Scientific Review Program, DEA
• Mr. Steve Hosmer, RSU, DEA
• 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. Stephanie James, Chief, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Leslye Johnson, Chief, EHDB, 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, EHDB, 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
• Dr. Charles Litterst, Section Chief, DDCSB, TRP, DAIDS
• Mr. Edward Lucas, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Gary Madonna, Scientific Review Administrator, MIRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Susan Marshall, DAIT
• Dr. Ana I. Martinez, Chief, Pharmaceutical Affairs Section, PRAB, DAIDS
• Dr. Bonnie Mathieson, OAR
• Dr. John McGowan, Deputy Director, NIAID
• Mr. Paul McFarlane, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Dr. Pamela McInnes, Chief, RDB, DMID
• Dr. James Meegan, Acute Viral Infectious Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Gregory Milman, Chief, PBRB, DAIDS
• Dr. Paolo Miotti, Epidemiologist, EB, DAIDS
• Ms. J. Blanche O’Neill, Health Specialist, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Mary Parsons, Health Specialist, OD, DMID
• Dr. Marshall Plaut, Chief, AMS, AAIB, DAIT
• Dr. Lawrence Prograis, Deputy Director, DAIT
• Dr. Helen Quill, Chief, BIB, DAIT
• 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. Patricia Randall, Director, OC
• Ms. Lucy Renzi, OD/DEA
• Mr. J. Wallace Robinson, Program Specialist, OSC, DAIDS
• Dr. Stephen Rose, Chief, GTB, DAIT
• Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, Senior Scientist, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Linda Rosendorf, IND Coordinator, CRAB, DMID
• 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. Nava Sarver, Chief, TIB, BSP, 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. Mitzi Sereno, Technical Assistant, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Vicki Seyfert, Chief, Immunoregulation Section, BIB, DAIT
• Dr. Opendra Sharma, Health Scientist Administrator, PBRB, DAIDS
• Ms. Theresa Shrader, Program Coordinator, DMID
• Ms. Rona Siskind, Program Analyst, OPOSI, OD, DAIDS
• Ms. Ernestine Smartt, Director, OECT, DAIT
• Mr. Vaurice Starks, Health Specialist, EB, PBRB, DAIDS
• Ms. Jo Ann Stesney, Program Analyst, OPCO, DEA
• Dr. Paula Strickland, Scientific Review Administrator, AIDSRRC, ACERRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Christopher Taylor, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases II Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Eveline Tierney, IND Coordinator, CRAB, DMID
• Ms. LaTisha Thompkins, Program Assistant, EHDB, 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
• Dr. Steven Turk, Chemist, DDCSB, TRP, DAIDS
• 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. Sybil Wellstood, Microbiologist, PRAB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, NIAID
• Mr. Thomas Williams, Budget Officer, NIAID
• Ms. Virginia Wilson, CMA, CMO, DEA
• Dr. Janet Young, Biologist, PBRB. BSP, DAIDS

NIH Staff Attending:

• Dr. David Chananie, OD/OSPTT
• Ms. Ellen Cooper, OAR/NIH
• Dr. Betty J. Hayden, DRG
• Dr. Timothy Henry, DRG
• Dr. Garrett Keefer, DRG
• Dr. Bruce Maurer, DRG
• Dr. Sam A. Mayyasi, DRG
• Dr. Gilbert Meier, DRG
• Ms. Sandra Melnick, NCI
• Dr. Mohindar Poonian, DRG
• Dr. Fulvia Veronese, OAR, OD

Others:

• Mr. S. Ved Bret, Braton Biotech, Inc.
• Dr. Jean A. Chapman, American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
• Mr. Dale Dirks, Immune Deficiency Foundation
• Mr. Michael Dugan, NMSS
• Mr. Stanley Fisher, Incenter Strategies, Inc.
• Dr. Walter Graham, UNOS
• Dr. Maryanna Henkart, National Science Foundation
• Ms. Sharon Hrynkow, FIC
• Dr. Lawrence Hunsicker, UNOS
• Ms. Susan Jessee, Southern Research Institute
• Ms. Virginia Ladd, American Autoimmune-Related Diseases Association, Inc.
• Dr. Joshua Miller, A.S.T.S.
• Ms. Pamela Moore, Capitol Publications
• Mr. Thomas Moran, Immune Deficiency Foundation
• Ms. Lynn Morrison, Washington Health Advocates
• Ms. Nancy Moy, SRI International
• Ms. Shirley Mynatt, National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
• Ms. Carol Nacy, Sequella, Inc.
• Ms. Miriam O’Day, Immune Deficiency Foundation
• Ms. Lisa Orange, Reuters Health
• Dr. Georgia Persinos, Washington Insight
• Ms. Christine Peterson, SRI International
• Ms. Lorraine Racusen, Johns Hopkins University
• Mr. Alka Sehgal, Braton Biotech, Inc.
• Ms. Claire Streibert, Incenter Strategies, Inc.
• Ms. Lisa White, The Blue Sheet
• Mr. Ralph F. Yodaikem, DOL-OSHA