Public Health Service
National Institutes Of Health
National Advisory Allergy And Infectious Diseases Council

Minutes of Meeting

January 29-30, 1996

The 122nd meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 29, 1996, 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 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on January 29, and from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on January 30. The meeting was closed to the public on January 29 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and again from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for Council orientation and en bloc review and consideration of grant applications. Notice of the meeting was published in the Federal Register.

Council Members Present:

• Dr. Gail Cassell
• Dr. Jerrold Ellner
• Dr. Laurie Glimcher
• Dr. Philip Hopewell
• Ms. Louise Jacobbi
• Dr. Howard Johnson
• Dr. Warren Johnson
• Mr. Garry Lyle
• Dr. Paula Pitha-Rowe
• Ms. Orvalene Prewitt
• Mr. Walter Searcy
• Dr. Samuel Silverstein
• Dr. W. Gary Tarpley
• Dr. Judith Thomas
• Dr. Edmund Tramont
• Ms. Mildred Williamson

Council Members Absent:

• Dr. Janet Butel
• Mr. Martin Delaney
• Ms. Mildred Williamson

Ex Officio Members Present:

• Dr. Gary Carpenter, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• 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. Dani Bolognesi
• Dr. Ashley Haase
• Dr. Gary Nabel
• Mr. Ryland Roane
• Dr. Michael Saag
• Dr. Cladd Stevens

AIDS Research Advisory Committee, NIAID Member Absent:

• Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr

Ex Officio & Liaison Member of ARAC Present:

• Dr. Harold Jaffe

Ad Hoc Members Present:

• Dr. George S. Eisenbarth
• Dr. Howard L. Weiner
• Dr. Caroline C. Whitacre

NIAID Staff Attending:

• Dr. Jeffrey Albert, Mathematical Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
• Dr. Joseph Albright, Special Assistant to the Director, DAIT
• Dr. Kathryn Aultman, Vector Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Phillip J. Baker, Lyme Diseases Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Dr. James Balsley, Chief, PMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Patricia Baron, SARB, DAIDS
• Ms. Mabel Battistone, Head, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Christopher Beisel, Scientific Review Administrator, APRRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Diana Berard, Technical Assistant, EDB, DMID
• Ms. Nancy Blustein, Director, OPO, DAIT
• Mr. Fred Batzold, Chief, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Terri Brown, Technical Information Specialist, PALB
• Ms. Anne Claysmith, Health Specialist, DAIDS
• Dr. George W. Counts, Director, Office of Research on Minority and Womens' Health, NIAID
• Mr. Wayne Crum, Senior Budget Analyst, BIB, DAIT
• Ms. Mary Culnane, Nurse Consultant, PMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. George Curlin, Deputy Director, DMID
• Mr. Allan Czarra, Director, Office of OPCOB, DEA
• Dr. Carolyn Deal, Basic Research on Bacterial STDs Program Officer, STDB, DMID
• Dr. Howard Dickler, Chief, CIB, DAIT
• Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Associate Director, BSP, DAIDS
• Dr. Dennis M. Dixon, Mycology Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Ms. Ann Doane, Program Assistant, SARB, DAIDS
• Dr. William Duncan, Associate Director, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Regina Ewig, Chief, Extramural Administrative Management Branch, NIAID
• Dr. Patricia Fast, Associate Director, VPRP. DAIDS
• Ms. Irene Fishman, Statistician, PRAB, DAIDS
• Dr. Mary Glen Fowler, Deputy Branch Chief, ETB
• Ms. Patricia Gallahan, Office of Policy Analysis, PAB
• Dr. Peter Gergen, Director, OECT, DAIT
• Mr. Michael Goldrich, Deputy Director for Management, NIAID
• Dr. Robert Goldstein, Director, DAIT
• Dr. Michael Gottlieb, International Tropical Diseases and Parasite Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Madelon Halula, Chief, Special Review Branch, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Carole Heilman, Chief, RDB, DMID
• Mr. Ivan Hernandez, Chief, GFMT, BFES, FMISB
• Dr. Milton J. Hernandez, Director, OSTMD, DEA
• Dr. Penelope J. Hitchcock, Chief, STDB, DMID
• Dr. Rodney Hoff, Chief, ETB, VPRP
• Ms. Mei-wan Hoh, Technical Information Specialist, PALB, OD
• Dr. Dominick Iacuzio, Influenza and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Dr. Peter Jackson, Chief, AIDS, CERRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Stephanie James, Chief, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Leslye Johnson, Chief, EDB, DMID
• Dr. Tina Johnson, Chief, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Susan Jones, RSU, DEA
• Ms. Deborah Katz, Director, OSIR, DAIDS
• Dr. John Y. Killen, Director, DAIDS
• Dr. Thomas Kindt, Director, DIR
• Dr. David Klein, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases I Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Marilyn Kunzweiler, Administrative Officer, EAMB
• Dr. John La Montagne, Director, DMID
• Ms. Sarah Landry, Program Analyst, OSIR, DAIDS
• Dr. Dennis Lang, Bacterial and Viral Enteric Diseases Program Officer, EDB, DMID
• Ms. Laura Lawton, DAIT
• Dr. Judy Lew, Medical Officer, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Wendy Liffers, Director, Office of Policy Analysis
• Mr. Edward Lucas, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Gary S. Madonna, Scientific Review Administrator, MIRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Martha Mattheis, Chief, CRAB, DMID
• Mr. Paul Marshall, Program Analyst, OPA
• Ms. Elaine Matzen, Health Specialist, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Polly Matzinger, Biologist, DIR, NIAID
• Mr. Terry McCrimmon, DAIT
• Ms. Claire McCullough, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NIAID
• Dr. John McGowan, Director, DEA
• Dr. Pamela McInnes, Neonatal Pathogens and Maternal Immunization Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Dr. James McNamara, Medical Officer, PMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Edward McSweegan, Nosocomial Bacterial Infections Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Dr. James M. Meegan, Acute Viral Infections Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Joseph Meschino, Chief, PRAB, DAIDS
• Ms. Judy Murphy, Deputy Director, OC
• Ms. Jean Noe, Senior Health Specialist, SARB, DAIDS
• Dr. Stanley Oaks, Scientific Review Administrator, SRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Mary M. Parsons, Health Specialist, OD, DMID
• Dr. Marshall Plaut, Chief, AMS, AAIB, DAIT
• Dr. Helen Quill, Chief, BIB, DAIT
• Dr. M. Sayeed Quraishi, Scientific Review Administrator, SRC, SRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Regina Rabinovich, Chief, Clinical Studies Section, CRAB, DMID
• Ms. Patricia Randall, Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NIAID
• Mr. J. Wallace Robinson, Program Specialist, SARB, DAIDS
• Dr. Stephen Rose, Chief, GTB, DAIT
• Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, Senior Scientist for Adult Prevention Research, Efficacy Trials Branch, Vaccine and Prevention Research Program, DAIDS
• Ms. Linda Rosendorf, Office of Policy Analysis, PAB
• Dr. Daniel Rotrosen, Acting Chief, AAIB, DAIT
• Dr. Polly Sager, Chief, Scientific Assessment and Resources Branch, DAIDS
• Dr. Nava Sarver, Acting Chief, TIB, BSP, DAIDS
• Dr. Steven Schnittman, Assistant Director for Clinical Research, OAD, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Lewis Schrager, Chief, EB, BSP, DAIDS
• Ms. Linda Scott, Legislative Analyst, OPA
• Dr. Alan Schultz, Chief, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Mitzi Sereno, Technical Assistant, PIPB, DMID
• Ms. Linda Shaw, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Ms. Rona Siskind, Program Analyst, OSIR, OD, DAIDS
• Ms. Ernestine Smartt, Nurse Epidemiologist, OECT, DAIT
• Ms. Mary E. Smith, Medical Officer, PMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Susan Spring, Persistent Viral Infections and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Sharilyn Stanley, Special Assistant for Science Policy, OD, NIAID
• Ms. Jo Ann Stesney, Program Analyst, OPCO, DEA
• Dr. Allen Stoolmiller, Scientific Review Administrator, ACERRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Paula Strickland, Scientific Review Administrator, AIDSRRC, ACERRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Eveline Tierney, Technical Assistant, VB, DMID
• Dr. Dianne Tingley, Chief, APRRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Barbara J. Thomas, Technical Assistant, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Carolyn Tolbert, FMISB
• Dr. Christopher Tseng, Antiviral Research and Antimicrobial Chemistry Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Roberta Weiss, Guest Researcher, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, NIAID
• Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, NIAID
• Mr. Thomas Williams, OFMTT
• Ms. Virginia Wilson, CMA, CMO, DEA
• Dr. Eugene Zimmerman, Special Assistant to the Director, DAIT

NIH Staff Attending:

• Dr. Kristina Borror, OD/OSPTT
• Dr. William Branche, DRG
• Dr. Rachel Caspi, NEI
• Mr. Mark Feinberg, OD/OAR
• Dr. Mary Groesch, OD/OSPTT
• Dr. Betty J. Hayden, DRG
• Mr. John Hilovsky, OD/OA
• Dr. Bruce Maurer, DRG
• Dr. Vincent Smeriglo, NIDA
• Dr. Anne Willoughby, NICHD

Others:

• Mr. Gary Aronson, GDAC
• Dr. Dennis Carson, University of California, San Diego
• Mr. A. Chipman, Washington Fax
• Ms. Elaine Daniels, OHAP/OPHSOS/DHHS
• Ms. Katherine Davenny, NIDA
• Mr. Stanley Finger, AABDA
• Dr. Jeffrey Fox, Science Writer, Editor
• Ms. Melinda Friend, Fox, Bennett & Turner
• Dr. Eric Goosby, OS/OPHS/OHAP
• Dr. Lowell T. Harmison, Retired Deputy Secretary, U.S. PHS
• Ms. Laresh Jayasarker, The Blue Sheet
• Dr. Norman L. Letvin, Harvard Medical School
• Dr. Kenneth McIncosh, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
• Ms. Pamela Moore, Capitol Publications
• Ms. Nancy Moy, SRI International
• Dr. Philip S. Norman, Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center
• Mr. Alfred Nugent, Midwest Research Institute
• Mr. John Parker, The Blue Sheet
• Dr. Georgia Persinos, Washington Insight
• Dr. Eyal Raz, University of California, San Diego
• Mr. Victor M. Rivera, AANA
• Dr. Ann N. Rose, Office of Secretary
• Mr. Steven Stocker, R.O.W. Sciences, Inc.
• Mr. Shankar Vedartam, Knight Ridder Newspapers
• Mr. Douglas Winship, CEL-SCI, Corporation
• Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, CEL-SCI, Corporation