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

Minutes of Meeting

January 23-24, 1997

The 125th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 23, 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 January 23, and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on January 24. The meeting was closed to the public on January 23 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
• Ms. Emily Spitzer
• Dr. W. Gary Tarpley
• Dr. Judith Thomas
• Ms. Mildred Williamson

Council Members Absent:

• Dr. Samuel Silverstein
• Dr. Lowell Young

Ex Officio Members Present:

• Dr. Gary Carpenter, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• Dr. Daniel Colley, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ex Officio Members Absent:

• Dr. Fred Gordin, Veterans Administration
• Dr. James Hughes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AIDS Research Advisory Committee, NIAID Members Present:

• Dr. Raphael Dolin
• Dr. Gary Nabel
• Dr. Marian Neutra
• Dr. Charles Rinaldo
• Dr. Cladd Stevens

Ex Officio & Liaison Members of ARAC Present:

• Dr. Harold Jaffe

Ad Hoc Members Present:

• Dr. Abul Abbas
• Dr. Jack Elias
• Dr. Anne Gershon
• Dr. Susan Pierce
• Dr. Edmund Tramont
• Dr. Richard Whitley

NIAID Staff Attending:

• Ms. Lillian Abbey, Program Analyst, DMID
• Ms. Kristin Adamson, Program Specialist, DAIT
• Ms. Diane Adger-Johnson, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Dr. Jeffrey Albert, Mathematical Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
• Ms. Mary Allen, Clinical Trials Specialist, CDB, DAIIDS
• Mr. Bruce Anderson, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• 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, Virology Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Ms. Diana Berard, Technical Assistant, EDHB, DMID
• Mr. Steven Berkowitz, Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations
• Dr. William Blackwelder, Chief, Biometry Branch, DMID
• Ms. Nancy Blustein, Director, OPO, DAIT
• Dr. James Bradac, Microbiologist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Ada Brooks, Health Specialist, BSP, DAIDS
• Ms. Teri Brown, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Mr. Lawrence Butler, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Ms. Sarah Carr, Director, OPA
• Ms. Anne Claysmith, Health Specialist, OSC, DAIDS
• Mr. Brian Collier, Administrative Officer, DAIDS
• Dr. Elaine Collier, Chief, AS, CIB, DAIT
• Dr. Janet Connolly, Chief, GTB, DAIT
• Ms. Kristiane Cooper, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Dr. George W. Counts, Director, Office of Research on Minority and Womens' Health, NIAID
• Dr. George Curlin, Deputy Director, DMID
• Mr. Allan Czarra, Director, Office of Program Coordination and Operations Branch, DEA
• Ms. Ann Devine, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, 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, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Ms. Regina Ewig, Chief, Extramural Administrative Management Branch, NIAID
• Dr. Alexandra Fairfield, Microbiologist, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Patricia Fast, Associate Director, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Irene Fishman, Statistician, PRAB, DAIDS
• Dr. Mary Glenn Fowler, Deputy Branch Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms.Thelma Gaither, Cytokine and Antiviral Clinical Trials Program Officer, DMID
• Dr. Bruce Gellin, Medical Officer, CRAB, DMID
• Dr. Ann Ginsberg, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Other Mycobacteria Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Janet Goldberg, Presidential Management Intern, NIAID
• Dr. Robert Goldstein, Director, DAIT
• Dr. Michael Gottlieb, International Tropical Diseases and Parasite Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Charles Hackett, Chief, Molecular and Structural Immunology Section, BIB, DAIT
• Dr. B. Fenton Hall, Host Immunity Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Madelon Halula, Chief, Special Review Branch, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Molly Hardison, Program Analyst, OPA
• Ms. Gail Havely, Program Coordinator, OSC, 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, DAIT
• Dr. Penelope J. Hitchcock, Chief, STDB, DMID
• Dr. Rodney Hoff, Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Mei-wan Hoh, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Ms. Christine Hollingsworth, FMB
• Dr. Hortencia Hornbeak, Director, Scientific Review Program, DEA
• Dr. Dominick Iacuzio, Influenza and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Dr. Stephanie James, Chief, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Leslye Johnson, Chief, EDHB, DMID
• Dr. Tina Johnson, Chief, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Susan Jones, RSU, DEA
• Ms. Deborah Katz, Director, OPOSI, DAIDS
• Dr. John Y. Killen, Director, DAIDS
• Dr. Jane Kinsel, Assistant Director for Special Projects, OD, DMID
• Dr. David Klein, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases l Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Joan Kondratick, Biologist, OSC, DAIDS
• Ms. Dawn Kotzen, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• 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, EDB, DMID
• Dr. Catherine Laughlin, Chief, VB, DMID
• Dr. Barbara Laughon, Chief, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Charles Litterst, Section Chief, DDCSB, TRP, DAIDS
• Mr. Ron Loube, AO, DAIDS
• Mr. Edward Lucas, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Gary Madonna, Scientific Review Administrator, MIRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Martha Mattheis, Chief, CRAB, DMID
• Ms. Diane Martin, Program Specialist, DAIT
• Ms. Margaret Matula, Health Program Officer, CSMB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. John McGowan, Acting Deputy Director, NIAID
• Mr. Paul McFarlane, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Dr. Pamela McInnes, Chief, RDB, DMID
• Dr. James McNamara, Chief, PMB,TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. James M. Meegan, Acute Viral Infections Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Nancy Miller, Microbiologist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Roger Miller, Microbiologist TIB, BSP, DAIDS
• Dr. Gregory Milman, Chief, PBRB, DAIDS
• Dr. Paolo Miotti, Epidemiologist, EB, DAIDS
• Ms. Theresa Mizell, Program Coordinator, DMID
• Ms. Carolyn Mosher, Administrative Officer, EAMB
• Ms. Judy Murphy, Deputy Director, OC
• Ms. Jean Noe, Health Specialist, OPOSI, DAIDS
• Dr. Stanley Oaks, Scientific Review Administrator, SRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Karen Oseekey, Health Specialist, CCB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Diane Parris, Administrative Officer, EAMB
• Ms. Cheryl Parrott, Biomedical Writer, OC
• Dr. Estella Parrott, Coordinator of Research Programs, ORMWH, OD, NIAID
• Ms. Mary Parsons, Health Specialist, OD, DMID
• Dr. Marshall Plaut, Chief, AMS, AAIB, DAIT
• Mr. William Powell, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Dr. Olivia Preble, Chief, Microbiology and Immunology Review Branch, MIRB, DEA
• Dr. Lawrence Prograis, Deputy Director, DAIT
• Ms. Victoria Putprush, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• 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. Patricia Randall, Director , OC
• Ms. Sahira Rafiullah, Deputy Director, OPA
• Dr. Wasima Rida, Statistician, BRB, DAIDS
• Mr. J. Wallace Robinson, Program Specialist, OSC, DAIDS
• Dr. Stephen Rose, Chief, GTB, DAIT
• Ms. Linda Rosendorf, IND Coordinator, CRAB, DMID
• Dr. Daniel Rotrosen, Acting Chief, AAIB, DAIT
• Ms. Joyce Sagami, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Dr. Polly Sager, Chief, Office of Scientific Coordination, DAIDS
• Dr. Nava Sarver, Chief, TIB, BSP, DAIDS
• Dr. Leigh Sawyer, Clinical Trials Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Lewis Schrager, Chief, EB, BSP, DAIDS
• Dr. Alan Schultz, Chief, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Vicki Seyfert, Chief, Immunoregulation Section, BIB, DAIT
• Ms. Mitzi Sereno, Technical Assistant, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Opendra Sharma, Health Scientist Administrator, PBRB, DAIDS
• Ms. Mollie Shea, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Mr. Vaurice Starks, Health Specialist, EB, BSP, DAIDS
• 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
• Dr. Christopher Taylor, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases II Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Dr. Dianne Tingley, Chief, APRRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. LaTisha Thompkins, Program Assistant, EDHB, DMID
• 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
• Ms. Brenda Velez, Chief, ACRCS. CMB, DEA
• Dr. Frederick Vogel, Senior Scientist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Mary Clare Walker, Microbiologist, CDB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Sybil Wellstood, Microbiologist, PRAB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, NIAID
• Mr. Thomas Williams, Acting Chief, OFM, OD, NIAID
• Ms. Virginia Wilson, CMA, CMO, DEA
• Ms. Melanee Woodard, Grants Financial Analyst, FMB
• Ms. Joyce Woodford, Minority Health Program Coordinator, ORMWH

NIH Staff Attending:

• Dr. Carlos Caban, OD/OER
• Dr. Ellie Ehrenfeld, DRG
• Dr. Thomas Fleisher, CC
• Mr. Ronald Gress, NCI
• Dr. Betty J. Hayden, DRG
• Dr. Timothy Henry, DRG
• Dr. Jean Hickman, DRG
• Dr. Garrett Keefer, DRG
• Dr. Anita Weinblattt, DRG
• Dr. Eugene Zimmerman, DRG

Others:

• Ms. Valerie Bartlett, HRSA/APO
• Dr. Dolph Chianchiano, National Kidney Foundation
• Dr. Jacquelynne Corey, AAOA
• Dr. James Dickson, Harvard Medical School
• Ms. Cheryl Hayden, American Academy of Dermatology
• Dr. Maryanna Henkart, National Science Foundation
• Mr. Nielsen Hobbs, The Blue Sheet
• Dr. Larry G. Hunsicker, UNOS
• Mr. Sunil Iyenyar, The Blue Sheet
• Mr. Gavin Lindberg, IDF
• Mr. James F. McTigue, AACTG
• Ms. Tracy Mitchell, Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics
• Ms. Nancy Moy, SRI International
• Mr. Alfred Nugent, Midwest Research Institute
• Dr. Georgia Persinos, Washington Insight
• Ms. Christine Peterson, SRI International
• Ms. Ann Rose Harmison, OSF
• Dr. Mohamed H. Sayegh, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Ms. Janet Shoemaker, American Society for Microbiology
• Ms. Nicole Sobotka, American Lung Association
• Mr. James Smith, Analytical Sciences, Inc.
• Ms. Betty Wray, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology