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

Minutes of Meeting

February 2-3, 1998

The 128th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, February 2, 1998 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 February 2, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 3. The meeting was closed to the public on February 2 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. Jorge Benach
• Dr. Robert Couch
• Dr. Jerrold Ellner
• Dr. Janis Giorgi
• Dr. Laurie Glimcher
• Ms. Louise Jacobbi
• Dr. Warren Johnson, Jr.
• Dr. Thomas Lawley
• Dr. Paula Pitha-Rowe
• Dr. Samuel Silverstein
• Dr. Emil Unanue
• Ms. Mildred Williamson
• Dr. Lowell Young

Council Members Absent:

• Mr. Martin Delaney
• Mr. Stephan Lawton
• Mr. Garry Lyle
• Ms. Emily Spitzer
• Dr. W. Gary Tarpley

Ex Officio Members Present:

• Dr. Theodore Freeman, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
• Dr. James Hughes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ad Hoc Members Present:

• Dr. Mark Davis
• Dr. Scott Fraser
• Dr. Linda Griffith
• Dr. Adel Mahmoud
• Dr. Lisa Steiner
• Dr. Robert Webster

NIAID Staff Attending:

• Ms. Lillian Abbey, Program Analyst, DMID
• Ms. Diane Adger-Johnson, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• 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
• 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. Sharie Bernard, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Dr. Roberta Binder, Special Volunteer, STD, DMID
• Dr. William Blackwelder, Chief, Biometry Branch, DMID
• Ms. Nancy Blustein, Director, OPO, DAIT
• Dr. James Bradac, Microbiologist, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Teri Brown, Technical Information Specialist, PAB
• Ms. Carole Cole, Health Specialist, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Elaine Collier, Chief, AS, CIB, DAIT
• Ms. Kristiane Cooper, Contract Specialist, CMB, DEA
• Ms. Judy Crowell, Special Assistant, DAIT
• Dr. George W. Counts, Associate Director for Clinical Research, OD, DMID
• Mr. Allan Czarra, Director, Office of Program Coordination and Operations Branch, 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, BRB, DAIDS
• Dr. Patricia D’Souza, Health Scientist Administrator, BSP, OD, DAIDS
• Ms. Joan Effiom, Program Specialist, DAIT
• Ms. Carol Ellis, DMID
• Dr. Alexandra Fairfield, Microbiologist, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Pamela Fleming, Grants Management Specialist, GMB, DEA
• Ms.Thelma Gaither, Cytokine and Antiviral Clinical Trials Program Officer, DMID
• Dr. Vassil Georgiev, Scientific Review Administrator, APRRB, SRP, DEA
• Dr. Ann Ginsberg, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Other Mycobacterial Diseases Program Officer, RDB,DMID
• Dr. Michael Gottlieb, Parasite Biology Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• 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
• Dr. Carole Heilman, Deputy Director, DAIDS
• Dr. Milton J. Hernandez, Acting Director, Office of Research on Minority and Women’s Health, NIAID
• Dr. Stephen Heyse, Medical Bacteriology and Antibacterial Resistance Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Dr. Elizabeth Higgs, International Tropical Diseases Research Program Officer, PIPB, DMID
• Dr. Penelope Hitchcock, Chief, STDB, DMID
• Dr. Rodney Hoff, Chief, ETB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Christine Hollingsworth, FMB
• Dr. Jill Horowitz, STD Virology Program Officer, DMID
• Dr. Hortencia Hornbeak, Director, Scientific Review Program, DEA
• Ms. Yvette Hudyma, Program Assistant, DAIT
• Dr. Dominick Iacuzio, Influenza and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• 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. William S. Jordan, Jr., Emeritus Volunteer, DMID
• Dr. John Y. Killen, Director, DAIDS
• Dr. Thomas Kindt, DIR
• Dr. Jane Kinsel, Assistant Director for Special Projects, OD, DMID
• Dr. David Klein, Bacterial Respiratory Diseases I Program Officer, RDB, DMID
• Ms. Joan Kondratick, Biologist, OSC, DAIDS
• Dr. John La Montagne, Director, DMID
• Dr. Linda Lambert, Presidential Management Intern, OPA
• Dr. Chris Lambros, Microbiology, OIRB, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Dennis Lang, Bacterial and Viral Enteric Diseases Program Officer, EHDB, DMID
• Dr. Catherine Laughlin, Chief, VB, DMID
• Ms. Ann London, Office of Communication
• Mr. Edward Lucas, RSU, DEA
• Dr. Gary Madonna, Scientific Review Administrator, MIRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. Diane Martin, Budget Anyalyst, OPA
• Dr. John McGowan, Deputy Director, NIAID
• Dr. Pamela McInnes, Chief, RDB, DMID
• Dr. James Meegan, Acute Viral Infectious Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Dr. Gregory Milman, Chief, PBRB, DAIDS
• Dr. Michael Mowatt, Technology Development Manager, OTD, OD, NIAID
• Dr. Stanley Oaks, Scientific Review Administrator, SRB, SRP, DEA
• Ms. J. Blanche O’Neill, Health Specialist, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. 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, TRP, DAIDS
• Dr. Lawrence Prograis, Deputy Director, DAIT
• Ms. Victoria Putprush, Chief, Grants Management Branch, 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. Lucy Renzi, Program Analyst, STDB, DMID
• 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. Kevin Ryan, Scientific Review Administrator, APRRB, SRP, DEA
• Mr. Charles Sabatos, Program Analyst, OPA
• 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. Alan Schultz, Chief, PRB, VPRP, DAIDS
• Ms. Linda Scott, Legislative Analyst, OPA
• Ms. Justina Schwemberger, Research Training Officer, OSTMD, DEA
• Ms. Mitzi Sereno, Program 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. Jo Ann Stesney, Program Analyst, OPCO, DEA
• Dr. Allen Stoolmiller, Scientific Review Administrator, ACERRB, SRP, 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
• Dr. Christopher Tseng, Antiviral Research and Antimicrobial Chemistry Program Officer, VB, DMID
• Ms. Marilyn Tuttleman, Health Program Officer, BMB, DMID
• Ms. Jane Unsworth, Grants Management Specialist, AIDS Division Coordinator, GMB, DEA
• Mr. Mark VanRaden, Statistician, BB, DMID
• Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, NIAID
• Mr. Thomas Williams, Budget Officer, NIAID
• Ms. Melanee Woodard, Grants Financial Analyst, FMB
• Ms. Joyce Woodford, Minority Health Program Coordinator, ORMWH
• Dr. Janet Young, Biologist, PBRB. BSP, DAIDS

NIH Staff Attending:

• Dr. William Branche, CRS
• Mr. Joel Breman, FIC/NIH
• Dr. Betty J. Hayden, CRS
• Dr. Timothy Henry, CRS
• Dr. Jean Hickman, CSR
• Dr. Sharon Hrynkow, FIC/NIH
• Dr. Garrett Keefer, CSR
• Ms. Julie Kaneshiro, OD/OSP
• Dr. Matthew Kinnard, OD/OER
• Dr. Calbert A. Laing, CSR
• Dr. John Ryan, NCRR
• Mr. Paul Scott, OD/OBSSR
• Dr. Fulvia Veronese, OAR, OD

Others:

• Dr. Gordon Archer, Virginia Commonweath University
• Dr. Finley Austin, The Merck Genome Research Institute
• Mr. S. Ved Bret, Braton Biotech, Inc.
• Ms. Carolyn Bridges, CDC/NCID
• Dr. J. Donald Capra, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
• Dr. Willard Cates, Family Health International
• Dr. Jean A. Chapman, American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
• Dr. Dolph Chianchiano, National Kidney Foundation
• Mr. Leo Einck, Sequella, Inc.
• Ms. Mary D. Ellison, United Network for Organ Sharing
• Ms. Cheryl Hayden, AAD
• Dr. Karen Hein, IOM/NAS, Institute of Medicine
• Dr. Michele Hogan, AAI
• Dr. Roland Levandowski, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Ms. Lynn Morrison, Washington Health Advocates
• Ms. Nancy Moy, SRI International
• Ms. Carol Nacy, Sequella, Inc.
• Mr. Alfred Nugent, Midwest Research Institute
• Dr. Georgia Persinos, Washington Insight
• Mr. Richard Rodewald, NSF Bio/MCB
• Dr. Susan Stern, Southern Research Institute