Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council

Minutes of Meeting

May 29, 2003

The 144th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 29, 2003, in Conference Room E1/E2, Building 45, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, 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 10:30 a.m., to 11:50 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m., to 5:00 p.m. The meeting was closed to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and from 11:50 a.m., to 12:00 p.m., for review and consideration of individual grant applications. Notice of the meeting was published in the Federal Register.

Council Members Present:
Ms. Charlotte Collins
Dr. Charles Davis
Dr. Luiz Diaz
Dr. J. Brooks Jackson
Dr. William Jacobs
Dr. Fred Jones, Jr.
Dr. Dorothy Lewis
Dr. Margaret Liu
Dr. Richard Locksley
Ms. Anne Munoz-Furlong
Rev. Raymond O'Brien
Dr. Anjano Rao
Dr. Magdalene So

Ad Hoc Members Present:
Dr. Kathryn Holmes
Dr. Lawrence Hunsicker

Ex Officio Members Present:
Dr. Lawrence Deyton
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. James M. Hughes
MG Lester Martinez-Lopez

NIAID Senior Staff:
Dr. John McGowan
Dr. Carol Heilman
Dr. Daniel Rotrosen
Dr. Ed Tramont

Others Present:
Dr. Gary Nabel

Council Members Absent:
Dr. William Bertrand
Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro
Dr. Gerald Mandell
Dr. John Martin
Ms. Thelma Thiel