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

September 29, 2003

The 145th meeting of the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council (NAAIDC) was convened at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, September 29, 2003 in Conference Rooms E1/E2, Building 45, 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 10:30 a.m., to 11:50 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m., to 8:30 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:
Dr. William Bertrand
Ms. Charlotte Collins
Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro
Dr. Luiz Diaz
Dr. J. Brooks Jackson
Dr. Fred Jones, Jr.
Dr. Dorothy Lewis
Dr. Margaret Liu
Dr. Richard Locksley
Dr. Gerald Mandell
Dr. John Martin
Ms. Anne Munoz-Furlong
Dr. Anjano Rao
Ms. Thelma Thiel

Council Members Absent:
Dr. Charles Davis
Rev. Raymond O'Brien
Dr. Magdalene So

Ad Hoc Members Present:
Dr. A. David Brandling-Bennett
Dr. Hidde Ploegh
Dr. Jerald Sadoff
Dr. Hugh Sampson

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. Thomas Kindt