NIH Director's Executive Committee

… ic, medical, public health and development experts, a Scientific and Public Health Review Committee would perform a rigorous technical peer review process to assess the grant applications. Drawn from developing and developed countries and international organizations, wi …

… ic, medical, public health and development experts, a Scientific and Public Health Review Committee would perform a rigorous technical peer review process to assess the grant applications. Drawn from developing and developed countries and international organizations, wi …

Attended a meeting at the White House of the Policy Coordinating Committee of the Biological Weapons Conference group. Chaired by Robert Joseph (Special asst. to the President) and Richard Falkenrath (Deputy to Condolezza Rice). Present at meeti …

… ly to the response to bioterrorism. Claude Allen and Tommy Thompson appoint me chair of a committee to advice on technical matters related to smallpox vaccine manufacture, testing and application. October 8-21, 2001 – Historic, breaking news every day. New York City, Wa …

Important Senate Hearing of the Labor, HHS Subcommittee chaired by Tom Harkin. Also present were Sens. Spector, Byrd, and Stevens. Hearing on smallpox. I was able to communicate to Specter that NIAID was not allowed to put in …

… Jack Marburger is against my doing dual job. On Nov. 27 and 29 I appeared before 2 Senate committees. On Nov. 29, I testified that we needed $200 Million (professional judgment) more than the PB. Jeff Koplan (CDC Director) testified with me that CDC needed an additional …

… y 7-10 at the conference and July 11-12 in Genoa as Chair of the International Scientific Committee that is reviewing the Gaslini Institute for Lorenzo Moretta (its Scientific Director)

… lute the 77 million doses of Aventis Pasteur WetVax. Stay tuned. The House and the Senate Committees have adapted the language that I had suggested to Richard Falkenrath. Therefore, at this time it appears that the money will go to DHHS, the overall prioritization will …

… meeting at the Rayburn Building with Chairman Kolbe (R-AZ) of the House Foreign Relations Committee and his chief staffer Charlie Flichner. I accompanied Claude Allen (Deputy Secretary, DHHS). They are very upset at the White House, particularly Gary Edson, for having t …

… a and the project. She actually parroted words that we had heard weeks ago from the Kolbe Committee (Charlie Flichner) about how they were very skeptical that we could actually get ”twin pairs” of hospitals. Also, she questioned whether the Uganda model would work even …

Testified to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing chaired by Arlen Specter. Also present were Sens. Harkin and Murray Hearing on Smallpox vaccination plan. Julie Gerberding and I testified. Concern on the part of …

Testified at the Senate HELP (Health Education Labor and Pensions) Subcommittee Hearing with Julie Gerberding again on the subject of smallpox vaccine plan. Issue of compensation came up again. At the Hearing was Sens. Judd Gregg, Bill Frist, Alan Re …

… President gave absolutely wonderful speech at the WH to the PACHA (Presidential Advisory Committee of HIV/AIDS) and the African Ambassadors. He truly reflected his commitment and passion concerning our moral obligation to do something about HIV/AIDS internationally. He …

… – Testified with Secretary Thompson on Project BioShield at the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Several members (mostly Democrat) are balking at the mandated appropriations authority. They are reluctant to give up the power of the purse.

… US army captures Iraq International Airport. I testify before the House Government Reform Committee on the subject of Project BioShield. Mark McClellan testifies with me. The House (Shays, Waxman, Chairman Case generally support the concept of BioShield, but have some c …

… h the possibility of only 1 five year renewal. of having the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) serve as a mechanism to provide a “culture of responsibility” among scientists similar to what was done in the mid-1970s. At the briefing was the usual people – Gen …

… is, I was the major briefer. Also, I have been spearheading the NIH effort to create a subcommittee of the RAC to provide the “culture of responsibility” for the scientific community on these issue similar to the 1970s with the RAC following the Asilomar Meeting in 1974 …

Had a Policy Coordinating Committee for an “end-to-end” analysis of biodefense responsiveness at the White House EEOB. Meeting run by Ken Bernard and Bob Kadlec. Attended by all the usual suspects from each …

Met with the PCC (Policy Coordinating Committee) regarding the response to the Fink report. The PCC adopted for the most part the responses of the DHHS to the Fink report. We (Stewart Simonson, Stuart Nightingale, Amy …

… of Interest chaired by Norman Augustine and Bruce Alberts. Also, the NIH Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC) is now reviewing all out side activity requests (as well as any already approved ongoing outside activities) for high ranking NIH officials such as IC Directors, D …

Busy day! Beautiful sunny day.Testified at my House Appropriations Subcommittee (Chaired by Ralph Regula) in the AM , then rushed to brief Senate and House Staff (at Dirksen 116) from the Homeland Security and Appropriations Subcommittees on progress …

Testified before the House Commerce Committee on Science chaired by Mr. Bilirakis for the NIH Priority Setting in anticipation of reauthorization of NIH. Testified with Elias Z., Andy VonEschenbach and Nora Volkow. T …

Busy day. Went to Ali’s Lower School Graduation and rushed to testify at House Select Committee on Homeland Security chaired by Chris Cox with Jim Turner as ranking minority. Chris Hayes and Joe Barton were there. Many tough questions since the Presidential race is …

… rocess that was “not good enough for Americans”” We would all get killed by Congressional Committees and activists, some of which are the very ones who are crying for generic drugs right now. By the way, the approved drugs are now available for hundreds, not thousands o …

Testified with Secretary Thompson and Julie Gerberding to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Public Health preparedness, surge capacity and medical countermeasures. Present were Chairman Judd Gregg, Ted Kennedy a …

… n. Gregg’s staff), Noreen Hynes, Seth… (Noreen’s husband), Vince Ventimiglia (Sen Gregg’s Committee Staff). I will provide full list later. Very happy occasion. Again, VP was very gracious towards me.

… ime Congressional Hearing on influenza vaccine problem before the House Government Reform Committee. I testified with Julie Gerberding and Lester Crawford of FDA. More media, White House Conference calls, and Jim Lehr NewsHour to finish the day.

House Hearing of Government Reform Committee on the flu crisis today. I testified together with Julie Gerberding and Lester Crawford (Acting FDA Commisioner). Mostly they slammed FDA for not acting more aggressively …

… demic Influenza meeting in honor of John La Montagne. After that I got briefed by the IOM committee reviewing the HIVNET012 trial (see Fishbein above). They totally agreed with us and said the trial was effective, ethical, and safe. Went back to WH to brief Claude Allen …

… ell as WH people. In addition, on June 13 we had a Hearing of the House Government Reform Committee for Biodefense chaired by Rep. Christopher Shays. I testified along with Stewart Simonson, Dale Klein (DoD), Joe Vitko (DHS), and Ron Saldareni (formerly of American Cyan …

… ring on success or failure of Project BioShield. Testified before House Government Reform Committee chaired by Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman as Minority. Also, Chris Shays there and Congressman Issa, Davis, Issa, Cummings. I testified with Stewart Simonson, and Joe …

… Leavitt for the POTUS for the following day. Then Julie and I testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack. Chaired by John Linder, minority – Jim Langevin. Also present were Chris Shays, Jane Ha …

… MOL, Julie G., Bruce Gellin, and Bill Raub at both the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees for HELP. We discussed the President’s Plan as well as the more detailed HHS Pandemic Plan. We were generally well received, but there was the usual partisan skepticism …

Tesitified before the House Government reform Committee with Tom Davis Chairing. Same cast = MOL, me, Julie, Raub, Gellin. This was a tougher Hearing in that this Committee is generally tough. Both the Republicans and Democrat …

Testified before the House Commerce and Energy Committee (Joe Barton, Chair). MOL, Julie, me, Bill Raub. Topic = pandemic flu. Somewhat different twist. Much discussion about funding. Some Republicans such as Barton feel that w …

Spirited Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Pandemic Flu. I testified along with Julie G., Andrew Natsios (USAID), and Paula Dobriansky (DoS). Committee chaired by Paul Lugar. Present at Hearing were Sens. Dodd, …

… lleged prejudice in French Society against them. We also briefed the House Armed Services Committee and I gave a personal 1- on-1 briefing to my old friend Sen. Barbara Mikulski. She was gracious and very glad to see me. This evening Sec. Leavitt and I and Michael Oster …

… media appearances. Also, I testified on March 2, 2006 before the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Operations together with Julie Gerberding, Kent Hill (USAID) and Ambassador Nancy Powell (DoS). Did Diane Rehm show in addition to other media. Spent an 90 mi …

… on instead of an unlimited authorization to draw from the Treasury and the Appropriations Committees still controlled how much could be spent each year. Also, we could not do advanced development for products. This put off the big companies (not enough money) and the li …

… ry in association with the Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame CIA leak. Had House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing today and it went well. Also, had a farewell dinner at Oceanaire in honor of Alex Azar who is stepping down as deputy Secretary at HHS. The old HHS crowd was ther …