Randall Hall

… the development of new vaccines. More recently, wider public attention has turned to the challenges posed by these diseases as pharmaceutical manufacturers have announced price reductions in developing countries for their main anti-retroviral drugs. These price cuts are …

… the development of new vaccines. More recently, wider public attention has turned to the challenges posed by these diseases as pharmaceutical manufacturers have recently announced price reductions in developing countries for their main anti-retroviral drugs. These price …

… weeks on putting together a position paper for Secretary Thompson on the response to the challenge of AIDS in Africa. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will come out with a proposal for a Global Trust Fund for AIDS in Africa in June at a Special Session of the UN General …

… gainst 2 jobs, or is there some hidden agenda. I feel strongly that it is the latter. We shall see….maybe.

… hey are put aback by my mentioned my discomfort about not telling Terrell about this. We shall see what happens. Also, received a call from Stewart Simonson who said that Vice-President Cheney wants a meeting with me about my Biodefence Research Vision on Wednesday, Oct …

… t by the President on the Smallpox vaccination policy. Meeting was with Kevin Keane, Bill Hall, Jerry Hauer, and on teleconference - Michael Osterholm, Julie Gerberding and an assortment of CDC public affairs people. I have convinced them that we should not recommend to …

… untermeasure Development. Present at briefing were: Carol Kuntz, Stewart Simonson, Andrew Hallman (CIA), Heather Wingard (CIA), Dr. McCreary (DHS), Bill Parrish (DHS), Parney Albright (DHS), Sally Stanfield (DHS), Ken Bernard (OHS), Jorge Tavel (OVP), Richard Falkenrath …

… the General in the Global War on AIDS. After the ceremony, I ran into Josh Bolten in the hallway of the EEOB. He asked about my opinion of the controversy of $2 billion versus $3 billion in FY ’04 for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Bono has been giving …

… . We then left for the airport had a wonderful dinner at Baghdad airport (Bob Hope Dining Hall) with the troops of the 1st Armored Division, Military Police Brigade, the First Cavalry, and the 101st Airborne. Our troops are incredible, including the women. They are extr …

… I had been working on for the past several weeks. I explained how we wanted the POTUS to challenge the G-8 to endorse and support the enterprise. The USG is already investing for FY-04 about $488 million while the entire world’s contribution (including the USG) is about …

… ussed how much if any money would be feasible to invest as new money. As opposed to just challenging the G-8 to join and endorse the process. He wanted to think about it more. One of the issues that he brought up even when Rick was there was the problem of doing somethi …

… cine research (this is about 5/6 of the world’s total of $640 million). However, we will challenge the other G-8 countries to endorse the Enterprise strategic plan and align current and future resources with the plan.

… tion. Had another White House conference call with Margaret Spellings, Alan Gilbert, Phil Hall, Harriet Miers (Deputy Chief-of-Staff), Jon Burks, Ken Bernard, Trent Duffy, Scott Whitaker, Julie gerberding, Les Crawford and Bruce Gellin. Also more media appearances for m …

… Our team was Claude Allen, myself, Howard Zucker (Deputy Asst Secretary of Health), Bill Hall (DHHS Public Affairs), Sarah Greirich (Claude’s assistant), Kate (?). It went well. This is becoming a serious political issue in that the Kerry Campaign is trying to paint th …

… ssion. President Bush set forth an ambitious agenda for our Department. And I love a big challenge. Since the day I walked through the doors of this building, we have worked tirelessly to better the health and well-being of the American people and our neighbors througho …

… lan, Josh Bolten, Kristen Silverberg, Secretary Leavitt, Claude Allen, Joe O’Neill, Philo Hall, Tevi Troy. Wonderful interaction between me and POTUS…great day Also, today I went to and presented a major lecture at the IOM Pandemic Influenza meeting in honor of John La …

… wnsend, Michel Gerson, Claude Allen, Julie Gerberding, Sec. Leavitt, Scooter Libby, Philo Hall, Rajeev, etc. The POTUS was very pleased with the briefing and asked the right questions. He was favorably disposed to our suggestion of considering having the USA public have …

… bird flu. He obviously respects me very much. Of note, lately the DHHS people in OC (Bill Hall, Suzy DeFrancis Christina Pearson, and mostly Patti Conrad– I am not sure who is the culprit) have been hijacking the media requests for me when we ask for permission (routine …

… After the presentations at the White House we went to Georgetown (Healy Building – Gaston Hall) for the panel discussion. It was a beautiful sunny an unseasonably hot (84F) day for March 13. Other members of the Program were Gene Falk and Robin Smalley.

Went to NYC to participate in the Pandemic Flu Summit at City Hall. Part of Secretary Leavitt’s program of visiting every state and some additional cities within states to talk about pandemic influenza preparedness. Mayor Michael Bloomberg ho …

… CO. Presented a session on “Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health”. Beautiful mountain weather – warm, no humidity, clear skies. Met and interacted with many, many notable people: Colin Powell, Bob Hormats (Vice-Chairman …

… essary money. “Everything is on the table,” Dr. Fauci said at the one-day meeting, a Town Hall-type discussion for vaccine researchers on how best to spend federal H.I.V. vaccine money in light of a budget that has been flat for several years. “There is not an immediate …

… Vaccine: Science and Policy”. The talk was very well received. I spoke of the particular challenges of HIV vaccinology compared with “classical” vaccinology. Weather was beautiful and the city was in my mind a cross between San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro. We took a dr …

… g who greeted me as if we were friends. He clearly knew who I was from seeing me down the hall. Good news that this WH at least is up on what is going on in AIDS and health in general. Let us see how things evolve.

… ve been because the doors of access to drugs were shut to them. He then arranged the Town Hall meeting where I was to speak and as I was getting ready to go out on stage, he looked me in the eye and said, “Tony, do Anthony S. Fauci, MD Director National Institute of All …

… ney Verba. The night before the ceremonies (June 3) we had a festive banquet in Annenberg Hall. I remember when Chris and I first delivered Jenny to Harvard for her 1st year, we walked through Annenberg Hall. It looks like the great hall from Harry Potter books. June 16 …

… ivering the talk. I discuss the Thai trial, but also the need to pursue low-dose mucosal challenge models in the non-human primate (NHP). Also, I spoke about the importance of studying the early events in HIV infection for insight into the type of immune response that w …

… as getting people who are on therapy off therapy by developing a 2) CURE for HIV – tough challenge. Also we need to 3) Prevent new infections by a) ARVs as prevention – ARV containing microbicides; PrEP; test and treat; and b) vaccine. Beautiful days in SF. Stayed at th …

… ty Conrad, Kathyu Zoon, Karyl Barron etc. Had very nice time. Went fishing twice with Marshall Bloom and Patty and a great guide named Jack Mauer. Fishing not good due to high water from rain. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful time.

Town Hall meeting for non-HIV clinical trials network. Sensitive issue in that Carol Heilman still is not enthusiastic about it. However, I made it clear exactly what we are going to do …

… Plus one” is with Sebelius. Of note, I am scheduled to go to Seattle on Nov. 9 for a town hall meeting and a seminar sponsored by Lee Hood and the Institute for Systems Biology. Bill Gates is trying to undermine the initiative on upscaling TAP. See e-mail below from MSF …

… still on the TV press conference. E- mails were going back and forth from me to HHS (Bill Hall) to some of the NSS people when he made this mistake, but everyone calmed down after he corrected it. I was in the unusual position of officially sticking with the NSABB recom …

… abling the ongoing critical life science research that provides answers to some our most challenging health and environmental issues and at the same time protecting the world from potential catastrophic outcomes resulting from similar research. It has been two weeks sin …

… ientific Advances to Public Health Implementation”. The DC Convention Center main lecture hall was packed with approximately 10,000 people. It was one of the best Plenary Lectures that I have ever given and I have spoken as a main speaker at every one of the 19 IAS meet …

had a town hall meeting with the Vaccine Research Center principal investigators and other staff to reassure them that they have nothing to worry about related to the departure of Gary Nabel …

… CNN and further discussed the flu situation. Much, much press interest. As expected, Bill Hall (HHS Press office) wrote a note to Courtney Billet, Greg Folkers and John Burklow saying that from now on the CDC should handle press on the flu and I should only do local med …

… n her show on Monday AM. This will be the test regarding my above comment concerning Bill Hall.

… requests from CNN Wolf Blitzer and Soledad O’Brien. I asked John Burklow to call up Bill Hall and find out what the heck is going on and what the reason for all of this is. John told me that CDC complained to Bill Hall and HHS that I was getting all of the publicity on …

… (former Sec. of Defense) and wife Janet, etc. Barak gave a very insightful speech on the challenges facing Israel in the context of the Arab Spring, Syria, and Iran.

… me, which I do not believe they will now that Francis has spoken with Bill Corr; but we shall see. Had dinner with Bob Gallo tonight and discussed the upcoming Paris meeting sponsored by the Pasteur institute (Francois Barre-Sinoussi) to celebrate 30th Anniversary of d …