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Oct. 12, 2007 - Dinner at the Café Milano in association with the national Italian American Foundation (NIAF) dinner the following night (Oct. 13). Franco Luschese found me a prime seat. The whole restaurant was for the NIAF dinner. I sat next to Jerry Vale. So many people who I knew from other such meetings were there: Yogi Berra, Tony LoBianco, Dion (and the Belmonts), Nancy Pelosi, etc. etc. Great meal; nice time.
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Oct. 13, 2007 - Took Ali to the Annual NIAF Gala at the Hilton. She loved it since she wanted to meet Nancy Pelosi and Ellen Pompeio (star of TV's Grey's Anatomy). She got to meet and take picture of both. Usual glitterati were there: Antonin Scalia and Sam Alito; Nancy Pelosi; Yogi Berra; Dion; Jerry Vale; George Tenet (I wanted to connect with him, but we did not cross each other); Connie Stevens; Pater Pace; etc. etc.
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Oct. 16-17, 2007 - Went to Seattle to participate (Panel) in the Bill and Melinda Gates Malaria Forum at the Sheraton Hotel at Union and 6th Streets in Downtown Seattle. Mild and on and off rain. Good meeting. Just starting to see the galvanizing of interest and enthusiasm and finally even considering the possibility of eliminating and eradicating malaria. Melinda and Bill gave an inspiring speech at 9:00 AM on Oct. 17. All the malaria people were very pleased that I was there to show the "flag". I have become increasingly interested and supportive of malaria including my long-term support of Stephen Hoffman (Sanaria) and his irradiated sporozoite vaccine. Had a unique evening at dinner at the home of Bill and Melinda Gates on Oct. 16, 2007. It was obviously a spectacular home, but I did not get the tour since while Melinda was giving the other guests a tour, Bill wanted a private conversation with me. He was fascinated by how I have been running NIAID; said that he had heard so much about me and happy finally to meet me in person. He wanted to know how I navigated the politics of DC, how I prioritized, how much flexibility I had in the budget, etc. etc. It was a very nice conversation aimed at his wanted to get to know me and my responsibilities better. Present at the dinner were: me, Bill and Melinda Gates, Tachi Yamada, Regina Rabinowitz, Margaret Chan (WHO), Michel Kazatchkine (Global Fund), Brian Chituwo (MOH of Zambia), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (MOH of Ethiopia), Michael Leavitt (Sec. HHS), David Mwakyusa (MOH of Tanzania), Ann Veneman (UNICEF), also MOH of Mozambique Paolo Ivo Garrido and former MOH of Nigeria (Forgot her name).
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Oct. 18, 2007 - Lectured in Building 31, Room C10 to the Mortimer Zuckerman Fellows . This is a group funded through Harvard that takes medical, Law, and Business students from throughout the country and funds them for 1 - 2 year fellowship to study at either the Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard School of Public Health or the Harvard Business School to learn other disciplines, i.e. medical students will go to the School of Government, and Law students will go to School of Public Health. They wanted to hear about me and how I got to where I am and my view of public service. I lectured for 45 minutes and took over 1 hour of questions. They were extremely enthusiastic about me and what I said.
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Anthony S. Fauci
Oct. 19, 2007 - Went to Boston to give Sheldon M. Wolff memorial lecture on "HIV/AIDS in 2007: Much Accomplished, Much To Do". Largest crowd in the history of Tufts Grand Rounds (so I am told). Saw Lila Wolff. Got to Boston early (cloudy day, but warm for October) and had breakfast with Jenny at Peet's Coffee House in Harvard Square. Had first talk with Jenny about her personal "situation". Went very well. That evening went to home of Ron and Beth Dozoretz for a reception for the Fellows. The fellows were so happy that I was there. The Dozoretz's live at 3005 - 45th Street, N.W. (2 blocks from my house). At the party were many DC elites such as David Gergen (co-sponsor of event), Sandy Berger, Ron Carey (Newsweek), etc.
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Oct. 26, 2007 - Gave talk at the opening of Sanaria's new facility. Sanaria is Biotech company making an irradiated sporozoite malaria vaccine. Stephen Hoffman is the CEO and I have been very supportive of him over the past 20 years. He recognizes this every time he speaks in public. Also at the Grand Opening were Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Cardin (D- MD), Montgomery County Executive Ike Legget and others.
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Oct. 27, 2007 - Great day. Went to ISL/IAC cross country championship meet held at Episcopal High in VA. NCS and St. Albans won everything - JV and Varsity and under 15. In the NCS JV race the first 11 runners over the finish line were from NCS. Ali came out 6th in the race!
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Oct. 29, 2007 - Went to dinner at Positano restaurant in Bethesda with Bob Gallo (part of our years long tradition of dinner in Bethesda to "catch up" on what is going on. Discussed the interesting topic of matching Bob, Luc Montagnier and me for nomination for the Nobel prize for AIDS now that I have won the Lasker Award. It could be helpful to Bob if I am on the "ticket" since there is no controversy connected with me and this could make it a more desirable slate since the 2 of them alone always evokes memories of controversy. Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2007 - Full week of meetings with Ministers of Health from G-8 and their senior staff on topic of Global Health with an emphasis on Biodefense. Ministers that were present include: The Honorable Mike Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services The Honorable Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security The Right Honorable Tony Clement, MP, Minister of Health, Canada The Honorable Markos Kyprianou, Esq. Commissioner for Health, European Commission The Honorable Ulla Schmidt, Federal Minister of Health, Federal Republic of Germany The Honorable José Angel Córdova-Villalobos, M.D., Secretary of Health, Mexico The Right Honorable Dawn Primarolo, MP, Minister of State for Public Health, United Kingdom Dr. Donato Greco, Head, Department of Prevention and Communication, Ministry of Health, Italy The Honorable Kenta Matsunami, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Labor and Welfare, Japan Dr. Anarfi Asamoah-Baah, Deputy Director-General, World Health Organization. I gave talk at VRC to the senior staff. Had elegant receptions and dinners at the Corcoran Gallery (Oct. 31) and Library of Congress (Nov. 1).
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Nov. 2, 2007 - Went to Boston to give Keynote at meeting of Harvard Business School Alumni Association - held at Harvard Medical School. Spoke on Emerging Infections. Had dinner with Jenny at Taranta's restaurant in the North End on Friday night, Nov. 2. Had nice discussions about career options as she is now approaching graduation from Harvard. She wants to take at least a year working at something that she loves (not sure yet what that is - could be a year in Cuba or a domestic political campaign) and then go on to graduate school. Nov. 7. 2007 - Ellen Sigal invited me and I attended the "Friends of Cancer" Awards night at the Hotel George on Capital Hill (E Street). "Leadership" Awardees were Ted Kennedy, Sen,. Mike Enzi, and Bob Young (former NCA/Fox Chase). Ted Kennedy explicitly said that he would like me there and wanted to greet me. He mentioned me warmly in his acceptance speech. Afterwards had dinner with a select few from the reception - Ellen Sigal, Marlene Malek, Sherry Lansing, John Porter, Amy McGuire Porter, Elias Zerhouni, Melody Miller (former staffer for Ted Kennedy). Lively discussions (particular with Sherry Lansing who is a terrific person - she had been at my Lasker Award ceremony). Nov. 7 - 8 , 2007 - Very discouraging news from the Merck HIV vaccine trial (502/503 - STEP and Phambili Trials) using adenovirus 5 (Ad5) vector and gag, pol, nef inserts. Took place in North and South America, Caribbean, Australia (STEP) and just beginning in Southern Africa (PHAMBILI). First DSMB look stopped the trial on futility for 2 major endpoints (Acquisition and Viral Set Point). Real problem is that it looks like people with the higher underlying Ad5 titers had greater risk of acquisition in the vaccinated versus the placebo group. Unclear why this is so but may be that giving Ad5 to people with underlying Ad5 immunity triggers robust activation providing vulnerable targets for infection upon exposure to the virus. This has important implications for future trials with Ad vectors such as upcoming PAVE 100 trial - ethical issues. Stay tuned. On evening of Nov. 8 gave Keynote After Dinner talk to the Association of Independent Schools of Great Washington (AISGW). Kathy and Dan Jamieson were there as were heads of schools and senior officials for the DC/VA/MD independent schools. Talk went very well - "Our Responsibilities as World Citizens: Looking Through the Lens of Global Health". I spoke at The Potomac School in Virgina. Hugh crowd.