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April 15, 2014 - I appeared on WTOP radio for MERS-CoV and Ebola
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April 15, 2014 - Testified at a House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing at 10:00 AM in Room 2358B of the Rayburn Building. Topic was Ebola response. I represented NIH. Also testifying was Nicki Lurie (ASPR), Tom Frieden and Robin Robinson (BARDA). I did well, but Nicki and Tom caught some criticism for the fact that the ETUs that they recommended got built and only 2 of 11 actually admitted a patient and of the 2 that admitted patients, only 25 patients were seen. Criticism was the lack of flexibility to stop the building when it became clear that the epidemic was decreasing rapidly as they were building the ETUs. Committee nevertheless complimented us on the Ebola response. Rep. Harris (R-MD) was a bit snarky with Tom Frieden saying that his daughter is an ICU nurse at Hopkins and she does not know how to don PPE and that reflects a lack of planning on the part of the USG. He is misguided. Had disturbing meeting with Francis Collins, Larry Tabak, Jim Anderson, and Kathy Hudson in Building 1, Room 116 concerning the re-prioritization of the AIDS budget through OAR. It is now clear that Francis not only wants to assure that the highest priority AID research is done with AIDS dollars, he actually wants to decrease the amount of money going for AIDS research and redirect it to non-AIDS, i.e. decrease the AIDS allocation. He is using the review of the AIDS portfolio as an excuse for this. I warned him that this is not a good idea and will be met with pushback from the community. I also believe that Francis might be trying to ingratiate himself with the GOP since he may be covering his bets in case a Republican becomes POTUS and he wants to keep his job as NIH Director. Just a thought.
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April 17, 2014 - Went to Harvard School of Public Health to appear on their web broadcast of "Senior Leadership Series". Nice experience. Hosted by David Hunter and Dean Julio Frenk present. Many good questions about my accomplishments and leadership style. Broadcast on web throughout the world.
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April 18-24, 2014 - Preparing by phone with Bart Haynes and Dennis Kasper, whom I am presenting for nomination for National Academy of Sciences next week.
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April 24, 2014 - Went to private dinner at café Milano to celebrate swearing in tomorrow of Deborah Birx as Ambassador in charge of PEPFAR.
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April 25, 2014 - Swearing in of Deb Birx at Franklin Room of the State Department. Big crowd and festivity. Immediately after swearing in, went to PAHO (a block away) to give talk at the 10th Anniversary of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Many old friends there - Peter Hotez, D.A. Henderson, Ciro deQuadros, etc.
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April 26, 2014 - Went to Chicago to deliver after dinner speech at the AAP Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel. AAP President Larry Jamison invited me. Spoke on The HIV/AIDS Saga: Science and Policy". Spoke of my experience with 5 Presidents. Big hit.
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April 28, 2014 - Went to NAS meeting at Fairmont Hotel in DC to defend Haynes and Kasper for membership. Response to them (in voting) was only fair to good.
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April 30, 2014 - Spoke at amfAR event at Kennedy Caucus Room at Senate Russell Building. Big affair. Sen. Harkin praised me; Kenneth Cole (fashion designer) introduced me. Many people there: Douglas Brooks (new head of ONAP); Jim Kim (World Bank); Paul Farmer was interviewed on stage by Judy Woodruff (NewsHour).