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Azad to discuss Mexico to the economy to science in Italy versus the USA. Very nice guy. Also at the dinner were Bob and Mary Jane Gallo, Susan Blumenthal and a bunch of Italian Pharma people and diplomats. June 17, 2010 - Met with Minister of Health of Taiwan today to discuss potential scientific collaborations. He said that I was "famous" in Taiwan....interesting. Jean William (Bill) Pape visited from Haiti today and gave lecture at Masur Auditorium. He is a good friend and invited Megan to visit Haiti. He is in DC to receive an award for the amazing work that he has done in Haiti related to the earthquake. June 24, 2010 - Met with Minister of Health of India Ghulam Nabi Azad to discuss collaborations. Sharp guy - enjoyed discussion. June 29, 2010 - Went with Chris to South Lawn of the White House to celebrate her election to the Bioethics Commission. Turned out it was a massive get together on a very hot day for all Presidential appointees. They were completely disorganized in getting people cleared through the gates and it was a logistic disaster. The delay was probably related to multiple checking of IDs related to the "gate-crashing" of a WH party a few months ago. July 11, 2010 - Went to Atlanta for the day (Sunday) to give plenary at the CDC sponsored international Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Hot July day. I shared the Plenary opening evening addresses with Tom Frieden and Kevin DeCock. Good camaraderie among CDC people and me. Came back to DC that night. July 12, 2010 - Attended swearing in of Harold Varmus as the new Director of the National Cancer Institute. Starting to do a lot of press in anticipation of the International AIDS Meeting in Vienna next week. Am looking forward to this meeting since I am giving a Plenary Lecture on Pathogenesis of HIV Disease: Opportunities for Interventions. July 18, 2010 - Leave for Vienna (Sunday) - Disaster for travel - flight cancelled on the runway, switch from direct flight to Vienna (Austrian Airlines) to United to Frankfurt connecting to Vienna. United flight sits on IAD runway for 2 hours due to thunder storms - miss connection in Frankfurt. Finally get the Vienna on Monday afternoon (19th July). Trying to stay cool and un-ruffled. Good to have Johanna McDonough meet me at airport. She had rescheduled me from IAD to get me to Vienna. She is a lifesaver. July 19-21, 2010 - Really great meeting in Vienna. My talk was a knockout. Also, very good press from Vienna - PBS Newshour, CNN, WTOP, CBS radio, also NY Times, Washington Post, etc. Meeting was a complete success. We announced the results from the CAPRISA microbicide trial. First success with topical microbicides. July 22-23, 2010 - Good press follow-up from meeting - NPR Science Friday among others. Note that we have been going through a record breaking heat wave on the East