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From: "Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]" HE 200 nih. gov> To: "Melinda French" HE onfeates.com> Ce: HE 0 «21s foundation.or id )gatesfoundation.org>, "Roberts, Jacqueline (NIH/OD) [E]" od.nih.gov> Bee: "Wolinetz, Carrie (NIH/OD) [E]" HE 221i. cov> Subject: RE: NIH Director hoping to bring you and your book to NIH Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:31:49 -0500 Importance: Normal Dear Melinda, Many thanks for your kind response -- we will await a decision from your team, with great hopes that this could work out. Once again, we can be VERY flexible about the date. Warm personal regards, Francis From: Melinda French HE fgates.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 6:03 PM To: Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [€] [f@od.nih.gov> Cc: © catesfoundation.org; Roberts, Jacqueline (NIH/OD) [E] HE 0d. nih.gov> Subject: RE: NIH Director hoping to bring you and your book to NIH Francis, Thank you for the kind note and invitation. NIH is a valued partner to our foundation and a leader in the field, especially on promoting gender equality. The example you set is not only changing the dynamic at NIH, but the broader research ecosystem. I want to thank you for being such a prominent and vocal male ally, and hope you know how touched I am that the planning committee selected The Moment of Lift for this opportunity. My schedule is quite full this spring but I've passed on your invitation to my team to see whether it can work. They should be in touch soon. In the meantime, I'm incredibly excited to see what our new collaboration will accomplish for sickle cell disease and HIV. All the best, - Melinda From: Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E] [© od.nih.gov<mailto [IO od.nih.gov>> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 1:55 AM To: Melinda French mfgates.com<mailto JNO mfgates.com>> Cc: Jennifer Weisman gatesfoundation.org<mailto| gatesfoundation.org>>; Roberts, Jacqueline (NIH/OD) [E] a es Subject: NIH Director hoping to bring you and your book to NIH Dear Melinda,