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From: "Kawazoe, Robin (NIH/OD) [E]"
@mail.nih.gov>
To: "Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]"
@nih.gov>
Subject: Re: Discussion about Cures Acceleration Network and the President's Medical
Countermeasures Initiative (MCMI)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:30:37 -0500
Importance: Normal
Larry,
Do you know what Raj means when he said he would "deflect?" Does that mean postpone the meeting?
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]
To: Ranganathan, Rajesh (NIH/OD) [C]; Hudson, Kathy (NIH/OD) [E]
Cc: Burrus-Shaw, Cyndi (NIH/OD) [E]
Sent: Thu Nov 18 21:27:59 2010
Subject: RE: Discussion about Cures Acceleration Network and the President's Medical Countermeasures Initiative
(MCMI)
Agree
Thanks
larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Ranganathan, Rajesh (NIH/OD) [C]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:18 PM
To: Hudson, Kathy (NIH/OD) [E]
Cc: Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]
Subject: Re: Discussion about Cures Acceleration Network and the President's Medical Countermeasures Initiative
(MCMI)
Ok, thanks. Will deflect. I was not asking to be involved in this stuff - it
was just meant to be a casual conversation with one of our detailees...
Rajesh
On 11/18/10 9:14 PM, "Hudson, Kathy (NIH/OD) [E]"
@nih.gov
wrote:
Thanks for asking. My knee jerk reaction is to support your misgivings. I
> think it is a bad idea for a whole bunch of reasons. JJ erred in pointing you
to the white house. Protocol dictates that we don't talk to the white house
> without going through hhs. It would be okay to yak with one of our detailees
but this has taken a turn. Plus, I suspect you know next to nothing about
> biosecurity and BARDA. This is not really your domain and frankly, not a
central issue to NCTS at the outset. It IS the domain of other NIH staff who
> would probably be a little miffed about why you are suddenly in the middle of
their "space." NIAID has programs in this arena and you should learn about
> them but they ain't coming into to ncts at the get go and the politics around
biosecurity is complex.
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