Cliff Lane

I was asked to prepare talking points on AIDS for Secretary. Thompson for his upcoming plane trip with Pres, Bush to (?). I did so. Thompson’s staff was so impressed with the talking points that they mentioned that Thompson wanted me to accompany his staff to the Whit …

… to a meeting of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at the precise time that the first plane hit. By the time I got to the meeting in mid-town Manhattan and went into the building, I saw on TV the second plane hit. It was the most horrible day of my life. I was not hu …

… s usual critical of the Administration. I have exhaustively reviewed the data (with Cliff Lane as a great help) and come to the conclusion that vaccine + antibiotics is no better than antibiotics alone for post-exposure. Yet, Dr. John Eisold (the Navy physician who take …

… the first 2 stages of the vaccine program, i.e. up to 10,000,000 people. My reference is Lane JM et al: Complications of smallpox vaccination, 1968. National surveillance in the United States. N Engl J Med 281:1201, 1969. I worked from Table 1 of the paper (attachment …

… must work more closely with industry the same way that the automobile industry made our planes and tanks during World War II. It was a very easy and enjoyable interaction with the VP. Of note, when we discussed briefly the policy for smallpox vaccination, it was clear …

… der Wagner (USPHS). We landed in Marka Airfield in Amman and almost immediately changed planes to an Air Force C-130 to Baghdad. This would turn out to be one of the most memorable days of my life. In the approach to Saddam Airport we did a sharp “corkscrew” landing in …

… House meeting (EEOB 476) with Gary Edson, Rick Klausner, Rachel Ingram (Gates) and David Lane (Gates), Martina Strong, Carol Thompson to discuss the role of the Gates Foundation in the HIV Vaccine Enterprise. Rick presented the same case as I did and said that Gates wo …

… Gerberding, D.A. Henderson and hundreds of other friends of John. I have appointed Cliff Lane as the Acting Deputy Director of NIAID.

… all of the allegations. This has apparently angered the reporter who is going after Cliff Lane and I now. Someone from the inside (Solomon said OGE, but I do not know whether I can believe him) “blew the whistle” on Cliff and I with the preposterous allegations that we …

… e are still engaged in trying to settle the Fishbein issue. He continues to attack. Cliff Lane is leading the arbitration effort for a settlement. It is clear that he, his brother Rand, his mother and their lawyer Steve Kohn are bad people, well beyond the lawyer issue; …

… eds of thousands of refugees living under terrible conditions unable to be rescued. Cliff Lane and I are planning a consulting arrangement with IDSA and RCEs for infectious diseases. More to come. Bird flu activities continue with migratory birds now infected in Russia, …

… garding patient who had Extensively Drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and traveled by plane to a number of countries in Europe despite somewhat bungled instructions by Georgia (he is from Atlanta) Health Officials and the CDC to not travel. The CDC looking real clums …

… d) Cameron Hume. I know Cameron from time he was Ambassador to South Africa and we (Cliff Lane) established the Phidisa Project with the South African Military to treat HIV infection in the military. Cameron left South Africa and became (briefly) Ambassador to Sudan (du …

… ith Sec. Leavitt in a “Georgetown Conversations” function at the home of April and John Delaney in Potomac, MD. This series is sponsored by Meryl Chertoff (Mike Chertoff’s wife) and Larry Gostin. Bring together a bunch of prominent people in an elegant home and make bri …

… US. When we approached him with my group of 10 (Chris, Jenny, Ali, Denise and Jack, Cliff Lane, Hugh Auchincloss, J.J. McGowan, Greg Folkers and Patty Conrad) to take a group Picture, the POTUS hugged me and put his lips to my ears and said, “I love you Tony, Thanks for …

… a shame since he was such a great man and contributed so much. Fauci Eulogy for Martin Delaney Eulogy for Martin Delaney by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health

San Francisco, CA Ladies and Gentlemen, friends of Marty Delaney, I feel extremely honored and privileged to be here to celebrate the life of Marty Delaney and to have been asked to express a few brief reflections about Marty and his extra …

… would not want his family to go to any crowded places like riding on a subway, in an airplane or in a crowded arena because of the danger of people coughing on them and giving them the flu. I was on next and said calmly that this is not the CDC Public Health policy and …

Big Global Health Research Summit held at NIH (Fisher’s Lane) with big hitters attending. Convened by Francis Collins to flesh out suggestions for his Global Health Initiative as one of the 5 pillars of his tenure. Jack Lew from State w …

… deliberations. Present were: Larry Corey, Bart Haynes, Gepi Pantaleo, Louis Picker, Cliff Lane, Carl Dieffenbach, Peggy Johnston, Hugh Auchincloss, Carol Hudgings, Patty Conrad. General consensus is to continue with basic discovery, but to go ahead with other Phase 2B t …

… any of the usual DC glitterati, media and Hollywood Stars there. Saw my old friend Dana Delaney and practically every media person I know – David Gregory, Wolf Blitzer, Chris and Kathleen Matthews, etc.

… n Sept. 9 went to meeting in White House EEOB 530 with Eric Goosby, Gayle Smith and David Lane, Jeff Crowley and Dana DeRuiter (White House); Lois Quam (USAID), Ariel Pablos-Mendez (USAID), Tom Frieden on the phone; Nils Daulaire and Howard Koh (DHHS) and others. Purpos …

… Invited Ron over my house for dinner (rigatoni and sausage with tomato sauce) with Cliff Lane and Hugh Auchincloss to discuss the approach for tomorrow. Ron related to me that the NSABB never gave him a chance to explain his experiments and that he met them via telecon …

… night to discuss the FDA approval of Trivia as Prep I accepted and had a scare since the plane took off late from MV and then circled DCA for 25 minutes before landing. I had intended to go home and change first from my casual clothes to TV clothes. However, there was n …

… the South Africa National Defense Force (SANDF). This program largely championed by Cliff Lane. Then flew to Durban to Open the K-RITH. Amazing architecture of the new building. Many luminaries present at the opening – Ron Daniels (Pres. of JHU), Pres. Of Mass. General, …

… ve to be let go. We met at Positano’s restaurant in Bethesda (Fairmont Avenue) with Cliff Lane, Hugh Auchincloss, and JJ McGowan. Good discussion.

… cay of virus on ARVs is characteristic of the response to active virus replication. Cliff Lane pointed out that the decay curve has very few points and is also compatible with a single phase decay. In any event, I have been taking the conservative approach of emphasizin …

… Chris who had been sick as well as the fact that I was travelling for over 24 hours in a plane. Did interview with Washingtonian magazine regarding my opinion of the movie “Dallas Buyer’s Club”, great movie starring Matthew McConaughey about an HIV- infected individual …

… ago and took the initiative to invite Chris and me for dinner at her home at 4920 Indian Lane, N.W. her husband Jeff is a neurosurgeon in Bay Area near SF. He is on faculty at USCF. Children (Richard and William go to STA and heard my recent lecture there). Also at din …

… days, the CDC came up to NIH, area secured by FBI, and material flown down to CDC on FBI plane. Examined there by Select Agent people and PCR’d to confirm smallpox. Will determine if viable within 1 week and will be destroyed as witnessed by WHO. Technically, the presen …

… pokesman Glenn Thomas and AIDS action group activist Martíne De Shutter were also on the plane in addition to AIDS activist Pim deKuijer and Dr. Lucie van Mens. I gave a number of media interviews discussing the terrible tragedy and the loss of our colleagues. This appe …

… spiracy”. I will discipline Lisa when she returns from Liberia because she got out of her lane by getting involved in the procurement of the antibody. I am exhausted from media.

… tating. Lisa has been called back by Cliff and returned from Liberia last night and Cliff Lane gathered a considerable amount of information from her. It appears that she has been much more active in assisting the people from SP in procuring the zMapp antibodies from Ga …

… s interesting that Larry Zeitlin, the CEO of MAPP Biopharmaceuticals, has contacted Cliff Lane telling Cliff that he wants to get rid of the three doses of zMapp that he has in his possession because of the pressure on him to distribute it to a number of people in Afric …

… pective on Ebola came out online at 5:00 PM in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cliff Lane and I are trying to reconcile the need for data of safety and efficacy of the NIH vaccine and the need to get it to people who need it. We drew up a proposal for a Randomized …

… re workers) from the index in Nigeria. Getting close on agreement with Tom Frieden. Cliff Lane very helpful; in hammering out details with CDC people – Tim Uyeki and Steve Redd (Steve is a rally good guy with whom I dealt during the Flu issues). Continued press → MSNBC; …

… got sick and they did not breach any PPEs. got sick from his sister in Liberia, got on a plane and flew to Nigeria. Got sick in Nigeria and several health care providers who took care of him without PPE (~12) got sick and 8 died. One of the people who did not know he wa …

… e DoD is useless since they can never commit to anything. This is interesting since Cliff Lane thinks that they are the only ones that can control this with Command, Control and Communications. Jim Kim wants to engage me, Paul Farmer, Mark Dybul to see to the clinical c …

… ion by up to 41%. This is the worst thing that could happen in the Ebola situation. Cliff Lane and I are trying hard to strike a delicate balance between making our vaccine available following phase 1 trials which have just started here at NIH and continuing to pursue t …

… c without telling Francis Collins or me what is actually going on. In the meantime, Cliff Lane as a long-term member of the Medical Defense Board of the Department of Defense has met with Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today. Cliff relates …