Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)

Dr. Fauci directs the NIAID, which conducts and supports research that strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of people worldwide. NIAID research centers on immune-mediated diseases (and immune tolerance), HIV/AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, and vaccines (http://www.niaid.nih.gov). Information about Dr. Fauci: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/director/director.htm. An overview of the NIAID’s purpose: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/facts/overview.htm.

Questions to answer from Dr. Fauci’s perspective:

1. What are the priority issues surrounding HIV/AIDS?
2. Why does Dr. Fauci prioritize these and not other issues?
3. What policy recommendations is Dr. Fauci likely to make to the President?

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