[Email to Various from PACHA]

SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON HIV/AIDS RESEARCH

FROM: Research Committee, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS
TO: Interested Parties and the Public
DATE: November 1, 1995
SUBJECT: Solicitation of Comments on Federal Effort in HIV/AIDS Research
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS was created in June
1995 by President Clinton to advise him about the Federal Government's
effort on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including "what we are doing right and
what we are doing wrong; what we should be doing and what we shouldn't be
doing" and to design "new and better ways to respond". Preliminary
Council recommendations made to the President on July 28, 1995 included
bold and visible Presidential leadership on the AIDS epidemic, including a
conference on AIDS to be moderated by the President. As a result, the
White House Conference on HIV and AIDS has been scheduled for December 6,
1995, to be held in the White House.
The Research Committee of the Council welcomes and requests comments
from interested parties and the public on the subject of AIDS research,
including assessment of problems and obstacles in this area, analyses of
relevant issues, and practical recommendations for changes in the Federal
AIDS research effort that would facilitate accelerated solutions to the
epidemic. This input will be considered by the Research Committee and
the entire Council, as it prepares for the upcoming White House Conference
on HIV and AIDS, and as it considers these issues further over the months
ahead.
We are writing to ask for your input related to the most important
issues in research on HIV and AIDS, in order to develop suggestions from
the widest possible constituency, to be discussed with the President.
Please take the time to respond to the questions on the next page,
and to provide whatever input you feel important in our efforts to stop
this epidemic. Please feel free to send your first suggestions now, with
additional input over the weeks and months to follow.
Input on HIV/AIDS research should be faxed by November 17, 1995 to:
Alexandra M. Levine, MD (fax [phone]), Chair, and to Research
Committee members Phyllis Greenberger (202-833-3472), Bob Hattoy
(202-371-2815), R. Scott Hitt, MD (310-652-9655), Debra Fraser-Howze
(212-614-0057), Sandra Thurman (404-872-9661), and Bruce G. Weniger, MD
(404-639-8616). Please mail confirmation copies to Alexandra Levine, MD:
USC/Norris 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
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