Solicited Testimony from Authorities in the Field Regarding the Current HIV Vaccine Effort, in the United States and Internationally

10:05 - 10:15 Donald P. Francis, MD, ScD
Official of Genevax, Inc., formerly of Genentech, Inc., manufacturer of a
gpl20 "envelope" AIDS vaccine which has completed phase I and II
clinical trials in the U.S. Former CDC epidemiologist responsible for
hepatitis B vaccine trials among gay men in San Francisco, and original
member of CDC task force on AIDS. Participant in WHO global
smallpox Ebola virus outbreaks.
10:15 - 10:25 Maurice R. Hilleman, PhD
Director, Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research, affiliated with the
Merck pharmaceutical manufacturer. One of the world's most productive
vaccinologists; developer of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella,
hepatitis A & B, and other diseases. Recipient of numerous awards and
honors, including Lasker award, National Medal of Science.
10:25 - 10:35 Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, PhD
Scientific Director, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (initially
supported by the Rockefeller and the Until There's a Cure foundations).
Former Deputy Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH; planner,
implementer, and manager of NIAID activities in discovery and preclinical
evaluation of therapies for HIV infection ('87-'91), and extramural research
in pathogenesis, drug, and vaccine R&D for HIV/AIDS. Biochemical
research on antiviral action of interferon and nucleic acid
immunochemistry.
10:35 - 10:45 John "Jack" Y. Killen, MD
Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH
(additional background unavailable)
10:45 - 10:55 Philip K. Russell, MD
Professor, Johns Hopkins University; President, Albert Sabin Vaccine
Foundation. Former Army Surgeon General responsible for the military. vaccine development program. A leading vaccinologist involved with the
R&D of many vaccines used in both military and civilian sectors. Former
member of Institute of Medicine Committee on Microbial Threats to
Health and the Presidential Advisory Council on Human Radiation
Experiments; special advisor to the Children's Vaccine Initiative of
UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank and the Rockefeller Foundation.
10:55 - 11:05 Sten Vermund, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Alabama; President, Gorgas
Memorial Institute for Tropical and Geographic Medicine. Former Chief,
Vaccine Trials and Epidemiology Branch, Division of AIDS, NIAID,
NIH. Member of Institute of Medicine Committee on Social and
Behavioral Sciences in HIV Biomedical Research.

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