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The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci is a pioneer in the study of
diseases of the immune system. The world's leading AIDS researcher,
he is also the administrator of a multi-billion dollar government
agency. He oversees clinical trials of experimental drugs, conducts
research in his own laboratory, publishes reams of scientific
papers, and still makes weekly rounds of clinic patients. Anthony
Fauci was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and received his
M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. He joined NIAID in
1968 and became a pioneer in the field of human immunoregulation,
developing therapies for formerly fatal diseases. He became
Director of NIAID in 1984, as the AIDS epidemic was ravaging
America's cities. Activists accused the government of deliberate
neglect and hanged Dr. Fauci in effigy. Rather than shrinking from
his critics, he met with them face-to-face. Within a year of his
appointment, he had become the world's foremost advocate for AIDS
research, a hero to his former critics. He streamlined the process
for testing new drugs, and successfully lobbied the Food and Drug
Administration to make AIDS drugs more widely available. When Fauci
took charge of NIAID, its annual budget was only $320 million. By
2010 it was approximately $4.8 billion. As AIDS continues to rage
around the world, Dr. Fauci play an international role in the
struggle to control the spread of the disease, promote its
treatment, and find a safe and effective vaccine. This podcast was
recorded at the 2007 International Achievement Summit in
Washington, D.C.
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