William J. Martone, M.D.
Senior Executive Director
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Peter L. Nara, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer for Research and Development
Biological Mimetics, Inc.
Frederick, Maryland
and
President
International Society for Vaccines
Manassas, Virginia

N. Regina Rabinovich, M.D.
Chief, Clinical Studies Section
Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Bruce G. Weniger, M.D.
Assistant Chief for Vaccine Development
Vaccine Safety and Development Activity
National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert F. Breiman, M.D.
Director, National Vaccine Program Office
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Infectious Diseases
Halifax Medical Center
Daytona Beach, Florida

M. Carolyn Hardegree, M.D.
Director, Office of Vaccine Research and Review
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Colonel Charles H. Hoke, Jr., M.D., M.C.
Director, Military Infectious Disease Research Program
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Fort Detrick, Maryland

David S. Krause, M.D.
Vice President and Director
Clinical Research & Development and Medical Affairs (U.S.)
SmithKline Beecham Biologicals
Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Myron M. Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H.
Professor and Director, Center for Vaccine Development
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Brian W.J. Mahy, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

William J. Martone, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair

Peter L. Nara, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair

Peter R. Paradiso, Ph.D.
Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Research Strategy
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics
West Henrietta, New York

Gregory A. Poland, M.D.
Chair, Mayo Vaccine Research Group
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota

N. Regina Rabinovich, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair

Philip K. Russell, M.D.
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute, Inc. at Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Howard R. Six, M.D.
Vice President, Research & Development
Pasteur Mérieux Connaught
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania

Thomas M. Vernon, M.D.
Executive Director, Medical, Scientific, and Public Health Affairs
Merck Vaccine Division
West Point, Pennsylvania

Bruce G. Weniger, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair

Joyce A. Goff
Health Education Specialist
National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert C. LaGasse
Executive Director
International Society for Vaccines
Manassas, Virginia

Terry M. LaMotte
Special Projects Coordinator
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Len Novick
Executive Director
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland

Glenn Austin
Product Development
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Seattle, Washington

Carol Baker, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, and Immunology
Head, Section of Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Robert Belshe, M.D.
Director of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Bradley S. Bender, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Gainesville, Florida

Steve Black, M.D.
Co-Director
Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center
Oakland, California

Robert F. Breiman, M.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee

Michael J. Caulfield, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Department of Virus and Cell Biology
Merck Research Laboratories
West Point, Pennsylvania

Ranjit Kumar Chandra, M.D.
University Research Professor
Director of Immunology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

John D. Clemens, M.D.
Chief, Epidemiology Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Mary Lou Clements-Mann, M.D.
Professor, Departments of International Health, Molecular Microbiology and Immunolgy, and Medicine
Center for Immunization Research
School of Hygiene and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Mark E. Cook, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee

Nicolas Glaichenhaus, Ph.D.
Professor, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire
Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Principal Investigator
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Valbonne, France

W. Paul Glezen, M.D.
Professor and Head, Preventive Medicine Section
Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Scott A. Halperin, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Dalhousie University
IWK Grace Health Center
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Margaret J. Hosie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Veterinary Pathology
University of Glasgow Veterinary School
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Richard A. Insel, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Strong Children's Research Center
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, New York

David S. Krause, M.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee

Myron M. Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H.
Member, Scientific Program Committee

Pamela M. McInnes, D.D.S.
Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Karen Midthun, M.D.
Chief, Vaccine Clinical Trials Branch
Division of Vaccines and Related Products Applications
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, Maryland

James E. Nagel, M.D.
Staff Scientist
Intramural Research Program
Laboratory of Immunology
Gerontology Research Center
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

Peter L. Nara, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair

Mark J. Newman, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research and Development
Vaxcel, Inc.
Norcross, Georgia

Peter R. Paradiso, Ph.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee

Don A. Rowley, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Hans Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

George R. Siber, M.D.
Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics
Pearl River, New York

Carol O. Tacket, M.D.
Chief, Adult Clinical Studies Section
Center for Vaccine Development
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

D.B. Thomas, D.Phil.
Senior Scientist
Division of Virology
National Institute for Medical Research
London, England, United Kingdom

M.H.V. Van Regenmortel, Ph.D.
Research Director
Immunochimie des Peptides et des Virus
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Strasbourg, France

Frederick R. Vogel, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Vaccine and Preventive Research Program
Division of AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Bruce G. Weniger, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair

The members of the Scientific Program Committee thank the co-sponsoring organizations for the vision and initiative that made this conference possible, and invite the vaccine community to contribute their data and experience in making it a success worth repeating.

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