Oral history interview with Anthony S. Fauci, 2021
Abstract
Anthony Fauci reflects on his service as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984, with particular attention to the years of the Obama presidency. He recounts the development of his calling toward medicine and public health, and provides details about the administration's responses to major diseases and outbreaks, including H1N1 influenza, Ebola, Zika , and HIV/AIDS. Fauci outlines the administration's processes for making decisions about public health issues, challenges and advances in vaccine development and vaccine administration, debates surrounding gain of function research, and the importance of effective communications in public health practice. Also discussed are the Presidential Advisory Council on Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), the significance of NIAID research funding included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the importance of state funding for vaccine development, and the administration's efforts to enhance the country's pandemic preparedness
Presidents--United States; H1N1 influenza--United States; Zika virus--United States; Ebola virus disease; HIV (Viruses)--United States; Public health administration--United States; Public health--United States; Pandemics--United States; Fauci, Anthony S., 1940-; Obama, Barack; United States. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; United States; United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2021
Physical Description
107 pages
Note (Biographical)
Anthony Fauci has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. At the time of the interview, Fauci serves as the chief medical advisor to President Biden and as one of the lead members of the Whit e House COVID-19 Response Team. Fauci has advised seven presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He was one of the principal architects of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program credited with saving millions of lives throughout the developing world. Fauci also is the longtime chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation. In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the PEPFAR
Note
Interviewed by Dov Weinryb Grohsgal on May 10 and 27, 2021. This interview is part of the Columbia University: Obama Presidency Oral History
Note (Provenance)
Anthony S. Fauci, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2022