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Wall Street Journal - September 13, 2005
Dr. Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute, a unit of the National Institutes of Health, served for the past 3 years as top health officer overseeing programs in AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria run by the $28.8 billion foundation launched by Microsoft Corp. founder William H. Gates III and his wife.
The move followed several months of discussion between Dr. Klausner and foundation president and co-chair Patty Stonesifer, ending in a mutual decision that there was a need for new leadership to execute the ambitious programs at the Seattle-based foundation aimed at fighting global epidemics, a foundation spokesman said.
Dr. Klausner, who couldn't be reached for comment, is known to relish his role as visionary and out-of-the-box thinker who helped pioneer the Global AIDS Vaccine Enterprise and the Gates Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative.
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