The following information is from House Committee leaders.
As part of its ongoing investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and the adequacy of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) oversight of risky virus research, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Kentucky), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-Virginia) have requested former senior NIH official Dr. Teresa Hauguel participate in a transcribed interview before the Committee.
Key Excerpt:
“As a former program officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), documents indicate that you participated in internal institute committee meetings to determine whether certain virus research experiments presented risks that required additional scrutiny and possible actions to mitigate the risks such as redesign of the experiment. You have been identified by a senior official at NIAID as a subject matter expert for reviewing risks in respiratory virus research projects. For these reasons, we believe you could be helpful to the committee’s examination of virus research oversight, and thus, we request that you appear for a transcribed interview to be held on the week of March 4, 2024.”
Read letter below:
February 16, 2024
Teresa M. Hauguel, Ph.D.
[via email]
Dr. Hauguel,
Pursuant to Rules X and XI of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee is
investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the adequacy of the National Institutes
of Health’s (NIH) oversight of virus research entailing risks of concern.
As a former program officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID), documents indicate that you participated in internal institute committee meetings to
determine whether certain virus research experiments presented risks that required additional
scrutiny and possible actions to mitigate the risks such as redesign of the experiment. You have
been identified by a senior official at NIAID as a subject matter expert for reviewing risks in
respiratory virus research projects. For these reasons, we believe you could be helpful to the
committee’s examination of virus research oversight, and thus, we request that you appear for a
transcribed interview to be held during the week of March 4, 2024.
Thank you for your attention to our request. We appreciate your cooperation in this
matter.
If you have any questions, please contact Majority committee staff at (202) 225-5341.
Link to letter here.
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