Today's blog post comes to you not from Seattle but from New York, where I attended the inaugural Scientific Advisory Board meeting for an influenza vaccine program led by researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Graduate students, distinguished flu experts from WHO and NIH and senior leaders responsible for vaccine development from several big pharma companies crowded into a seminar room on the 16th floor to review plans for the development of this vaccine. Needless to say I learned a lot about flu while enjoying a spectacular view over the north end of Central Park and the George Washington Bridge.
I continue slightly star-struck from Tuesday's employee meeting. Yesterday evening I had my appointment at the photographer's studio, complete with hair and make-up. Yes, every foundation employee has to have a professional head shot. I rushed from my last meeting of the day, jumped into an Uber taxi and spent a very enjoyable hour being pampered, beautified and flattered from every angle. We shall see if the camera lies...Then it was time to jump in another Uber taxi and be whisked to the airport to catch the red-eye to New York. It turns our that foundation travel policy is to fly business class if you are on an overnight or international flight. I haven't flown business class since my heady consulting years in the late '90's. I slept very well in consequence.
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