Jose Esparza: podcast appearances and interviews

José Esparza is a Venezuelan American virologist based in the United States. He is recognized for his contributions to promoting the international development and testing of vaccines against HIV/AIDS. Esparza's academic career began at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research where he worked from 1968 to 1985. During this period, he held positions such as full professor of virology and chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology. From 1986 to 2014, he served as a viral vaccine expert and senior public health adviser for various international health policy agencies, including the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Currently, Esparza is an adjunct professor of medicine at the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In 2016, he served as the president of the Global Virus Network. Additionally, in 2018, he was appointed as a Robert Koch Fellow at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany, in connection with studies on the early use of horsepox for smallpox vaccination. He is an active member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences, ACAL.