Background
Esparza, Jose was born on December 19, 1945 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Son of Luis Esparza-Martinez and Bienvenida Bracho de Esparza.
Esparza, Jose was born on December 19, 1945 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Son of Luis Esparza-Martinez and Bienvenida Bracho de Esparza.
Doctor of Medicine, University Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1968. Division of Medical Sciences, University Zulia, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Virology, Epidemiology, Baylor College Medicine, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Zulia, 1999.
Professor, head laboratory biology viruses, chair center microbiology Venezuelan Institute Scientific Research, Caracas, 1974-1985. Chief vaccine development unit World Health Organization, Geneva, 1986-1995. Leader vaccine team United Nations Programme Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1996-1999.
Coordinator Human Immunodeficiency Virus vaccine Initiative World Health Organization/United Nations Programme Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, since 2000. Associate professor virus research center Institute Armand-Frappier, University Quebec, Montreal, Canada, 1977. Visiting professor department microbiology and immunology Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1980-1982.
Member International Brotherhood Researchers, Venezuelan Academy Medicine (foreign correspondent), Spanish Academy Drs. (foreign correspondent), Venezuelan Society Microbiology (honorary).
Married Carmen Miriam Carrero, June 10, 1970. 1 child, Susana.