Nicole Espy
NIH/NIAID
Nicole Espy, Ph.D., is a Program Officer in the Laboratory and Clinical Sciences Branch of the Therapeutics Research Program at the Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her portofilio focuses on HIV and TB diagnostics and biomarker development. Dr. Espy’s research background includes a wide-range of disease areas, including HIV, COVID-19, Ebola, and Malaria, and expertise in global health, epidemiology, viral immunology, clinical trials, diagnostics, genomics and laboratory quality assurance and quality control. She received her B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, and her doctorate degree in Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard. She completed her post-doctoral training at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. She also worked as a Diagnostic Project Manager, supporting specimen processing and other diagnostic and laboratory quality assurance oversight activities for DAIDS HIV and COVID-19 vaccine networks. Most recently, Nicole served as a Program Manager and Research & Technical Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, where she provided technical support for PEPFARs Asia Regional Program, working with local partners to help curb the HIV epidemic and achieve progress towards UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals in this region.