Dr. Joseph Bresee serves as the director of the respiratory virus prevention programs at The Task Force for Global Health. The programs work towards increasing equitable access to life-saving vaccines such as influenza and COVID vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, and include the Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives, CoVIP, the CoVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Program, SONAR (Strengthening Outbreak Notification and Response), and the Global Funders Consortium for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development. He has more than thirty years of experience working in influenza and vaccines, having started his public health career at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.