Deborah Birx

Dr. Deborah Birx served in public health in the U.S. government for more than forty years, working for multiple presidential administrations in that time. A former colonel in the U.S. Army, Dr. Birx spent much of her career researching HIV and working around the globe combatting the pandemics of HIV, TB, and malaria. She has held leadership positions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Institute of Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the State Department as...See more

Dr. Deborah Birx served in public health in the U.S. government for more than forty years, working for multiple presidential administrations in that time. A former colonel in the U.S. Army, Dr. Birx spent much of her career researching HIV and working around the globe combatting the pandemics of HIV, TB, and malaria. She has held leadership positions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Institute of Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the State Department as Ambassador-atLarge and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). She is currently a senior fellow at the Bush Institute. She lives in Washington, DC. See less