Career įrom 1980 to 1994, Birx served as an active duty reserve officer in the United States Army.

In 1980, Birx earned an Doctor of Medicine from the Penn State Milton S. In 1976, while enrolled at Hershey Medical School, Birx married a fellow medical student Bryan Dudley Raybuck and future cardiologist she met at Houghton College, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, completing her undergraduate studies in two years. During her senior year, she competed at the Capital Area Science Fair and was awarded the Grand Prize. Her family later moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and she attended Carlisle High for her final year of high school. I want that first prize.' Her junior year she competed in the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Diego. She told the Intelligencer Journal that, 'third is alright, but I'll be back. In Birx's sophomore year, she won third place at the Lancaster City-County Science Fair, and she was featured in a front-page story in the Lancaster New Era with the subheading: Girls Sweep Top 3 Prizes. Growing up, the siblings used a shed behind their family home as a makeshift lab for experiments in astronomy, geology, biology, and on one occasion, a homemade satellite dish antenna mounted on roller skates. Her family lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she attended Lampeter-Strasburg High School. Her late brother Danny was a scientist who founded a research company, and her older brother, Donald Birx, is president of Plymouth State University. She is the daughter of Donald Birx, a mathematician and electrical engineer, and Adele Sparks Birx, a nursing instructor. Early life and education īirx was born in Pennsylvania. In March 2021, Birx joined ActivePure Technology as Chief Medical and Science Advisor. Birx was part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from February 2020 to January 2021.

From 2014-2020, Birx was the United States global AIDS coordinator for presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump and served as the United States special representative for global health diplomacy between 20. Starting in 2014, she oversaw the implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program to support HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs in 65 countries. Birx specializes in HIV/AIDS immunology, vaccine research, and global health. Birx with Vice President Mike Pence in March 2020ĭeborah Leah Birx (born April 4, 1956) is an American physician and diplomat who served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021.

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