Dr. Deborah Birx Biography
Dr. Deborah Birx is a renown American physician and diplomat who served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator for both Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump since 2014. She has also worked as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force since 2020.
She focuses on HIV/AIDS immunology, vaccine research, and global health. She was also was responsible for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in 65 countries supporting HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs.
Dr. Deborah Birx Birthday and Age
Dr. Deborah was born as Deborah Leah Birx on the 4th of April, 1956, in Pennsylvania, the United States of America.
Dr. Deborah Birx Height and Weight
Dr. Deborah Birx is a woman of average stature and she appears to be quite tall in her photos, relative to her surroundings. She has an average height and moderate body weight. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are publicly unavailable. We are keeping tabs and we shall update this section once it is available.
Dr. Deborah Birx Family
Dr. Birx’s father is called Donald Birx, who was a mathematician and electrical engineer. Her mother is called Adele Sparks Birx, a nursing instructor. She also has a late brother called Danny, the scientist and founder of a research company. Dr. Birx’s older brother, Don Birx, is the president of Plymouth State University. Her family resides in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States of America
Dr. Deborah Birx Marriage
Dr. Deborah is married to her husband called Paige Reffe. He serves as an American lawyer who performs managerial roles in the Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations.
Dr. Deborah Birx Daughter and Children
Dr. Birx and her husband, Reffe are blessed with two adult daughters, Devynn Birx-Raybuck and Danielle Birx-Raybuck.
Dr. Deborah Birx Education
Dr. Birx acquired her secondary education at Lampeter-Strasburg High School. When Deborah and her siblings were still small children, they used a shed behind their family home as a makeshift lab for experiments in astronomy, geology, biology. The children also did experiments on one occasion, a homemade satellite dish antenna mounted on roller skates.
In Dr. Birx’s sophomore year, she won third place at the Lancaster City-County Science Fair. She was, therefore featured in a front-page story in the Lancaster New Era with the subhead: Girls Sweep Top 3 Prizes. Dr. Birx told the Intelligencer Journal that, “Third is alright, but I’ll be back. I want that first prize.”
She completed her junior year of the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Diego. Her family later moved and she completed her secondary education at Carlisle High for her final year. In her senior year, she completed the Capital Area Science Fair and she received an award of the Grand Prize.
Dr. Deborah’s brothers say that her experience competing in the fairs “really was part of encouraging her to go into science.” After completing her secondary learning, she joined Houghton College where she graduated in 1976 with a BS in chemistry. In 1980, Deborah graduated with a master’s degree in chemistry from the Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Deborah Birx Career
From 1980-1994, Debora worked as an active duty reserve officer in the United States Army. From 1994 up to 2008, she served as an active duty regular army where she achieved the rank of Colonel.
From the year 1980- 1994, Deborah worked as a physician at the Walter Reed Medical Center. In 1981, she did and completed her internship in internal medicine. She also worked in Anthony Fauci’s lab where she completed two fellowships in clinical immunology, specializing in allergies and diagnostics.
From 1985-1989, Deborah served as the assistant chief of the Walter Reed Allergy and thereafter, she started her career as a clinician in immunology and later focused on HIV/AIDs vaccine research. From 1986-1989, Birx worked as an instigator at the National Institute of Health where she specialized in cellular immunology.
Dr. Deborah Birx Awards and Honors
- United States Department of Defense, Legion of Merit
- United States Department of Defense, Meritorious Service Medal, recombinant gp160 vaccine
- Federal Executive Board, Outstanding Manager
- African Society for Laboratory Medicine, ASLM Lifetime Achievement Award
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, William C. Watson, Jr. Medal of Excellence
- International Relations Council, Distinguished Service Award for International Statesmanship
Dr. Deborah Birx White House Coronavirus Task Force
On the 27the of February 2020, Vice President Mike Pence appointed Dr. Birxto to serve the position of White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. In her work, she reports to Pence on the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
On the 26th of March, 2020, Dr. Birx sought to reassure Americans in a press conference saying, “There is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion [that ventilators or ICU hospital beds might be in limited supply… You can be thinking about it … but to say that to the American people, to make the implication that when they need a hospital bed, it’s not going to be there, or when they need that ventilator. It’s not going to be there, we don’t have evidence of that right now.
Dr. Deborah Birx Salary
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Dr. Deborah Birx Net Worth
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