Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx
Deborah Birx Deborah Birx becomes fellow at George W. Bush Institute Fauci defends Birx: ‘She had to live in the White House’ CNN’s Brianna Keilar calls out Birx ‘apology tour’ MORE will join the George W. Bush Institute as a fellow, according to a statement released Friday.
The organization said Birx will use its knowledge of global health, pandemic response and health systems to support the Bush Institute.
Birx will also work on policy initiatives aimed at improving America’s position to address future health inequalities based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former White House health official said in the statement that she is “delighted to work with the incredible people and impactful programs of the Bush Institute.”
“The Bush Institute’s programs are people-centered and recognize that we are stronger when we listen to each other, learn from each other and come together to do things bigger than we can do alone,” she said.
Birx previously worked with the Institute on Go Further, a public-private partnership aimed at reducing new cases of cervical cancer in women with HIV in 12 African countries.
Birx, who had served as U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, recently took to the national spotlight for her role as coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force under former President Trump
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In late January, Birx gave an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” describing her time in the Trump administration. She admitted that she often considered resigning from the coronavirus task force, saying someone presented the president in her day with a “parallel set of data” on COVID-19.