Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx
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The organization said Birx will use its knowledge in 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 disparities based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former White House health worker said in the statement that she is “thrilled to be working with amazing people and impactful programs at the Bush Institute.”
“The Bush Institute’s programs put people at the center, recognizing that we are stronger when we listen to each other, learn from each other and come together to do bigger things than any of us could do alone,” she said.
Birx previously worked with the Institute on Go Further, a public-private partnership that aims to reduce new cases of cervical cancer in women living with HIV in 12 African countries.
Birx, who served as the United States’ global AIDS coordinator, recently gained national prominence for her role as coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force under the command of President Trump
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In late January, Birx gave an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program detailing his time serving in the Trump administration. She admitted that she often considered resigning from the coronavirus task force and said that someone was presenting the president with a “parallel set of data” about COVID-19 during his time.