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Deborah L. Birx, M.D. is a world-renowned medical expert and leader who most recently served as the response coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Deborah previously served as ambassador-at-large and U.S. Global AIDS coordinator at the U.S. Department of State, U.S. special representative for Global Health Diplomacy and director of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. From 1980 until 2008, Deborah served in the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of colonel. She has published over 230 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, authored nearly a dozen chapters in scientific publications, as well as developed and patented vaccines. Deborah earned her medical degree from the Hershey School of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University and trained in internal medicine and basic and clinical immunology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. Deborah is board certified in internal medicine, allergy and immunology, and diagnostic and clinical laboratory immunology.