The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) congratulates Dr. Deborah Birx on her appointment as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. Dr. Birx is a longstanding friend and colleague of the BC-CfE. She has spent several decades working on HIV/AIDS immunology, vaccine research and global health and Dr. Birx has provided unparalleled leadership to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.
HIV/AIDS continues to be one of the most destructive global pandemics in history with nearly 38 million people living with the virus as of 2018. The insights gathered from the response to HIV/AIDS will help guide the plan to contain this new viral threat.