Debbie-Ann Shirley, MD, MPH

Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley was born on the island of Jamaica and completed her medical training at the University of the West Indies, where she graduated with honors. She completed her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, earning the 2008 Harry Gordon Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activity.

She then pursued fellowship training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the renowned University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development, where she gained expertise in early-phase clinical trials for vaccines and therapeutics. During this time, she also completed a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Shirley joined the faculty at the University of Virginia, where she received the 2020 UVA School of Medicine Dean’s Clinical Excellence Award in recognition of her service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, she joined the University of Florida College of Medicine as an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and became Division Chief in 2024.

Dr. Shirley met her husband, UF physician-scientist Dr. Shannon Moonah, during medical school. They now live in Gainesville, where they are raising their two children.