Barry Bloom
Barry R. Bloom | |
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| Born | April 13, 1937 |
| Died | March 18, 2026 (aged 88) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Amherst College Rockefeller University |
| Known for | Immunology of tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and vaccines; Dean of Harvard School of Public Health |
| Awards | Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Research in Infectious Diseases (first awardee); Robert Koch Medal; Novartis Award for Clinical Immunology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Public health; Immunology; Infectious disease |
| Workplaces | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Barry Robert Bloom (April 13, 1937 – March 18, 2026) was an American immunologist known for his research on the immune response to infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and COVID-19. He was the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, Emeritus in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he served as dean of the faculty from 1998 through 2008.