Barry Bloom

Barry R. Bloom 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.