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Barry Bloom

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Barry Bloom · Science & Medicine

What

Immunologist and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research

When

1937, United States — 2026

Where

United States

Biography

Barry Bloom is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research

How & why

Barry R. Bloom was an American immunologist and public-health leader at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he served as dean, and a longtime World Health Organization adviser known for his research on the immune response to tuberculosis, leprosy and other infectious diseases and for advancing vaccine development. He is documented among Jewish figures in biomedical science in Jewish reference sources.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Immunologist and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research

1937

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science