Michele Barry is a professor of

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

. She became Stanford's inaugural Senior Associate Dean of global health in 2009 an
started the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
in 2010. Prior to this, she was a professor at Yale, where she started the first refugee health clinic and homeless health mobile van project, for which she was awarded th
Elm Ivy Mayor’s Award
''. She specializes in

tropical medicine Tropical medicine is an interdisciplinary branch of medicine that deals with health issues that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or are more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions. Physicians in this field diagnose and tr ...

emerging infectious diseases ''Emerging Infectious Diseases'' is a monthly open-access peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The journal is in the public domain and covers global instances of new and reemerging infectious ...

, women’s leadership in global health, and human and planetary health.

Advocacy and leadership

Barry is an advocate for women's rights in the medical profession. She wrote the first policy for maternity leave in the Department of Medicine at Yale. Later, she created the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, first held in Stanford in 2017. The following year, she was the recipient of the

Elizabeth Blackwell Medal The Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is awarded annually by the American Medical Women's Association. The medal is named in honor of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the educ ...

by the

American Medical Women's Association The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women physicians and medical students. History The '' Woman's Medical Journal'' began publication in the 1893. As World War I broke out ...

. She is the founder of WomenLift Health, an international nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the involvement of women in global health leadership. Barry is also an advocate for global health education. She chaired the educational initiative of American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene to develop guidelines and a certification process for training in tropical medicine in the US. She developed one of the first programs to introduce overseas training in residency programs in the US (formerly Johnson and Johnson Global Scholars program, now th
Stanford-Yale Global Health Scholars program
. She is a cofounder of the Stanford-Yal
Global Health Equity Scholars Program
which has trained physician-scientists in the U.S.and overseas. She founded the Stanfor
Global Health Media Fellowship
currently in partnership with CNN and Stanford Journalism, and the first web-based training addressing th
ethical of challenges of short-term rotations
Through the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Dr. Barry has allocated funding from donors for global health initiatives and research. She works in Planetary Health and is an advocate for directing attention to this field. Under her direction, the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health focuses on three pillars: Refugees & Vulnerable Populations, Women’s Leadership in Global Health, and Human and Planetary Health.

Biography

Barry graduated in medicine from

Albert Einstein College of Medicine The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a Private university, private medical school in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein is an independent degree-granting institution within the Montefiore Einstein Health System. Einstein hosts Doc ...

in 1977 and subsequently completed her

internship An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used to practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations and g ...

, residency, and chief residency at

Yale-New Haven Hospital Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) is a 1,541-bed hospital located in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second-largest hospital in the United States and one of the List of hospitals by capacity, largest in the world. It is the primary teaching hospi ...

, and her rheumatology fellowship at

Yale University School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the medical school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. It is the sixth-oldest m ...

. She completed her tropical medicine training at Walter Reed Hospital and at various overseas settings where she has lived, such as Zimbabwe, Ecuador, South Africa, and others. Barry is a Fellow of the

American College of Physicians The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a Philadelphia-based national organization of internal medicine physicians, who specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of adults. With 161,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty or ...

. In 2009, she was appointed both Stanford's Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health and Senior Associate Dean for Global Health. In 2011 she became a Fellow of the

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is an Arlington, Virginia-based non-profit organization of scientists, clinicians, students and program professionals whose longstanding mission is to promote global health through the ...

, of which she was also a past president. In 2017, she was elected to the Global Health Advisory Board of the

National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineerin ...

to serve for five years. Barry created the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference in response to the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in global health. At its first meeting in 2017, she stated that

At least 75% of the global health workforce is female, as are the majority of caregivers and the most vulnerable patients. But with every step up the ladder, the proportion of women shrinks ... It’s a room full of men discussing women’s health.

Her research interests are in the fields of

global health Global health is the health of populations in a worldwide context; it has been defined as "the area of study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide". Problems th ...

, and emerging

infectious diseases infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

. Taking an approach that crosses disciplines, she aims to take into account the local context of global health issues such as infectious disease. In her work she highlights how areas of global unrest are often centres of emerging disease. She shared her global and infectious disease expertise during the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

beginning in 2020 and has continued t
support pandemic preparedness and prevention efforts
at Stanford. In 2022, sh

on how to improve its vast quarantine system to help prevent future pandemics.

Human and Planetary Health

Recognizing the growing and grave threats that climate change and other environmental changes pose to human health, Barry has led many initiatives to help the medical and global health communities respond to these challenges. These include: * Collaborated with th
University of Washington's Center for One Health Research
to launc
Medicine for a Changing Planet
a series of case studies that highlight various clinical manifestations of environmental challenges – and skills that clinicians can develop to provide effective care for patients on a changing planet. * Launched the firs
Human and Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
in partnership with th
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
* Funded, mentored, and contributed to a range of research projects exploring the physical and mental health implications of climate change on human health. * Supported the development of
Human and Planetary Health
program at Stanford.

Organizations

Barry is an elected member of the

Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank focused on Foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organi ...

since 2019 and

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the ...

since 2002. She sits on the

(NAM) Board on Global Health and is a member of the WomenLift Health advisory board. She was elected into ASTMH's firs
fellows group
in 2011 and remains a fellow there. She is the chair emeritus and was the chair of th
board of directors
for the

Consortium of Universities for Global Health The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), established in 2008, is a membership-based nonprofit organization focusing on global health. Its members are primarily institutions, although individuals can also become members. CUGH membe ...

(CUGH) between 2020-22. She served as director-at-large for the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) between 2008-14. She was a member of th
Fogarty Center Advisory Board
between 2012–17, was president of the

between 2001-02, and has served as a member of the

Global Health Corps Global Health Corps is a U.S. non-profit organization that offers a competitive fellowship to support emerging global health leaders. Global Health Corps selects young professionals for paid, 13 month fellowships with organizations promoting hea ...

advisory board. In 1993, she chaired the ASTMH Committee for Certification Exam in the United States in Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health.

Awards

Barry has been recognized for her support of the health of refugees and vulnerable populations: In 1981, she received the Humanitarian Award, Migration and Refugee, from Catholic Services. In 1993, she was given the Elm-Ivy Mayor's Award from the New Haven, CT. Mayor's Office for her work on homeless and refugee health. She has been awarded two teaching awards from Yale University: In 1992, the Leah Lowenstein Award, selected by Yale medical students as a role model for teaching of humane, egalitarian care, and in 2002, the Yale School of Medicine Society Distinguished Teaching Award. She's also been recognized as a physician, being selected for Best Doctors in America and receiving, in 2010, the

Ben Kean Benjamin H. Kean ( – 1993) was an American physician, author, researcher, and professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. Kean was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, and grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and Manhattan. He graduated from ...

Medal, awarded to a clinician or educator for their dedication to clinical tropical medicine. In 2018 Barry was awarded the

, a prize awarded annually by the

, to a woman physician for her outstanding contribution to the cause of

women in medicine The presence of women in medicine, particularly in the practicing fields of surgery and as physicians, has been traced to the earliest of history. Women have historically had lower participation levels in medical fields compared to men with occu ...

. In 2022, Barry received the Martin S. Wolfe Mentorship award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, recognizing her efforts to foster a new generation of global health leaders. In 2023, CUGH honored Barry with th
Distinguished Leadership Award
its highest annual honor.

Personal life

Barry is married to physician and former Dean of Research at Stanford School of Medicine, Mark Cullen, and they have two daughters, Zoe B. Cullen, and Esme B. Cullen, and five grandchildren. Zoe B. Cullen is a labor economist at Harvard Business School and Esme B. Cullen is an internist and medical director of a federally qualified clinic in Marin County, California .

Selected publications

*Barry M, Bia F. (1988) "Ethical considerations of human investigation in developing countries: The AIDS dilemma." ''NEJM.'' 319 (16):1083-1086 *Barry M. (1991) "The influence of the U.S. tobacco industry on the health, economy, and environment of developing countries" ''The New England Journal of Medicine''. 324 917-920 *Barry M, Molyneux M. (1992) "Ethical dilemmas in malaria drug and vaccine trials: a bioethical perspective." ''Journal of Medical Ethics.'' 18 (4): 189–192 *Barry M, Armstrong L, Russi M, Dembry L, Geller D, Tesh R, Gonzalez JP, Khan A, Peters CJ. (1995) "Treatment of a Laboratory Acquired Infection of Sabiá Virus." ''New England Journal of Medicine''. 333 (5): 294–296 *Barry, Michèle (2000-01-18). "Effect of the U.S. Embargo and Economic Decline on Health in Cuba". ''Annals of Internal Medicine''. 132 (2): 151. *Lo, Nathan C.; Barry, Michele (2017-04-13). "The Perils of Trumping Science in Global Health — The Mexico City Policy and Beyond". ''New England Journal of Medicine''. 376 (15): 1399–1401. *Jowell, Ashley; Zhou, Bright; Barry, Michele (2017-08-01). "The impact of megacities on health: preparing for a resilient future". ''The Lancet Planetary Health''. 1 (5): e176–e178. * *Barry M., Talib Z., Jowell A., Thompson K., Burke K., Larson H., Moyer C., and the Steering Committee of the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference. (2017) "A new vision for global health leadership." ''The Lancet.'' 390 (10112): 2536–2537 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33101-X/fulltext *Gabster, Brooke Peterson; van Daalen, Kim; Dhatt, Roopa; Barry, Michele (2020-06). "Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic". ''The Lancet''. 395 (10242): 1968–1970. *Krohn, Kristina M.; Yu, Gina; Lieber, Mark; Barry, Michele (2022-07). "The Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship: Training the Next Generation of Physician Communicators to Fight Health Misinformation". ''Academic Medicine''. 97 (7): 1004–1008. *Modlin, C.E., DeCamp, M., Barry, M., Rockney, D. and Sugarman, J., (2022) An Online Ethics Curriculum for Short-Term Global Health Experiences: Evaluating a Decade of Use. ''Annals of Global Health'', 88(1), p. 74. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3716
Wray, B., Veidis, E. M., Flores, E. C., Phillips, A. A., Alani, O., & Barry, M. (2023). A call to action for gender equity in climate leadership. ''American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene'', ''108''(6), 1088–1092. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0674

References

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