Michele Barry

Professor of Medicine and Global Health
Director, Office of International Health
Chief, General Medicine Firm
Section of General Internal Medicine

Research Activities

Health care issues of underserved populations in the U.S. and abroad.

Interests:

• Clinical Tropical Diseases
• International Health
• Travel Medicine
• Ethics of Cross Cultural Research
• Globalization’s Impact on Health

Clinical Activities

• Director of the Office of International Health
• Co–Director – Yale/Johnson & Johnson Physician Scholars in International Health
• Firm Chief – Generalist Firm: Inpatient Teaching Service – Yale New Haven Hospital
• Ford Foundation – Health Consultant for Overseas Programs

National Activities

• Past – President American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Elected Member of Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences
• Chair of Global Health Interest Group – IOM/NAS
• Chair of Professional Education Committee – ISTM
• Chair of Public Health Technical Advisory Board – Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Selected Publications

• Barry M, Craft J, Coleman D. Coulter H, Horwitz R. Special communication: Southeast Asian refugee health, child development and public health concerns. JAMA 1983;249:3200-3203.
• Barry M. Ethical considerations of human investigation in developing countries: The AIDS dilemma. NEJM 1988;319(16):1083-1086
• Barry M, Bia FJ. Pregnancy and Travel. JAMA 1989;261(5):728-731
• Barry M, Cullen M, Thomas JEP, Loewenson R. Zimbabwe: Health care changes after independence and transition to majority rule. JAMA 1990;263(5):638-640
• Cruz E. Barry M, Cruz I, Schantz P, Roman G, Dumas M. Prevalence, distribution and morbidity of T. Solium Neurocysticercosis in an Andean community in Ecuador. In: Cruz ME. Twenty-Five Years of Neurology in Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador, 1994:335-339
• Barry M, Armstrong L, Russi M, Dembry L, Geller D, Tesh R, Gonzalez JP, Khan A, Peters CJ. Treatment of a Laboratory Acquired Infection of Sabiá Virus. NEJM 1995;333:294-296.
• Barry M, Maguire J, Weller P. The ASTMH initiative to stimulate educational programs to enhance medical expertise in tropical diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999:681-688.
• Barry M. Effect of the U.S. Embargo and Economic Decline on Health in Cuba. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(2):151-154
• Barry M, Wisnewski A, Matthias M, Inouye S, Vinetz J. Suburban Leptospirosis: Atypical Lymphocytosis and Gamma-delta T cell response. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006, Nov. 15.
• Barry M. The tail end of Guinea Worm: global eradication without a drug or vaccine. NEJM 2007;356(25):2561-2564.

Education:	A.B., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Magna Cum Laude, 1974 M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY - AOA, 1977
Training:	Residency & Chief Residency: Yale–New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1977–1981 Diploma, Tropical Medicine Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, 1980 Rheumatology Fellowship: Yale–New Haven Hospital, 1981–1983 Hastings Center Fellow in Ethics, 1989 Fellowship:Kellogg National Leadership 1990 Certificate of Knowledge–Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health, 1997

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine
333 Cedar Street, DC 013K
P.O. Box 208025
New Haven, CT 06520-8025

E-mail
michele.barry@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-688-2476
Fax 203-785-6978