Barry R. Bloom, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), yesterday announced
that he will be stepping down from his position as the
School’s leader at the end of the current academic year.
Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, became
dean of HSPH on January 1, 1999. During a period marked by
globalization and profound changes in science and technology, Bloom has
led initiatives to keep HSPH at the frontier of scientific discovery
and interdisciplinary innovation and to extend its leadership in
improving the health of populations around the world.
