Barry S. Levy
Barry S. Levy (born 1944) is a physician and former president of the American Public Health Association.
A graduate of Tufts University (B.S., 1966), he holds an M.P.H. (1970) from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed his M.D. (1971) at Weill Cornell Medicine.[1] He completed his internal medicine residency at University Hospital and the Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) in Boston, and a preventive medicine residency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[2]
He currently is an adjunct professor of public health at Tufts University School of Medicine. He formerly was a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and director of international public health programs. He served in a variety of roles in the American Public Health Association.
With Victor W. Sidel, he edited two editions of each of the following books: War and Public Health,[3][4][5] Terrorism and Public Health,[6][7] and Social Injustice and Public Health.[8][9] He also edited the two most recent editions of Social Injustice and Public Health.[10][11] He edited seven editions of Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury[12][13][14] with David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas. He edited two editions of Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury[15][16] with James L. Weeks, Gregory R. Wagner, and Kathleen M. Rest. He edited two editions of Climate Change and Public Health[17][18] with Jonathan A. Patz. He edited Mastering Public Health: Essential Skills for Effective Practice[19] with Joyce R. Gaufin. In 2022, he wrote From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War.[20] He edited Years of Horror, Days of Hope: Responding to the Cambodian Refugee Crisis[21] with Daniel Susott. He edited International Perspectives in Environment, Development, and Health: Toward a Sustainable World[22] with Gurinder Shahi, Al Binger, Tord Kjellström, and Robert Lawrence.
Awards
- 1998 Duncan Clark Award
- 2005 Sedgwick Memorial Medal
- 2024 Int'l Courage of Conscience Award
- 2024 Special Achievement Award, Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association
References
- ↑ "Barry Levy, M.D., M.P.H." Tufts University Faculty Profiles. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ↑ "Barry Levy". The Forum at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (1997). War and Public Health. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510814-0.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2000). War and Public Health (Updated Edition). American Public Health Association. ISBN 0-87553-249-7.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2008). War and Public Health (Second Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531118-1.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2003). Terrorism and Public Health: A Balanced Approach to Strengthening Systems and Protecting People. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515834-2.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2012). Terrorism and Public Health: A Balanced Approach to Strengthening Systems and Protecting People (Second Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-976554-6.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2006). Social Injustice and Public Health. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517185-3.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W., eds. (2013). Social Injustice and Public Health (Second Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-993922-0.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S., ed. (2019). Social Injustice and Public Health (Third Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190914646.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S., ed. (2026). Social Injustice and Public Health (Fourth Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197803721.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Wegman, David H.; Baron, Sherry L.; Sokas, Rosemary K., eds. (2006). Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury (Fifth Edition). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-5551-4.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Wegman, David H.; Baron, Sherry L.; Sokas, Rosemary K., eds. (2011). Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury (Sixth Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539788-8.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Wegman, David H.; Baron, Sherry L.; Sokas, Rosemary K., eds. (2018). Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury (Seventh Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190662677.
- ↑ Weeks, James L.; Levy, Barry S.; Wagner, Gregory R., eds. (1991). Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury. American Public Health Association. ISBN 0-87553-172-5.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Wagner, Gregory R.; Rest, Kathleen M.; Weeks, James L., eds. (2005). Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury (Second Edition). American Public Health Association. ISBN 0-87553-043-5.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Patz, Jonathan A., eds. (2015). Climate Change and Public Health. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-020245-3.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Patz, Jonathan A., eds. (2024). Climate Change and Public Health (Second Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197683323.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Gaufin, Joyce R., eds. (2012). Mastering Public Health: Essential Skills for Effective Practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975397-0.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S. (2022). From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197558645.
- ↑ Levy, Barry S.; Susott, Daniel C., eds. (1986). Years of Horror, Days of Hope: Responding to the Cambodian Refugee Crisis. Associated Faculty Press. ISBN 0-8046-9396-X.
- ↑ Shahi, Gurinder; Levy, Barry S.; Binger, Al; Kjellström, Tord; Lawrence, Robert, eds. (1997). International Perspectives in Environment, Development, and Health: Toward a Sustainable World. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8261-9190-8.