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 community and 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 is the editor of multiple 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 has also edited the two most recent editions of Social Injustice and Public Health.[10][11] With David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron, and Rosemary K. Sokas, he is the editor of seven editions of Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury.[12][13][14] With James L. Weeks, Gregory R. Wagner, and Kathleen M. Rest, he has edited two editions of Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury.[15][16] With Jonathan A. Patz, he has edited two editions of Climate Change and Public Health.[17][18] With Joyce R. Gaufin, he has edited Mastering Public Health: Essential Skills for Effective Practice.[19] In 2022, he wrote From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War.[20]
Awards
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.