Rate My Professor Michele Barry

Prior to Stanford, Barry had a 28-year career at Yale School of Medicine, advancing from Assistant Professor of Medicine (1981-1986) to Associate Professor (1986-1994) and Professor of Medicine and Global Health (1994-2009). There, she directed the Southeast Asian Refugee Clinic, International Health Program, and International Health Office, and co-directed the Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Physician Scholars Program. Major honors include presidency of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2001-2002), election to the National Academy of Medicine (2002), Ben Kean Medal (2010), Elizabeth Blackwell Award (2017), Marty Wolfe Medal for Mentorship (2022), and Distinguished Leadership Award from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (2023). She chaired the Consortium's Board (2020-2022) and served on the National Academy of Medicine's Board of Global Health (2019-2024). Key publications encompass "Environmental Determinants of Health—Time to Redefine the Social History?" (JAMA, 2024), "Climate change and inequality" (Pediatric Research, 2024), "A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadership" (Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2023), "The Tail End of Guinea Worm—Global Eradication without a Drug or Vaccine" (NEJM, 2007), and "Disease without borders: globalization's challenge to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene" (Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2003). Her leadership has advanced global health education, policy advocacy, and responses to environmental health threats.