Barry Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine. He previously served as an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tenured professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and director of programs and projects in international health.
In 1993, Dr. Levy served as chairperson of the APHA Executive Board and, in 1997, he served as APHA president. During his term as president, he visited all 50 states, spoke frequently on the future of public health and putting the public in public health, and traveled to South Africa to present the APHA Presidential Citation to Nelson Mandela. In 2005, he was awarded the Sedgwick Memorial Medal.
Dr. Levy has edited 20 books on the public health impacts of environmental and occupational hazards, war and terrorism, and social injustice. He wrote the book “From Horror to Hope: Recognizing and Preventing the Health Impacts of War.” And he has authored more than 250 journal articles and book chapters.
Dr. Levy has received the U.S. Public Health Service Commendation Medal, the Duncan Clark Award of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, the Special Recognition Award of the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the Harriet Hardy Award of the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He twice received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Tufts University School of Medicine.