Gerald Bloomfield
Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
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Gerald Bloomfield
Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Gerald Bloomfield, MD, MPH, joined the faculty in Medicine and Global Health after completing his Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute. Bloomfield also completed the Duke Global Health Residency/Fellowship Pathway and a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship. He received his medical education, internal medicine residency and Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. Bloomfield leads a longstanding research and capacity building program on cardiovascular global health which includes work in under-resourced communities in the US and a number of low- and middle-income country settings including a partnership with Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.
Publications
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Simkevich M, Chen Y-Y, Parent M, Patel Y, Bokhari SH, Jiang L, et al. Systemic inflammation, myocardial fibrosis, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV. Am Heart J. 2026 Jul;297:107399.Kileel EM, Malvestutto CD, Zanni MV, Davies-Smith E, Fichtenbaum CJ, Lake JE, et al. Risk of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and major adverse cardiovascular events after a switch to an integrase inhibitor: a target trial emulation in REPRIEVE. Lancet HIV. 2026 May;13(5):e306–15.Umbleja T, Zafar MU, McCallum S, Gattu AK, Zanni MV, Bloomfield GS, et al. Pitavastatin effects on lipids in relation to major adverse cardiovascular events: a REPRIEVE secondary analysis. Lancet HIV. 2026 May;13(5):e316–26.Martínez E, Watanabe M, Hoffman R, Zanni MV, Pozniak A, Shakil SS, et al. Incidence, risk factors, and cardiovascular impact of hypertension in people with HIV: a secondary analysis of the REPRIEVE trial. Lancet HIV. 2026 May;13(5):e327–37.
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