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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Davies Smith E, Malvestutto C, Ribaudo HJ, Fichtenbaum CJ, Aberg JA, Watanabe M, et al. Cardiovascular hazards of abacavir- versus tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapies: Insights from an analysis of the REPRIEVE trial cohort. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025 Mar 21;Durstenfeld MS, Hill CL, Clare RM, Chiswell K, Sanders G, Gray S, et al. Association of Cardiologist Clinic Visits With Cardiovascular Primary Prevention Outcomes Among People With HIV From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Southern United States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Mar 7;e038462.Hertz JT, Sakita FM, Min Htike WY, Kajiru KG, Mmbaga BT, Tarimo TG, et al. Acute coronary syndrome prevalence and outcomes in a Tanzanian emergency department: Results from a prospective surveillance study. Afr J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar;15(1):518–25.Sarafian JT, Sakita FM, Mlangi JJ, Kweka GL, Tarimo TG, Kessy MS, et al. Prognosis of patients with nonspecific electrocardiogram findings in a Tanzanian emergency department. Am Heart J. 2025 Mar;281:10–9.
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