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Bloom to step down as dean of Harvard School of Public Health at close of academic year
Barry R. Bloom, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, announced today (Nov. 15) that he will be stepping down from his position as the School's leader at the end of the current academic year. Bloom became dean of HSPH on January 1, 1999. During a period marked by globalization and profound changes in science and technology, Bloom has led initiatives to keep HSPH at the frontier of scientific discovery and interdisciplinary innovation and to extend its leadership in improving the health of populations around the world.