Overview
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.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
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2021 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2011 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Mental Health Stressors of the COVID-19 Pandemic Negatively Affect Self-Management of Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease Among Persons Living With HIV in the United States: A Qualitative Study.
Journal Article J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care · January 2026 The impact of COVID-19-related mental health effects on health behaviors among people living with HIV (PLWH) remains unknown. Our qualitative study explored the relationship between the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-managemen ... Full text Link to item CiteEnhancing Cardiovascular Health in Southeastern United States for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities With HIV: A Qualitative Inquiry Using the Health Belief Model.
Journal Article J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care · January 2026 People with HIV from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority (URM) groups are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Guided by the health belief model, we conducted in-depth interviews with URM with HIV, established CVD, and CV ... Full text Link to item CiteClonal Hematopoiesis and Major Adverse Cardiac Events in People With HIV: Insights From the REPRIEVE Trial.
Journal Article Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol · January 2026 BACKGROUND: People with HIV (PWH) experience higher cardiovascular disease event rates not fully explained by traditional risk factors. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the genera ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030Cardiac function and proteomic biomarkers in individuals with perinatal HIV infection or exposure
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030GE Precision Healthcare, LLC Work Statement# A-13 (RURAL ECHO)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GE Precision Healthcare LLC · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine ·
2002
M.D.