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Gerald Bloomfield

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Department of Medicine, DUMC Box 3850, Durham, NC 27705
300 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701

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 · 2021 - Present Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine
Associate Director for Research at Duke Global Health Institute · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Research Professor of Global Health · 2021 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2011 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Health-related quality of life among people with HIV at low-to-moderate risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the REPRIEVE Trial.

Journal Article AIDS · April 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence concerning the relationship between cardiometabolic characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and potential effects of statin therapy among people with HIV (PWH). METHODS: The Randomized Trial to Prev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Assessment in a Global CVD Prevention Cohort of People With HIV by PCE, PREVENT, and SCORE2.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · February 25, 2026 BACKGROUND: REPRIEVE findings catalyzed changes to multiple guidelines directing statin therapy prescribing for people with HIV (PWH). US guidelines use the pooled cohort equation (PCE)-derived 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk sc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lessons Learned From Using PCORnet® to Support the Pathways to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Impact of Specialty Referral Among People With HIV From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Southern United States (PATHWAYS Study).

Journal Article Med Care · February 1, 2026 OBJECTIVE: The PATHWAYS Study utilized data from the PCORnet® Common Data Model (CDM) at 4 sites participating in the STAR Clinical Research Network to assess the frequency of cardiology encounters for under-represented racial and ethnic minority group peo ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030

Cardiac function and proteomic biomarkers in individuals with perinatal HIV infection or exposure

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

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Education


Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine · 2002 M.D.