Biography of Douglas J. Barrett, M.D.
Doug Barrett is senior vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida. He is responsible for the leadership of UF’s Health Science Center, consisting of six colleges, five major research institutes and numerous specialized clinical, basic science and translational research programs on campuses in Gainesville and Jacksonville. He has served in his current position since 2002.
As senior vice president, Barrett is responsible for supporting the activities and maximizing the performance of the educational, research and clinical programs of the Health Science Center. In addition to setting strategic priorities, he strives to promote collaboration, interdisciplinary initiatives, shared services and economies of scale, while fostering the academic and professional strengths and distinctiveness of the Health Science Center components.
Barrett received his M.D. degree in 1974 from the University of South Florida in Tampa. After completing his pediatric internship training at Tampa General Hospital and All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, and pediatric residency at SUNY/Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, he pursued his fellowship training in pediatric immunology in the department of pediatrics at the University of California – San Francisco.
Barrett joined the University of Florida in 1980 as an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics’ division of infectious disease/immunology. He was promoted to associate professor in 1987 and professor in 1991. In 1991, he accepted the position of chairman of the department of pediatrics and Nemours Eminent Scholar. Under his leadership, the department was a consistent winner of medical student teaching awards and enjoyed a 10-fold increase in NIH research funding.
Barrett is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, Association for Academic Health Centers and the Society for Pediatric Research. He serves on the editorial board for Contemporary Pediatrics and is a reviewer for multiple journals. He is the author or co-author of three books, several book chapters and more than 110 journal articles, with particular interest in immunodeficiency disease and transplantation.
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