Bernard N. Fields

Who is Bernard N. Fields?

Bernard N. Fields was an American microbiologist and virologist. Fields was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fields was the Adele Lehman Professor and chairman of the department of microbiology and molecular genetics of Harvard Medical School, the head of division of infectious diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the Albert Einstein Medical School. He was also the editor in chief of Virology, and editor of the eponymously named Fields Virology.

Dr. Harold Varmus called Fields "the intellectual leader of the field for more than the last decade". The New York Times said that Fields "is credited with spearheading the current resurgence of research on how viruses cause damage". The National Academies Press called him "a recognized leader in the field of viral pathogenesis" and said Fields will "be remembered for emphasizing the importance of basic research in the area of clinical medicine and in helping to define molecular parameters that affect disease".