Lewellys F. Barker, M.D. (1933-still living)
Lewellys F. Barker was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933. His grandfather, also named Lewellys F. Barker (1867–1943) was an esteemed physician and professor at Johns Hopkins University. He attended Princeton University for his undergraduate studies and then Johns Hopkins University for medical school, graduating in 1959. He completed his internal medicine residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Barker first came to the NIH in 1962 through the Public Health Service. He was assigned to the Laboratory of Virology and Rickettsiology in the Division of Biologics Standards (DBS). He worked first with Dr. Joseph Smadel on rickettsial vaccines, and then with Dr. Harry M. Meyer, Jr. in the DBS Laboratory of Viral Immunology.
He then worked at the American Red Cross from 1978 to 1991. Dr. Barker returned to the NIH in 1991, working at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the Division of AIDS. Since 1997, and continuing today, he has worked at a pharmaceutical company and served as a medical consultant to several organizations.
His research interests include infectious diseases, epidemiology, diagnosis, and passive and active immunization against viral and rickettsial diseases, with an emphasis on retroviruses, viral hepatitis, vaccinia, and epidemic typhus.
Dr. Barker has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Public Health Service’s Meritorious Service Award, the President’s Award from the American Association of Blood Banks, and the Nevanlinna Medal from the Finnish Red Cross Society.
He worked in Building 29, 3rd floor.
NIH Oral History
Publications
“Storage of Red Blood Cell Products: Background of 24-Hour Dating” by Lewellys F. Barker and Madge Crouch in Frozen Red Cell Outdating (1975). https://books.google.com/books?id=ZS6eodloBUgC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=madge+l.+crouch&source=bl&ots=wgNYP73FU0&sig=ACfU3U2QyQjGfdnGJx58ag9tL7mAxiL0MQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRxdXyjPLxAhWQY98KHScNDjgQ6AEwEXoECBUQAw#v=onepage&q=madge%20l.%20crouch&f=false.
“Viral Hepatitis, type B” By Lewellys F. Barker in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (1976). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595372/.
“Liver cell dysplasia: a premalignant condition” by P.P. Anthony, C.L. Vogel, and Lewellys F. Barker in the Journal of Clinical Pathology (1973) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC477688/.
“Factor Concentrates for Treatment of Hemophilia: Clarification” by Lewellys F. Barker and D. Menache in Blood (the Journal of the American Society of Hematology), Volume 75, Issue 3 (1990). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006497120857723?via%3Dihub#!.