John Harland Bryant
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| Born | March 8, 1925 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 2017 (aged 92) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Other names | Jack |
| Citizenship | US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Physician and professor |
| Employer | Department of Health and Human Services Columbia University Aga Khan University, Pakistan |
| Known for | Contribution to Public Health |
| Notable work | Health & the Developing World |
| Board member of | Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti International Organizations of Medical Sciences |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Bryant |
| Awards | Life Time Achievement Award for Excellence in International Health 2000 Gordon Wyon Award 2011 |
John "Jack" Harland Bryant (8 March 1925 – 5 July 2017) was an American physician.
He attended 32 schools before entering high school. During World War II he served as a pilot in the Navy. Following the war he pursued a pre-med program of study at the University of Arizona, earning a B.A. degree in 1949 before enrolling at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he got his MD degree in 1953.
He completed an internship and residency in medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and decided on an academic career. His first job was a postgraduate research position at the National Institutes of Health. Following a fellowship in biochemistry at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and a special research fellowship in biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Dr. Bryant took a fellowship in hematology at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1960, he joined the medical faculty of the University of Vermont and served as director of the clinical research program and later as assistant dean in charge of undergraduate education.
His life changed when he was invited to help the Rockefeller Foundation with a study of health in the developing world. In 1969 Cornell University Press issued “Health & the Developing World”.
Dr. Bryant’s landmark assessment of the problems and vast inequities in health care delivery in the world’s less economically favored nations. The book’s systematic approach, fair assessment, and stark conclusions stunned many of its readers and helped inspire an entire generation of students in public and international health.
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