Martin Bloem
Professor of Environmental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Martin W. Bloem, MD, Ph.D., is a Professor of Environmental Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the School of Public Health. Until November 2022, he was the inaugural Robert S. Lawrence Professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF). He joined the Center in 2017, relocating to Baltimore from Rome, where he spent 12 years as a senior nutrition adviser at the United Nations World Food Programme and as a Global Coordinator for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. His appointment as professor at the School and director of CLF followed years of service to the Bloomberg School of Public Health as an adjunct associate professor. Throughout his career, Martin has primarily focused on challenges that include blindness prevention, public health, nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, food security, and food access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. As a coordinator of global HIV/AIDS efforts, he experienced first-hand how solutions to complex problems require a systems approach. Throughout his career, Martin has built and strengthened long-term strategic partnerships and collaboration with external stakeholders.
