Bernard N. Fields (March 24, 1938 — January 31, 1995) 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".
Awards and Distinctions
1962 Founders' Day Award, New York University School of Medicine
1974 - 1979 Irma T. Hirschl Scholar Award
1974 12th Annual Redway Medal (with Cedric Raine)
1974 - 1975 Career Scientist, Health Research Council of New York
1982 Solomon A. Berson Alumni Achievement Award, New York University School of Medicine
1982 Wellcome Lecturer, American Society of Microbiology
1983 Lippard Lecturer, Columbia University
1984 Thayer Lecturer, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1987 Dyer Lecturer, National Institutes of Health
1987 - 1995 Merit Award, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
1989 Niels Dungal Memorial Lecturer, University of Iceland, Reykjavik
1991 Dudley Wright Lecturer, Arolla, Switzerland
1992 Alumni Achievement Award, Brandeis University
Fields received his AB at Brandeis University. He graduated from New York University School of Medicine with M.D. degree in 1962.
1965 - 1966 Medical Virologist, Virology Section - National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1966 - 1967 Assistant Chief, Arbovirus Infectious Unit - National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1967 - 1968 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1968 - 1969 Associate, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1969 - 1971 Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1971 - 1975 Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1975 - 1994 Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - Harvard Medical School
1981 - 1994 Professor of Medicine - Harvard Medical School
1982 - 1994 Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - Harvard Medical School
1984 - 1994 Adele H. Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics -Harvard Medical School
1976 - 1994 Associate Editor - Journal of Infectious Diseases
1977 - 1977 Visiting Professor - Washington University in St. Louis
