She is a cofounder of the Stanford-Yale Global Health Equity Scholars Program,[2] which has trained physician-scientists in the U.S.and overseas.
She completed her tropical medicine training at Walter Reed Hospital and at various overseas settings where she has lived, such as Zimbabwe, Ecuador, South Africa, and others.
[7] In 2017, she was elected to the Global Health Advisory Board of the National Academy of Medicine to serve for five years.
[4]Her research interests are in the fields of global health, tropical medicine, and emerging infectious diseases.
[10] In 2022, she advised the Centers for Disease Control on how to improve its vast quarantine system to help prevent future pandemics.
These include: Barry is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2019 and National Academy of Sciences since 2002.
In 1993, she chaired the ASTMH Committee for Certification Exam in the United States in Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health.
[15] She's also been recognized as a physician, being selected for Best Doctors in America and receiving, in 2010, the Ben Kean Medal, awarded to a clinician or educator for their dedication to clinical tropical medicine.
[17] In 2022, Barry received the Martin S. Wolfe Mentorship award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, recognizing her efforts to foster a new generation of global health leaders.