head of
- Cornell Health Policy Center Co-Founding Director 2025 -
- Health Policy and Economics Division Chief 2022 -
Dr. Beth McGinty is the Livingston Farrand Professor and Chief of the Division of Health Policy and Economics at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is also the Co-Founding Director of the Cornell Health Policy Center, a cross-campus center serving as the locus of health policy research, training, and impact at Cornell. Dr. McGinty conducts research focused on how health policies impact populations with complex health needs, including people experiencing mental illness, substance use disorder, chronic pain, and others. Dr. McGinty’s work is characterized by integrating approaches from the fields of public policy, health economics, and implementation science to understand how policies affect population health. Prior to joining WCM in 2022, Dr. McGinty was a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She received a PhD in health and public policy from Johns Hopkins in 2013.
402 E. 67th St
LA-213
New York, New York 10065
USA
Relationships and collaborations with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations are of vital importance to our faculty because these exchanges of scientific information foster innovation. As experts in their fields, WCM physicians and scientists are sought after by many organizations to consult and educate. WCM and its faculty make this information available to the public, thus creating a transparent environment.