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.
- Health Policy
- Medicaid
- Mental Health Policy
- Pain Services & Policy
- Substance Use Policy