The Division of Health Policy and Economics within the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) in New York City seeks full-time tenure-track faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor.
The Division of Health Policy and Economics studies the U.S. healthcare system with the goal of making discoveries and recommendations for improvement. We study the effects of public and private policies on provider organizations and the value of care delivered. We focus on incentives, unintended consequences, and the impact of policies and organizational processes on healthcare access, quality, cost, and population health outcomes. Our current areas of investigation are broad and include alternative payment models; consolidation of provider organizations; telehealth; policy issues in Medicare Advantage; Medicaid and safety net policy; long-term and post-acute care; pharmaceutical policy; and mental health and substance use policy, among others.
The division is interested in adding faculty who work in these or new areas, with particular interest in building the division’s expertise in Medicaid and safety net policy, children’s health policy and policy governing the use of AI in healthcare. Candidates with research interests in these and other areas are encouraged to apply. We welcome applicants with varied methodological expertise, including econometrics, health policy statistics, legal research, mixed-methods and qualitative research, and others.
The Department of Population Health Sciences is highly collaborative and multi-disciplinary, with substantial research strengths across a variety of areas, including health policy and economics; health data science and data analytics; health informatics and AI; comparative effectiveness and outcomes research; healthcare delivery science; epidemiology; and biostatistics. Our faculty interact frequently with colleagues across Weill Cornell Medicine, the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell Tech, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and its multi-hospital system. Division of Health Policy and Economics faculty connect with faculty and trainees in these and other Cornell schools and colleges through the Cornell Health Policy Center (CHPC), a cross-campus health policy center with over 80 affiliated faculty that serves as the locus of health policy research, training, and impact at Cornell. The department has robust data resources and education programs:
The Department has significant data resources, including extensive claims data from Medicare, Medicaid, and major private insurers and electronic health record data from the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network, the largest urban clinical data network in the country. We host a state-of-the-art computing environment, Data Core, as a secure platform for data analysis.
The Department offers MS degrees in health policy and economics, biostatistics and data science, and health informatics and artificial intelligence, as well as an executive MBA/MS program offered jointly with the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management. The Department also offers a PhD program in population health sciences.
The successful applicant will have a Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent in health or public policy, health economics, health services research, or a related field. The applicant will have a record of significant research accomplishments, including developing and sustaining extramural funding, and will demonstrate a strong ability to mentor students, post-doctoral researchers, and junior faculty members. The successful candidate will also have experience in curriculum development, teaching, and scholarship activities in health policy and economics. The candidate should have strong communication skills, an established record of interdisciplinary work, and be ready to foster collaborative opportunities in research, education, service, and innovation. The successful candidate will also have an opportunity to become a member of the Cornell Health Policy Center.
Salary established below per annum commensurate with qualifications and experience:
Assistant Professor: $165,000-$199,000
Weill Cornell Medicine provides the above salary range in compliance with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range listed is for full‐time employment not including bonuses, clinical incentive compensation, or benefits. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, specialty, training, and hospital/community needs.
The above salary range for New York City based roles represents WCM’s good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting.
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Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest highlighting their research and teaching interests, practical experience and career goals in health policy and economics, curriculum vitae, and names of three professional references to Ancheska Castillo at phs_admin@med.cornell.edu with “Health Policy & Economics Assistant Professor Position” in the subject line by November 15, 2026.