The Division of Health Policy and Economics within the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City seeks full-time tenure-track faculty at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.
Faculty in the Division of Health Policy and Economics study 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, including but not limited to maternal and child health policy and disability policy. 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.
Candidates should have a PhD or MD with additional graduate training (e.g., M.P.H, MS, or fellowship). The successful applicant will be expected to conduct independent and collaborative research, obtain and sustain extramural funding, maintain a strong publication record, and contribute to the Division’s educational programs. Candidates at the associate professor level should have a strong record of independent funding and enthusiasm for mentoring junior faculty.
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 (ranked 7th in the country by U.S. News & World Report) 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 significant data resources, including extensive claims data from Medicare, Medicaid, major private insurers, and the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network (the largest urban clinical data network in the country). We host a state-of-the-art computing environment, the Data Core, which serves as a secure platform for data analysis. The Department offers MS degrees in health policy and economics, biostatistics and data science, and health informatics, 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.
Interested applicants should send (1) a cover letter describing their qualifications and interest in the position; (2) a current CV; (3) the names and contact information of three references; and (4) 1-3 papers, published or in-process, that exemplify their research to Ancheska Castillo phs_admin@med.cornell.edu by November 15, 2025. Please include “Health Policy and Economics Faculty Search” in the subject line.
Cornell is an equal opportunity employer. For more information, visit hr.cornell.edu/eeo.
Salary established below per annum commensurate with qualifications and experience:
Assistant Professor: $151,322-$175,534
Associate Professor: $205,798 - $266,017
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.