ANNE C. BEAL, M.D., MPH

Anne C. Beal, M.D., MPH
Chief Operating Officer
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

“Developing a Disparities Research Agenda”

Anne C. Beal, MD, MPH, is chief operating officer of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). As PCORI's first COO, Beal is responsible for ensuring PCORI develops the structure and capacity needed to carry out its mission as the nation's largest research institute focused on patient-centered outcomes research. A pediatrician and public health specialist, she has devoted her career to providing access to high-quality health care through the delivery of health care services, teaching, research, public health, and philanthropy.

Dr. Beal joins PCORI from the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. As president, she led the foundations work on improving health care for vulnerable patient groups. Prior to her work at the Aetna Foundation, Dr. Beal was assistant vice president for the Program on Health Care Disparities at the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that aims to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable.

In addition to publishing in the peer-reviewed medical literature, Dr. Beal is also the author of The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years. Dr. Beal has been a pediatric commentator and medical correspondent for Essence magazine, "The American Baby Show," ABC News, and NBC News. Dr. Beal holds a B.A. from Brown University, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and an MPH from Columbia University. She completed her internship, residency, and National Research Service Award fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.