Cynthia

Schaffer

Minkovitz

,

MD

Cynthia Minkovitz, MD, MPP, is the William H. Gates, Sr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. Her research focuses on enhancing systems of care and the quality of preventive services for children and families. As Director of the Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence in Education, Science and Practice, she also examines the impact of systems reforms on the health and well-being of children and families. Dr. Minkovitz serves on the Leadership Team for the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC); HARC’s mission is to promote precision research in the delivery of early childhood services—to assure that the right children get the right services at the right time. Dr. Minkovitz has led national and state evaluations including Healthy Steps for Young Children, the Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative, and New Jersey Project LAUNCH. Dr. Minkovitz co-led efforts to develop a framework to promote coordination in the early childhood system and currently collaborates on multiple state-specific and national initiatives to enhance early childhood systems of care.