Sally McNagny, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Dr. McNagny joined HRiA as Vice President in 2001 and oversees HRiA's Medical Foundation division for biomedical research grantmaking and live sciences consulting. She also serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. McNagny holds a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed her medical residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in 1988. She served on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine for 12 years, where she was Principal Investigator for the Emory site of the N.I.H. Women's Health Initiative and other clinical research trials in the field of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy. She also conducted health services research studies in access to care, high blood pressure management and smoking cessation.  Her research articles have been published in leading journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Currently, Dr. McNagny serves on the Board and is Chair-Elect of the Health Research Alliance, a membership organization of non-governmental funders of medical research and training whose members award more than $1.5 billion annually.