Cynthia Boyd, MPH, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Professor of Medicine, Health Policy & Management, and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Cynthia Boyd is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Boyd is the Director, the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. She holds a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Boyd is a core faculty member at the Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, and the Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability
A former Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar and a Beeson Scholar, Dr. Boyd is trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and epidemiology. Dr. Boyd’s main interests include improving the health and well-being of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their loved ones.
She earned her MD from the Duke University School of Medicine and her MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine and gerontology at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Boyd has been recognized with several honors, including the American Geriatric Society’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and Fellowship in the American College of Physicians and the American Geriatric Society. Her research has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, and foundations.
