Dr. McCaughey is founder and Chairman of the Committee to
Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) –
http://www.hospitalinfection.org – a national campaign
to support greater infection control in hospitals and other
healthcare institutions. Her research on how to prevent
infection deaths has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning
America, the CBS Morning Show, 20/20, Dateline NBC, and many
other national television and radio programs. And her steps
that patients can take to help protect themselves from
infection was featured recently in the
Wall Street
Journal.” In 1999, Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant
governor of the state of New York, first joined Hudson
Institute, where she focuses on the impact of medical
innovation and scientific discovery on longevity, health
care costs, and the economy.
Before entering politics, McCaughey had a distinguished
career as a college professor and scholar. She served as the
John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, held a
postdoctoral fellowship from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and taught at Vassar College and Columbia
University. She earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. from
Columbia University and her undergraduate degree from Vassar
College, where she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship,
Herbert H. Lehman Fellowship, John Jay Fellowship, Honorary
Vassar Fellowship, Bancroft Dissertation Award, and the
Richard B. Morris Prize.
