Megan Leigh McCormick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry
Georgetown University School of Medicine

General Information

Undergraduate Degree: Mercer University

Graduate Degree: University of Georgia

Residency: Children’s National Medical Center

Clinical Work: My work focuses on the implementation of comprehensive, school-based mental health programming to and improve wellbeing for students, educators, and families.

Research Focus: My research focuses on measuring the impact of school-based mental health programming, specifically how improving educator wellbeing impacts student outcomes.

Center For Wellbeing In School Environments

BIO

Dr. McCormick King is a child clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. McCormick King provides mental health consultation to children and families in receiving medical care at the MedStar Pediatric Outpatient Subspecialty Clinics. She also is involved in community-based programming to increase access to mental healthcare in primary care and school settings. Dr. McCormick King’s clinical and research interests focus on the relationship between psychological factors and medical outcomes in chronically ill children and adolescents, as well as improving access to mental healthcare for at-risk populations through integrated models of service delivery. She also participates in ongoing training and supervision of graduate students and trainees. Dr. McCormick King earned her B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy at Mercer University, then earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Georgia. She completed her pre- and post-doctoral training at Children’s National Medical Center.