The Linda and Timothy O'Neill Institute for Global and National Health was founded in 2007 in conjunction with Georgetown Law and Georgetown School of Nursing & Health Studies. The Institute comprises four centers, each led by a preeminent practitioner and scholar in the field of global health law.

The O'Neill Institute will influence policy at the national, regional, and international levels. Its audience will be diverse, including health professionals, lawyers, legislators, judges, academics, policy makers, and others. The O'Neill Institute will improve understanding about how the law affects the prevention of disease and injury through policy development, research, education, training, collaboration, and dissemination. By undertaking a diverse portfolio of research and scholarship, the O'Neill Institute will stimulate fresh, nonpartisan proposals for health promotion and disease prevention.

The inaugural symposium took place on April 20, 2007. The Georgetown Law Journal will be focusing its Spring 2008 issue on the symposium.

Timothy and Linda O'Neill both graduated from Georgetown University in 1977, he from the Law School and she from the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Tim is the Senior Strategy Officer at Goldman Sachs Co. Tim joined Goldman Sachs in 1985 and became a Partner in 1990 and a Managing Partner in 1996. Tim serves on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University and is chairman of the finance committee. Tim is also a Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, where he is chairman of the investment committee.

Linda has been affiliated with The New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University for many years. She has worked as a pediatric nurse practitioner and has done extensive development work for the hospital. Linda co-founded the National Pediatric Cardiology Nurses Association in 1985, and has served on many professional committees. Linda feels passionate about helping children and families. She continues to give back to her community by volunteering her time to a variety of human service and educational organizations, including the Board of Directors for Volunteers of America, and on several local civic and school organizations. At the present time, she also serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Foundling, and chairs the development and communications committee. She has been on the Board of Regents at Georgetown University and presently chairs the Board of Visitors for the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Tim and Linda are the trustees of the Linda and Timothy O'Neill Foundation. In 2001, the O'Neills made a leadership-level naming gift for the O'Neill Law Alumni Center in the Eric E. Hotung International Law Center Building. They are also supporters of Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, where they donated the O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center in St. Mary's Hall. Tim and Linda have four children. Max is a member of the class of 2008 at Georgetown College, and Katherine will be joining the class of 2011 at the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Nicholas will be entering the class of 2011 at Princeton University, and Jacqueline attends elementary school at Greenwich Academy.