Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD
USA 20850
Biographical Sketch: Carolyn Clancy, a clinical researcher and a practicing internist, was named Director of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research on February 5, 2003. Until recently, she directed AHRQ’s Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research. From 1984 to 1990, Dr. Clancy was an assistant professor of medicine and director of the Medical Clinic at the Medical College of Virginia, and currently is associate clinical professor at George Washington University’s Department of Medicine. Her health services research priorities include issues such as quality, access, and the impact of delivery system changes. Her medical specialties include primary care medicine and women’s health.
Dr. Clancy has authored and co-authored six medical books, published widely in peer-reviewed medical journals, presented multiple research papers at academic conferences, and spoken to diverse audiences and the media on health care issues. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, and the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, and is a Senior Associate Editor for Health Services Research. Dr. Clancy also writes a regular column in both our Nursing for Women’s Health journal and our Health for Women magazine.