Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Former Director, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC, USA

Dr. Carolyn Clancy was the Director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Clinical Associate Professor at George Washington University School of Medicine at the time she received the Pete Conrad Global Patient Award on behalf of AHRQ for its role in harmonizing national safe practices with the other award winners. She is Senior Associate Editor of Health Services Research, and on the boards of Annals of Family Medicine, American Journal of Medical Quality, and Medical Care Research and Review. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine, and in 2004 was elected a Master of the American College of Physicians. In 2009, she was chosen as the most powerful physician-executive by Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician magazines. She was also awarded the 2009 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. Her research interests include improving healthcare quality and patient safety, and reducing disparities in care associated with patients’ race, ethnicity, gender, income, and education.