March 25, 2002 - Clancy Named to Head AHRQ

HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson has appointed Dr. Carolyn Clancy as acting director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to succeed the late Dr. John Eisenberg, who died March 10.

Dr. Clancy is an internist who has directed AHRQ’s Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research since 1997. She previously served as director of AHRQ’s Center for Primary Care Research. She holds an academic appointment at George Washington University School of Medicine in the Department of Health Care Sciences and is senior associate editor of Health Services Research.