AHRQ’s Clancy to take position at VA

Carolyn Clancy, MD, left the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) last month to begin work as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health, Patient Safety, Quality, and Value at the Veterans Administration. Dr. Clancy worked at AHRQ for 23 years, and continued to see patients until she became director in 2003. Before her work at AHRQ, she was director of a medical clinic and professor of medicine at several universities. She continues to chair numerous Health and Human Services and other federal groups and sits on the editorial board of many medical journals, according to AHRQ’s Research Activities newsletter.