Associate Director

Shauna A. Clark, Ph.D. serves as the Senior Advisor to the CCR's Director at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she develops and implements policies and programs to ensure an environment of excellence. She is committed to ensuring that all who want to participate in scientific endeavors not only have the opportunity to do so but also feel valued and supported.

Prior to her role at CCR, Dr. Clark was the Director of the NIH Academy, a health disparities program for fellows/trainees at NIH.  As the Director, Dr. Clark oversaw its growth to an impressive, multi-faceted recruitment program. Moreover, Dr. Clark has been deeply immersed in multiple efforts to educate future public health professionals, clinicians, and researchers about health disparities while creating a premier scientific workforce by facilitating the participation of all. Her work has been recognized with several NIH Honor Awards.

Dr. Clark earned her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. from the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She then completed postdoctoral work with the Liver Diseases Branch in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.