Karen Clancy, PhD, MBA, BHS, MT | University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences

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Dr. Karen Clancy is an experienced health care leader serving in roles such as Associate Director of University Health Service, Administrator of the Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, Director of Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital’s Consulting and Center of Learning, and Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration in the UK College of Pharmacy. She currently provides leadership to the UK HealthCare Office of Patient Experience. Linking education to practice, Dr. Clancy has ten years of cumulative experience as an assistant professor at the UK College of Health Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, and Midway University. She also served for eight years as an adjunct professor in the Dr.PH, MPH, and MHA programs for the UK College of Public Health.

Clancy earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Kentucky, College of Education, by completing her dissertation: Women in White: A Retrospective Look at Medical Education at One School in Kentucky Before Title IX. She earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Morehead University, a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Health Care Administration from the University of Kentucky, College of Health Sciences, and an Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Science from Somerset Community College. Clancy received awards including the Howard Bost Student Most Likely to Succeed Award, the University of Kentucky, College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame Alumni Award, the American College Health Association Affiliate New Professional Award, and a research scholarship from the Arvie and Ellen Turner Research Fund. Most recently, she received funding from the Kentucky Oral History Commission to expand her research on the culture of medical education.

Dr. Clancy is excited to work with students at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences. Clancy says, “I love using my management, teaching, and leadership skills to help students find their unique pathways to success!

Publications

Gatton K, Black A, Talari P, Clancy K. 2021. Quality improvement research as an undergraduate practicum project. Submission to the Journal of Student Research.

Clancy K, Powell W. 2021. Personalized Learning: Partnership Strategies for High-Impact Learning. Pedagogicon 2020 Proceedings, Encompass.

Kercsmar S, Clancy K. 2021. The COVID-19 Senior Experience in Clinical Leadership & Management: Practicum, Capstone, and Beyond. Journal of Health Administration Education.

Clancy K. 2016. Women in White: A Retrospective Look at Medical Education at One School before Title IX. Dissertation. Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. University of Kentucky.

Published Oral History Interviews

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Peggy Falace, January 21, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2019oh0044_wp0025. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Christina Surawicz, January 3, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2019oh0043_wp0024. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Elizabeth Patterson, December 20, 2018, in Monroe, Ohio. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2019oh0042_wp0023. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Betty L. Bryson, December 2, 2018, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh782_wp022. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Marianne McGrath, November 14, 2018, in Edgewood, Kentucky. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh756_wp021. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Flora Johnson, November 11, 2018, in Claremont, California. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh755_wp020. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Wally Quenzer, November 9, 2018, in Seal Beach, California. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh754_wp019. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Lois Fermaglich, October 20, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh646_wp018. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Angela Clifford, October 6, 2018, in Versailles, Kentucky. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh645_wp017. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Christine Riley, September 27, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh644_wp016. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Geraldine Spurlin, September 10, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh554_wp015. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, June 9, 2018, in Summerville, South Carolina. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh553_wp014 Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Elizabeth Wright, June 5, 2018, in Statesville, North Carolina. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. 2018oh552_wp013. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Amanda Lange, June 5, 2018, in Burlington, North Carolina. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Carolyn Purcell, May 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2018oh290_wp011, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Diane Batshaw Eisman, April 6, 2016, in Miami, Florida. 2018oh224_wp010, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Margaret Zumbiel Annis, April 6, 2018, in Miami, Florida. 2018oh223_wp009, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Ouida Tisdall, March 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2018oh222_wp008, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Shirley Lewis Barron, March 4, 2016, in Richmond, Kentucky, 2016oh078_wp007, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Rachel Eubank, February 27, 2016, in Richmond, Kentucky, 2016oh077_wp006, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Margaret Westland, January 16, 2016, in Tucson, Arizona, 2016oh016_wp005, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Priscilla Lynd, January 11, 2016, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2016oh014_wp003, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Marilyn Huheey, January 6, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio, 2016oh015_wp004, Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Lucy Salmon Crain, October 10, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2015oh431_wp002. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, UK Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, April 3, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2015oh188_wp001. Women in White: Women Physicians Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt77d7959s9f

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Shirley Tipton, May 5, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh092_ukmc098. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Sam Matheny, April 29, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh091_ukmc097. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Jennifer Joyce, April 20, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh090_ukmc096. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen; Rogers, Alice. Oral history interview with Dr. Emery Wilson, April 15, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh089_ukmc095. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Baretta Casey, April 8, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh088_ukmc094. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen; Rogers, Alice. Oral history interview with Dr. Peter Bosomworth, April 2, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh087_ukmc093. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Jim Norton, March 26, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh085_ukmc091. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Rob Sprang, March 26, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh086_ukmc092. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Tony Goetz, March 3, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh084_ukmc090. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

Clancy, Karen. Oral history interview with Dr. Jacqueline Noonan, December 5, 2008, in Lexington, Kentucky, 2009oh083_ukmc089. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Fiftieth Anniversary Oral History Project. (UKMC002) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7k9882nh91

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