Dr. Karen Clancy is an experienced healthcare leader and educator. She has served in roles such as the Associate Director of the University of Kentucky University Health Service, Administrator of the UK HealthCare Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, UK HealthCare Patient Experience Manager, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration for the UK College of Pharmacy, and Director of Consulting & the Center of Learning at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. Linking education to practice, Dr. Clancy brings her experience and professional network into the classroom as an assistant professor at the UK College of Health Sciences in the Department of Health and Clinical Sciences. Clancy has also held teaching appointments at Eastern Kentucky University, Midway University, and the UK College of Public Health.
Dr. Clancy earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Kentucky, College of Education, 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. Her awards have included the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame Alumni Award, the American College Health Association Affiliate New Professional Award, and the Howard Bost Student Most Likely to Succeed Award. For scholarship, she received a research award from the Arvie and Ellen Turner Research Fund and an oral history research grant from the Kentucky Historical Society.