Executive Director Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation & Policy, Mass League | Boston, Massachusetts We are pleased to announce that the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (the League) has named Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD, as the inaugural Executive Director of the League’s new Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation & Policy, effective July 1, 2023.Dr. Clark has served as the Associate Chief for Equity Research and Strategic Partnerships for the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2021. As both a hospitalist and a widely respected medical researcher in internal medicine, Dr. Clark manages the strategic partnerships that support health equity on behalf of the Division.Dr. Clark currently serves as co-chair of the Social Determinants of Health Task Force for the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program. Rooted in Precision Medicine, this historic initiative seeks to make the benefits of medical research more inclusive. Dr. Clark has delivered compelling presentations to health centers promoting participation in the program. She played a key role in the development of the program’s groundbreaking survey of participants which asks not only about environmental conditions but also includes questions focused on discrimination, isolation, loneliness, and other social factors. By collecting environmental and social data from a more diverse population, researchers hope to better understand the risk factors for certain diseases and determine which treatments work best for people from a varied array of backgrounds.Dr. Clark is already collaborating with the League and the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi to document and elevate the stories of leaders, staff, and patient advocates who confront anti-Black/African American structural racism both personally and on behalf of patients, through their work with the nation’s community health centers. A centerpiece of the project is a web platform, OurHealthStories.org, used to amass and share stories on the modern experiences of structural racism that patients of color face as they attempt to receive the health care they need.Dr. Clark earned an AB in human biology and an MS in Health Services Research from Stanford University. She also earned an ScD in social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, followed by an MD in medicine from Stanford University School of Medicine. Rebecca Swartz led this search with Karreem Mebane, Kennedy Kearney, and Harley Bartles.