Noreen Clark Noreen M. Clark is Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Marshall H. Becker Professor of Public Health. Dr. Clark has served in numerous leadership positions. She serves as National Program Director for the Robert Wood ohnson Foundation Allies Against Asthma Program. She was a member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences from 1999-2002.She has served as chair of the Behavioral Science Section of the American Thoracic Society, as a member of the Pulmonary Diseases Advisory Committee for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and as a member of the Institute's Advisory Committee on Prevention, Education, and Control. Dr. Clark is a member of the Coordinating Council of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program and has chaired the American Lung Association (ALA) Technical Advisory Group on Asthma, and the Lung Diseases Care and Education Committee. She has served on both the Board and Council of the ALA. She is the former Editor of Health Education and Behavior. She has been president of the Society for Public Health Education and chair of the Public Health Education Section of the American Public Health Association. Among other honors, she is the recipient of the Distinguished Fellow Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Society for Public Health Education; the Derryberry Award for outstanding contribution to health education in behavioral science given by the American Public Health Association (APHA); the Health Education Research Award conferred by the National Asthma Education Program for leadership and research contributions; the Distinguished Career Award in Health Education and Promotion given by the APHA; and the Healthtrac Education Prize. Dr. Clarks primary research specialty is self-regulation and management of disease, and she has conducted many large scale program evaluations. She is attempting to identify the elements of self regulation, and uses management of asthma and heart disease as models for examining constructs. Her studies have demonstrated that educational interventions can decrease asthma hospitalizations and medical emergencies. Her work has resulted in an archetype educational program for health care facilities distributed by the National Institutes of Health and used in hundreds of clinics nationally and internationally. A program developed in subsequent research to adapt the model for use in public schools is being disseminated by the American Lung Association and has to date reached almost 400,000 American school children. Dr. Clark has extensive international experience. Her research has focused on development and testing of interventions designed to improve health status, quality of life, and collaborative activity among rural people in Kenya and in the Philippines. In addition, she has been a consultant for a wide range of organizations working around the world including the Ethiopian Women's Welfare Association, the Ministry of Education in Nepal, the Asia Foundation in Pakistan, the Directorate of Health in Portugal, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the Synergos Institute, the Community Health Authority of Madrid, and the Beijing Heart, Lung and Vessel Institute, among others. She serves on the board of directors of World Education Inc. and of Family Care International. Dr. Clark is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and served on the board of the Aaron Diamond Foundation. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More Read Less