Alliance Discussion with Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks, Veterans Health Administration

Answering the “Porter Question…” 

“How do you know your research has impact on people?”  

That’s the deceptively simple question Congressional luminary John Edward Porter (1935-2022, U.S. Representative, R-IL-10, 1980-2001), was known to level at federal officials when they came before the powerful House “Labor-H” Appropriations Subcommittee he chaired. 

We’ve asked our 2025 John Edward Porter Legacy Award Recipient, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, who stood before Chair Porter’s subcommittee and answered that question, to discuss a sure path to patient benefit: health services research. Dr. Clancy and moderator Dr. Georges Benjamin joined us for a Zoom conversation about this under-appreciated research discipline.

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