Dr. Alex Clark

From https://news.athabascau.ca/announcements/announcing-new-dean-of-the-faculty-of-health-disciplines-dr-alex-clark/:

"Alex Clark (he/him) is a values-driven administrator, researcher, and advocate for growth-oriented academic workplaces. Alex is excited and eager to work together to contribute to AU’s mission as a fully open, digital-first, research-intensive university.

A settler in Canada, originally from Scotland, he’s worked across academic departments of public health, medicine, and nursing. With a decade of experience in academic administration, from 2017, Alex was Associate Vice-President (Research) supporting health research across the University of Alberta.

As a writer, consultant, and educator, his work has been featured in Nature, the Guardian, University Affairs, and Times Higher Education. In 2018, he co-authored the SAGE book “How to be a Happy Academic”.

Alex’s research seeks to improve access and outcomes in heart disease via complexity-driven methods, theory, and design. A former career-scientist, his work has influenced health policy and practice worldwide and been published in the world’s best-known medical and health journals. He continues to be a peer-review panel chair for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)."