# overview
Dr. Heather Clark received her Doctorate of Public Health in 2014, already a seasoned public health practitioner. She is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Texas A&M University, School of Public Health where she also serves as Director of Public Health Practice. With three decades of experience, she has advanced from nonprofit community work to executive leadership in academic public health, within the school, university, and profession. Her expertise lies in community capacity building, participatory evaluation, and rural health, with a focus on empowering underserved communities through collaborative, utilization-focused approaches.

Dr. Clark has led or contributed to numerous local, state, and national evaluation initiatives, securing funding from agencies such as the CDC, National Rural Health Association, Texas DSHS, and the U.S. DOJ. Her teaching and mentoring are deeply informed by real-world practice, and she has supported over 400 student internships while mentoring dozens of graduate students. She integrates applied research and practice into coursework and experiential learning, ensuring students engage meaningfully with public health practice. Her dissemination efforts emphasize implementation impact and strategic direction, and she remains committed to fostering academic-community partnerships that advance rural population health and workforce development across Texas and beyond.

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Pdmp, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.s.

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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8.1 Organisation And Delivery Of Services

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Prevalence of anxiety and depression in South Asia during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Assessing diabetes practices in clinical settings: precursor to building community partnerships around disease management.

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Increasing access to care for Brazos Valley, Texas: a rural community of solution.

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American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)

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Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Disseminate a Mass Media Campaign Into Rural Communities.

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Interorganizational network changes among health organizations in the Brazos Valley, Texas.

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Shared-Use Decisions Among Administrators of Physical Activity Facilities in Pasadena, TX.

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Increasing Access to Physical Activity Within Low Income and Diverse Communities: A Systematic Review.

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Valid and Reliable Attitude Scales for Measuring Clinician's Attitudes Towards Telehealth Assisted Sexual Assault Forensic Exams Using a Pre-Post Survey.

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THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURTURE IN ADOLESCENT INTEREST IN COLLEGE ATTENDANCE

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Utilization of an interorganizational network analysis to evaluate the development of community capacity among a community-academic partnership.

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Using community-based methods to create a geospatial asset map of physical activity spaces in Pasadena, TX.

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Differences in the attitudes towards the opioid crisis between metropolitan and rural counties in Central Texas: Secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data.

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Society's Attitude Toward Spousal Physical Abuse: Findings from the Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey, 2022.

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Rural Health Education and Community-based Programs

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Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center

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Evaluating Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Interventions: Lessons Learned From CDC's Prevention Research Centers.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community Academic Partnership

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Implementing A second-hand smoke intervention in two Texas colonias: The case of Sabemos: Por respeto, no se fuma aqui.

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Health assessment in rural communities: a critical organizing and capacity-building tool

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The Use of Interorganizational Network Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating Community-Based Coalitions and Partnerships

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An Examination of the Workforce in Rural America

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Texas A&M University School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center

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Texas Remote Assistance Center (Tex-TRAC):<br />Improving Care, Access and Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams using Telehealth

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United States Department of Justice - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; School of Public Health; 1266 TAMU

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Myint, Wah Wah (2023-05). Exploring Support for Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Cauley, Daunte' Armond (2021-12). Addressing Rural Health Needs: The Impact, Challenges, and Barriers to Community Health Resource Centers. Doctoral Dissertation.