Linda Marc-Clerisme

Dr. Linda Marc-Clerisme has served as a Board Director for the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health (AYAPH) for more than 20 years. At Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) she held an appointment as a Lecturer in Public Health Practice (2006-2017), and served as the Principal Investigator for the DE&I quality improvement initiative, which aimed to improve the recruitment, retention, and promotion of under-represented minority faculty at YSPH. Outcomes from this effort improved governance and spawned new initiatives across YSPH, including diversification of the workforce, promotional opportunities, and equity across YSPH departments. Dr. Marc is a social epidemiologist who received a Doctorate of Science in Social Determinants of Health from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, a Masters in Public Health from Yale School of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. John’s University in New York. Dr. Marc completed post-doctoral training in the Mood Disorders Program and HIV Clinical Trials Unit at the Weill Medical College of Cornell; completed a fellowship at Brown University through the Initiative on HIV/AIDS in Disadvantage Communities; and was a Fellow in the Program on Ethnic Group Differences in Mental Health at Cambridge Health Alliance & Harvard Medical School.