"The School's faculty and administration are committed to enhancing our efforts in these areas," said Clement. "I look forward to working with them, as well as with the University's administration as we continue to move in positive directions."

Clement will work with search committees and departments and will aim to develop a network among academic leaders who can help identify top candidates. She will facilitate the HSPH Faculty Diversity Committee. One resource from which Clement hopes to draw has already been established at the School.

"The Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, which helps guide promising minority postdoctoral fellows toward faculty positions, is a good example of a program close to home to which we can look," she said. The fellowship program is directed by Betty Johnson.

A key role that Clement will fulfill is that of HSPH's administrative liaison to the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development, in which she will disseminate information about new Harvard policies and procedures and collect data for related reports. She will also be chief liaison to the Office of the Special Assistant to the President.

Using recommendations from the Task Forces on Women established by the University in the spring, Clement will work with the Committee on the Concerns of Women at HSPH.

"We are interested in building a strong foundation and pipeline through which postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty can excel," said Clement. "Among the issues we will consider is the challenging and important balance between work and home."

Clement will plan panel discussions on career development, will help advance the junior faculty mentoring program, and will develop the newly inaugurated faculty diversity lecture series and visiting professor program.

Clement's office is at Kresge 111. She may be reached at 617-432-0147 or at cclement@hsph.harvard.edu.