Gillian Barclay, DDS, DrPH, is Vice President for Programs
at the Aetna Foundation. In her role, she leads the development, execution and
evaluation of the foundation’s national grant programs and cultivates new
projects within its three focus areas: reducing obesity, improving health
care equity and promoting integrated health care. As part of her
responsibilities, she also is a frequent spokesperson for the foundation,
presenting its work and the accomplishments of grantees to internal and external
constituents.
Prior to joining the Aetna Foundation, Dr.
Barclay was an advisor for the Regional Office of the World Health Organization
in the Office of Caribbean Program Coordination. There, she managed a
portfolio of health initiatives in the region that focused special attention on
the impact of gender, human rights, integrated health systems and essential
public health functions on people’s access to quality health care.
Previously, she was the evaluation manager, health programs for the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, responsible for assessing the foundation’s health initiatives in
the areas of reducing health disparities, community and school-based health
care, and oral health, among others.
Dr. Barclay has taught at the Harvard School of Public Health and Hunter
College at the City University of New York. She has published in
peer-reviewed health literature and has been a frequent presenter at health
conferences in the U.S. and around the world.
Dr. Barclay earned her doctorate of dental surgery at the University of
Detroit Mercy and completed her residency at New York Hospital Medical
Center. She holds a doctorate in public health from Harvard University
and a master’s of public health from the University of Michigan. Her
undergraduate work was at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica.