Dr. Wayne Inuglak Clark

Dr. Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Wâpanachakos Indigenous Health Program in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

Dr. Wayne Inuglak Clark ᐅᐊᐃᓐ ᐃᓄᒡᓚᒃ ᑲᓛᒃis originally from Churchill, Manitoba and a registered Inuk of the Nunavut Agreement. He is a member of the Voisey family with ties to Tikiraqjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ and Kangiqsualujjuaq ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᖅ. Dr. Clark is an early career investigator whose research addresses Inuit health services utilization trends, Inuit mental health, Inuit data sovereignty, and Indigenous medical education. Dr. Clark’s lectures cover Indigenous experiences in healthcare, Indian Hospitals, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and intergenerational trauma. Dr. Clark is a principal investigator for the Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium, which expands Canada’s clinical trials network, emphasizing Indigenous participation in trials. Dr. Clark was awarded the Fulbright Arctic Initiative for his Inuit mental health assessment innovation research. He lives and works in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) on Treaty No. 6 Territory.