Clay Johnston (academic)
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- University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., Epidemiology)
- Harvard Medical School (M.D.)
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S. Claiborne "Clay" Johnston is the former Dean of the Dell Medical School and Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean's Chair at the University of Texas at Austin.[1][2] Dell Medical School opened in 2016 with Johnston being named as the inaugural dean in January 2014[3] In July 2021, Johnston announced that he would step down as the dean of the Dell Medical School. He officially left his position on August 31, 2021.[4]
Johnston received a BS in Physics from Amherst College before studying medicine at Harvard University.[5] He has also received a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and practices medicine as a neurologist.[5] Prior to his appointment at Dell Medical School, Johnston served as Vice Chancellor of Research at UCSF.[3][5]
In 2019, Johnston was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[6]
