Clay Johnston (academic)

Clay Johnston
Born	S. Claiborne Johnston
Education	University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., Epidemiology) Harvard Medical School (M.D.)

For the American football player, see Clay Johnston (American football).

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]

References

1. "Clay Johnston". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. "S. Claiborne Johnston". Retrieved December 17, 2016.
3. "Inaugural Dean Named at UT Austin's Dell Medical School" (Press release). University of Texas. 21 January 2014.
4. "Macones, Harris Appointed to Interim Leadership Roles". Dell Medical School. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
5. Barr, Greg (21 January 2014). "Johnston named dean of UT Dell Medical School". Austin Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22.
6. "Dean of Dell Medical School elected to National Academy of Medicine - The Daily Texan". The Daily Texan. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-05-28.