Clay Johnston | |
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Born | S. Claiborne Johnston |
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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]