Janine A. Clayton, MD is the Deputy Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health, in the Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. She is the author of over 60 scientific publications, journal articles and book chapters. Prior to joining the Office of Research on Women’s Health, she was the Deputy Clinical Director of the National Eye Institute, NIH. A board certified ophthalmologist, Dr. Clayton’s research interests include immune-mediated diseases of the cornea and conjunctiva, women’s eye health and the standardization of outcome measures for diseases of the anterior segment. Dr. Clayton has a particular interest in ocular surface disease and discovered a novel form of disease associated with premature ovarian insufficiency which affects young women. Dr. Clayton is a native Washingtonian and received her undergraduate degree with Honors from the Johns Hopkins University and her M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed a residency in ophthalmology at the Medical College of Virginia and fellowship training in Cornea and External Disease at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology at the National Eye Institute. Dr. Clayton has been an attending physician and clinical investigator in cornea and uveitis at the NEI since 1996, conducting research on inflammatory diseases of the anterior segment and providing medical and surgical uveitis fellowship training. Her clinical research has ranged from randomized controlled trials of novel therapies for immune mediated ocular diseases to studies on the development of digital imaging techniques for the anterior segment. Dr. Clayton has received several awards from NIH and has been recognized as a leader by her peers. She received the Senior Achievement Award in from the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in 2008, and was selected as a 2010 Silver Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in recognition of “…accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Association… to help further ARVO’s mission to facilitate the advancement of vision research and the prevention and cure of disorders of the visual system worldwide.” Dr. Clayton has served on critical committees at the NIH Clinical Center, and currently serves on the FDA Advisory Panel for Ophthalmic Devices, the executive committee of the Women’s Eye Health.Org, the medical and scientific advisory board of Tissue Banks International, and the editorial boards of The Ocular Surface and Oral Diseases. Dr. Clayton was named Deputy Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health in June, 2008.