Dr. Clayton is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia. Her research has melded women’s mental health and sexual function, involving characterization and treatment of reproductive-related mood disorders, sexual dysfunction related to illness and medications, and sexual disorders. She developed and validated the Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ), the Sexual Interest and Desire Inventory (SIDI-F), and the Decreased Sexual Desire Screener (DSDS). She co-edited Women’s Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook, and is the author of Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy. She was President of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), served as a Vice Chair for Women’s Sexual Health for the 3rd International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM) in 2009, and the 4th ICSM in 2015. She was a contributing editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine from 2004-2014, serves on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy and Women’s Health, and completed several terms on the Board of Directors of the ASCP and ISSWSH. She has been a strong advocate of gender equality in women’s sexual and reproductive health research.