Background
Clayton was born in Liverpool and attended Bromley County School for Girls (London), where she was head girl.
Clayton was born in Liverpool and attended Bromley County School for Girls (London), where she was head girl.
She went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University, qualifying in 1946, and was later awarded a Doctor of Philosophy for her research into oestrogens in 1969.
The couple had two children. They moved from Edinburgh to London, where Clayton began working in the chemical pathology department at Street Thomas"s Medical College, where, using new biochemistry techniques, her research on hormones brought her widespread recognition. She served on the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution from 1981 to 1996 and chaired the enquiry into the Camelford water pollution incident in 1988.
1999 - 2007 Honorary President of the British Nutrition Foundation
1988 - 1998 Chair of the Department of Health"s Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.
1995 - 1997 President of the National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Pollution. 1993 - 1996 Led the Nutrition Task Force for the Health of the Nation, on behalf of the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
1984 - 1987 President of the Royal College of Pathologists. 1981 - 1982 President of the Biomedical Science Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
1981 - 1982 President of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
1977 - 1978 President of the Association of Clinical Biochemists.