Skip to Main Content

Keira Johnston, PhD

Associate Research Scientist of Psychiatry

About

Titles

Associate Research Scientist of Psychiatry

Biography

Dr. Keira Johnston is an Associate Research Scientist in the Huckins Lab, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Johnston's research area of focus is the study of chronic pain as a complex disease trait.

Last Updated on September 10, 2025.

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University (2025)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2022)
PhD
University of Glasgow (2021)
MSc
University of Edinburgh, Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis (2016)
BSc (Hon)
University of Edinburgh, Biological Sciences (Evolutionary Biology) (2015)

Get In Touch

Contacts

Academic Office Number

Locations

  • Temple Medical Center (60 Temple)

    Academic Office

    60 Temple Street

    New Haven, CT 06510