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Elinor Sullivan is an associate professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University specialising in the fields of behavioural neuroscience, maternal nutrition and brain development.[1]

Education and Career

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Sullivan received her BA in Biology from Williamette University, followed by a PhD in Physiology from OHSU where she undertook postdoctoral training and later became an associate professor.[2]

She has contributed to research on neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, including eating disorders[3] and ADHD[4], as well as the impact of maternal obesity,[5] high fat diets[6] and COVID-19[7] during pregnancy on early neurodevelopment. She is co-Principal Investigator for the Prenatal Environment and Optimal Postnatal Development (PEAPOD) study investigating the how the health of newborns and their mothers can be affected by stress and nutrition during pregnancy.[1]

Awards and Honours

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  • May 2010: Won an award for best post-doctoral talk for her presentation at Oregon Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.
  • May 2016: Presented the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the University of Portland.
  • November 2015: Her manuscript “Maternal High-Fat Diet and Obesity Impact Palatable Food Intake and Dopamine Signaling in Nonhuman Primate Offspring” was selected as one of four top entries to be included in the third annual Obesity symposium.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Developmental Sociobiology Lab". blogs.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  2. ^ a b "Elinor L Sullivan Ph.D. | OHSU People | OHSU". www.ohsu.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ Casper, Regina C.; Sullivan, Elinor L.; Tecott, Laurence (2008-08-01). "Relevance of animal models to human eating disorders and obesity". Psychopharmacology. 199 (3): 313–329. doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1102-2. ISSN 1432-2072.
  4. ^ Dunn, Geoffrey A.; Nigg, Joel T.; Sullivan, Elinor L. (2019-07-01). "Neuroinflammation as a risk factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 182: 22–34. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2019.05.005. ISSN 0091-3057.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Elinor (2015-06-18). "The role of maternal obesity in the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders". Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9 (194) – via National Library of Medicine.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Elinor L.; Nousen, Elizabeth K.; Chamlou, Katherine A. (2014-01-17). "Maternal high fat diet consumption during the perinatal period programs offspring behavior". Physiology & Behavior. 123: 236–242. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.07.014. ISSN 0031-9384.
  7. ^ Shook, Lydia (2022-02-14). "COVID-19 in pregnancy: implications for fetal brain development". Trends in Molecular Medicine. 28 (4): 319–330 – via National Library of Medicine.
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