Eloise Jillings

Eloise Katherine Puia Jillings is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at Massey University, specialising in clinical pathology and veterinary education.

Early life and education
Jillings is of Māori and Canadian descent, and affiliates to Ngāti Mārū. Her family moved to Canada when she was seven, and she returned to New Zealand at age 19 to study as a veterinarian.

Academic career
Jillings completed a Master of Veterinary Studies at Massey University in 2007, with a thesis on creatinine in dogs. Jillings then joined the faculty of the university, rising to full professor in 2023. Jillings completed a PhD titled ''Rapua te mea ngaro. Exploring the access of Māori to Veterinary Education in Aotearoa New Zealand'' at Massey University in 2022.

Jillings teaches clinical pathology, and also has interests in student selection processes and Indigenous education. While she was Associate Dean of Admissions and Students at Massey, in 2012, Jillings was in charge of the review of admissions procedures, that led to a change from a completely academic focus to also considering non-academic criteria such as interpersonal skills. While this was portrayed in some coverage as a lowering of standards, Jillings felt it was unfair to continue to admit students based only on academic grades when some parts of their course would lead to them being assessed on different criteria.

With colleague Kate Hill, Jillings fundraised for and set up a bursary in honour of 16-year old Mustafa Hamza, who was killed in the mosque shootings in Christchurch. Hamza had ambitions to be a vet, and the bursary is awarded in his name to "promote the importance of inclusivity in the veterinary profession".

Jillings is the New Zealand representative on the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges' Council on International Veterinary Medical Education.