User:Morwenqueen/Elinor Sullivan

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.

Education and Career
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.

She has contributed to research on neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, including eating disorders and ADHD, as well as the impact of maternal obesity, high fat diets and COVID-19 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.

Awards and Honours

 * November 2005: Nominated to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
 * May 2008: Sullivan was recognised as the top-ranked post-doctoral fellow for the Bay Area Division of the American Heart Association for the year 2007.


 * 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.