Elinor Sullivan
Elinor L. Sullivan is an American physiologist, specializing in behavioural neuroscience. Her research focuses primarily on the early influence of environmental and maternal factors on early child development, specifically emphasizing the mental disorders associated with these factors.
Education and employment
Sullivan received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 2000 from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Sullivan's physiology doctorate was awarded to her in 2006 from Oregon Health and Science University, with post-doctorate training occurring at the University of California San Francisco and OHSU.Sullivan's career began in August 2011 when she was simultaneously at the Oregon National [Primate Research Center|Oregon National Primate Research Centre], where she was an assistant professor, and at the University of Portland, where she was also an assistant professor until March 2017. As of 2023, Sullivan is still at the University of Portland in the Department of Biology. In August 2017, Sullivan joined the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon, as well as the Department of Psychiatry, where she is an associate professor.