Professor Kate Ellacott (she/her)

About me:

Kate Ellacott is a Professor of Biomedical Neuroscience at the University of Exeter. Her long-standing research interest is understanding how the brain controls food intake and body weight. Prof Ellacott has over twenty years of experience in this area from work at Universities in the USA and UK. Recently, her recent research has been funded by the Medical Research Council, Diabetes UK, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and the British Society for Neuroendocrinology.

Kate is currently the Deputy-president and general secretary of the British Society for Neuroendocrinology.

Kate Ellacott is currently the Faculty Director for Postgraduate Research for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. She also teaches neuroendocrinology on the BSc Neuroscience and MSc Neuroscience programmes and has previously taught on the BMBS Medicine and BSc Medical Sciences programmes.

Kate is passionate about student support and improving the experience for students at all levels (undergraduate and postgraduate), particularly those with additional support needs and non-traditional journeys in higher-education. She is committed to mentoring students and early career researchers and is enthusiastic about promoting careers in research and academic medicine.

X/Twitter: @NeuroEndo_Ex

ORCID: 0000-0001-5261-7465

Google Scholar Profile

Lab webpage: Exeter Neuroendocrine Research Group

Postgraduate Research opportunities: Prof Ellacott is open to email enquires from students with their own funding  interested in pursuing an MSc by Research or PhD in neuroendocrinology, metabolism, obesity or diabetes research. I am also open to supporting students interested in these areas who would like to apply to the China Scholarship Council, Commonwealth Scholarship, or other PhD funding scheme.

Career:

After completing a PhD at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Profs. Nancy Rothwell and Simon Luckman she was awarded a Wellcome Trust international travelling fellowship to study with Dr Roger Cone at the Vollum Institute in Portland, Oregon, USA. Kate remained in Oregon until 2008 when she joined the faculty Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee and started an independent research programme examining the effect of obesity on central nervous system function. While at Vanderbilt, Kate also served as Associate Director of the Metabolic Pathophysiology Core of the Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center.

Kate joined the University of Exeter Medical School in 2014.