• Year 3 Consultaion Skills Lead
• Year 4C The Mind, Consultation Skills Lead
• Module Lead, Psychosocial Aspects of Health  (Gateway Year)

• Norwich Medical School SEESAW-Athena Swan Committee member
• Women's Reproductive Health Committee member
• Adademic Adviser to 12 undergraduate medical students 

Ellen embarked on a career change in 2013, undertaking a BSc in Psychology (part-time) at Birkbeck University of London, gaining 1^st class honors in 2017. She was subsequently awarded The Difference Scholarship at the University of East Anglia to undertake an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience, gaining a distinction. Ellen then achieved a School of Psychology Ph.D. studentship to undertake her research examining the cognitive and neuroimaging markers for Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI). Her research explored the way people navigate at the clinical stages of VCI and examined the pre-clinical markers for those at high cardiovascular risk in midlife.

Ellen has a particular interest in cognitive neuroscience and has worked on a number of research projects exploring how changes to our brain can impact cognition & behaviour. She has experience working with the NHS and the charity sector helping to improve peoples lives with cognitive impairment & mental health issues. Ellen started as an Associate Tutor at the School of Psychology in 2018, in 2021 began teaching at Norwich Medical School, leading the Psychology theme for the MBBS Gateway Year Psychosocial Aspects of Health module. In 2022, Ellen was appointed as a Lecturer in Medical Education at Norwich Medical School. 

Prior to her early academic endeavours, Ellen had a varied career in the financial industry. She was selected to complete a fast-track leadership excellence award and held several leadership roles in Banking, Operations and later in Policy and Standards. Gaining valuable experience in leading and developing people, strategy and change management. Leaving the industry in 2016 to pursue her interest in Psychology.

As the first member of her family to go to university, Ellen is passionate about widdening partcipation to make education accessible for everyone regardless of background. Ellen takes great pleasure and fulfilment from teaching on the MBBS Gateway year course and the Preparing for Medicine programme.

Ellen’s primary discipline is psychology and has a keen interest in the study of human behaviour. Her specialism is cognitive neuroscience and her research has explored the impact of stress on learning and thinking and the early identification of dementia, cognitive and structural brain changes. As well as the functional and symptomatic changes experienced by patients. 

Ellen is Year 3 Lead for Consultation Skills (Shared Decision Making, Motivational Interviewing & Behavioural Change), Year 4C Consultation Skills Lead (communication skills for Psychiatry), Module Lead for Psychosocial Aspects of Health Module for the MBBS Gateway year.

• Neuropsychology 
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Communication
• Health Psychology