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. Sullivan's physiology doctorate was awarded to her in 2006 from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), 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 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. Her expertise is especially noted in fields such as brain development, developmental programming, maternal nutrition, neurodevelopmental disorders, and behavioural neuroscience. PETA demanded the University to share footage of their research on macaque monkeys, in which they were breeding the female monkeys and putting the infants in a stressful situation to see the influence that stress may have on the offspring. it was announced that PETA won the case.