Eleanor Raffan, BVM&S, PhD, CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow & Associate Lecturer
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

I am a European small animal medicine diplomat who runs a research programme focussed on the genetics of canine obesity. My PhD studies focused on the molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance. Recently I have worked on the genetics of Labrador obesity - detailing the physiological consequences of a mutation in the gene POMC which is associated with obesity and appetite in Labrador retreivers. Allied to that work, I have explored the human factors surrounding canine obesity. I am based at the Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge and our canine studies are carried out at the Dept. Veterinary Medicine where I am an Associate Lecturer.

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Presentation(s):

• Obesity as a Brain Disorder: The Veterinary Perspective

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