Dr Dodd is a Neuroscientist with an interest in understanding how the brain controls energy balance and how this underlies metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. He leads the Metabolic Neuroscience Research Group within the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Melbourne, where it is the group's mission to understand how the brain controls metabolism to discover effective treatments for metabolic disease.
Dr Dodd received a B.Sc. (Dual Hons) in Biochemistry and Neuroscience from Keele University (UK) and his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Manchester (UK). He has worked as a Research Fellow and Associate at the Manchester University, Eli Lilly (USA) and Monash University (Australia). In 2019, he was recruited to Melbourne University where he is appointed as a Senior Lecturer.His findings have been published in some of sciences most prestigious journals (including Cell, Cell Metabolism and eLife) and his research impact is further substantiated by 4 articles in the top 5% of all articles ever tracked be Altmetric, 2 Faculty of 1000 recommendations and >11 awards for both his research impact and public communication of science. Research Interests:Dr Dodd’s group is interested in how the brain controls energy and glucose homeostasis and how this goes wrong in metabolic diseases such as obesity and type-2 diabetes. Using cutting-edge technologies and innovative in vivo models alongside a strong multidisciplinary ethos, Dr Dodd’s research group aims to elucidate unexplored disease mechanisms and therapeutic avenues by which to target metabolic disease.In particular, his group focuses on understanding how, where and why metabolic hormones (such as leptin and insulin) signal to the brain and how the brain uses these signals to coordinate body weight, appetite and whole-body glucose metabolism. Community service:• Wellcome Trust Researchers in Residence (Stretford Grammar)• Academic Tutor for the Manchester Access Programme • Neuroscience Research Consultant (Oakwood Academy) • International media releases – (The Scientist, The Times, Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Age, China Daily, BBC, GMR, ABC, CNN News, Channel 7 News).
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Rising Star Award
Monash Outstanding Achievement Award
Robert Porter Early Career Researcher Publication Prize
ANZOS Young Investigator Prize
Deans Prize
Novo Nordisk ECR Prize
Robert Porter Early Career Researcher Publication Prize
Travel Fellowship
Doctoral Researcher Award
Publication Award
Best Poster Presentation
Lay Writing Competition
Credentials
Positions
Senior Lecturer
Physiology
Full Membership
The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society
Full Membership
Australian Diabetes Society
Full Membership
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
Full Membership
Society for Neuroscience
Full Membership
British Society for Neuroendocrinology
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
The University of Manchester
Bachelor of Science
Keele University