Dr Ellie Hothersall graduated from University College London in 2000 with an Intercalated BSc in Medical Anthropology (1st Class Honours), and with MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 2001. Since then, her career has taken her through a postgraduate certificate in Health Economics at University of Aberdeen and an MD from the University of Glasgow in 2008. She completed Higher Specialist Training in Public Health in the West Midlands, and was an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Birmingham. She has completed the NIHR Clinical Academic Leadership programme at Ashridge as part of that Fellowship. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and of the Faculty of Public Health.

Dr Hothersall has a research interest in teaching and assessment of Public Health and related subjects.

E.J. Hothersall, S.J. Livingstone, H.C. Looker, S.F. Ahmed, S. Cleland, G.P. Leese, R.S. Lindsay, J. McKnight, D. Pearson, S. Philip S, S.H. Wild, H.M. Colhoun. Contemporary Risk of Hip Fracture in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A National Registry Study from Scotland. Journal of Bone Mineral Research 2013; doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2118. [Epub ahead of print] H. C. Looker, S. O. Nyangoma,D. T. Cromie, J. A. Olson, G. P. Leese, S. Philip, M. W. Black, J. Doig, N. Lee, A. Briggs, E. J. Hothersall, A. D. Morris, R. S. Lindsay, J. A. McKnight, D. W. M. Pearson, N. A. Sattar, S. H. Wild, P. McKeigue, H. M. Colhoun & Scottish Diabetes Research Network (SDRN) Epidemiology Group and the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Collaborative Predicted impact of extending the screening interval for diabetic retinopathy: the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening programme Diabetologia 2013; 56, 8, 1716-1725 S.J. Livingstone, H. C. Looker, E.J. Hothersall , S.H. Wild, R.S. Lindsay, J. Chalmers, S. Cleland, G.P. Leese, J. McKnight, A.D. Morris, D.W.M. Pearson, N.R. Peden, J.R. Petrie, S. Philip, N. Sattar, F. Sullivan, H.M. Colhoun Risk of Cardiovascular disease and Total Mortality in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: Scottish Registry Linkage Study. PLoS Medicine 2012; 9(10), e10011321 E. Hothersall, S. de Bellis-Ayres, R. Jordan Factors associated with uptake of pandemic influenza vaccine among General Practitioners and Practice Nurses in Shropshire (In Press, Accepted 11th June 2012) Primary Care Respiratory Journal T. Marshall, B. Taylor, E. Hothersall, L. Perez Martin Plagiarism: a case study of quality improvement in a taught postgraduate programme Medical Teacher 2011; 33(7):e375-81 T. Marshall, E. Hothersall Book Chapter: “Needs Assessment” in: Commissioning for Health and Well-being: an introduction Editor: Jon Glasby, Bristol, Policy Press (2012) N. Inglis, T. Fowler, E. Hothersall, N. Malhotra The role of the public health specialist and how to access specialist public health advice Innovait 2011, 4(12):719-728 A. Murphy, K. Blyth, R. Chaudhuri, E. Hothersall, N. C. Thomson, K. Dargie Assessment of Cardiac MRI in Detecting Occult Myocardial Ischemia in COPD Respiration 2009; DOI: 10.1159/000203354 E. Hothersall, R. Chaudhuri, J. Meiklejohn, I. Fraser, J. Lafferty, C. McSharry, A. McMahon, N. Sattar, I. MacInnes, S. Wood, N. C. Thomson Effects of atorvastatin added to inhaled corticosteroids on lung function and sputum cell counts in atopic asthma Thorax 2008; 63(12):1070-1075 R. Chaudhuri, C. McSharry, A. McCoard, E. Livingston, E. Hothersall, M. Spears, J. Lafferty, N. C. Thomson Role of symptoms and lung function in determining asthma control in smokers with asthma Allergy 2008; 63:132-135 E. Hothersall, C. McSharry and N. C. ThomsonPotential therapeutic role for statins in respiratory disease Thorax 2006;61:729-734