In office: 2017 – 2021

University of Leeds, UK

Sue Deuchars is a Reader in Neuroscience at the University of Leeds, UK, recently returning to full-time work after working part-time for 16 years while her children were growing up. Sue previously worked at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK as a postdoctoral fellow after being awarded her PhD in 1993.

Her research focuses on spinal circuitry involved in autonomic control and how stem cell proliferation and differentiation may be modulated within the spinal cord. She clearly remembers her first oral communication to The Physiological Society as a nervous PhD student, when voting still took place to accept or reject an abstract.

Sue has enjoyed being a member of The Society since 1990 and has served as a convenor of the Cardiac and Respiratory Special Interest Group and a Theme Lead before becoming a Trustee. She takes her role as an Equality and Diversity champion very seriously.