Rosie Coleman

Rosie is a young medical scientist with a diverse academic and professional background. She began her career as a successful digital artist, working in animated television and digital illustration. After several years in the arts, she pivoted her professional interests and completed an undergraduate degree in psychology and an honours degree in medical science. Currently, she combines her scientific and creative skills as a full-time research assistant in the A Martin Gut Lab.

Rosie is particularly interested in the mechanisms underlying the gut-brain axis and how these can be harnessed to improve lives. She is also interested in how cells in the gut work to maintain energy balance, and how these cells communicate with the microbiome to affect our digestion and the gut-brain axis. Her current research focus is on coeliac disease, and the role that serotonin-secreting cells in the gut lining contribute to disease severity.

Rosie also has a keen interest in communicating science to the public, and creative non-fiction writing.