Staff Profile

Pronouns: She/Her

Current role

I am part of the Data and Communications Community in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. I am responsible for the Faculty of Medical Sciences internal and external websites. If you have any suggestions for content, spot any errors, or have problems with your university web profile please get in touch.

I am experienced in organising academic events including seminars, workshops and conferences. If you are an academic or researcher considering / trying to arrange an event please contact me.

I am responsible for day to day maintenance of a volunteer database. A list of over 1000 people willing to give their time to take part in our studies. If you are a researcher interested in sending a call out to our list please get in touch.

I am involved in a number of engagement and outreach activities. Aiming to communicate scientific research to a wider non-expert audience. These can include visits to our research facilities or events off-campus. I help to coordinate various engagement events such as Pint of Science, Brain Awareness Week and Soapbox science. I am happy to offer advice on engagement activities and for grant proposals.

In my spare time I am part of Palace of Science. A non-profit, volunteer-run organisation hosting fun and fascinating science-themed events in and around the North East of England.  These include an annual Palace of Science festival each March - an evening of hands on science demonstrations and general merriment, plus regular events such as SciBar and SciQuiz. 

Previous Positions

2013 - 2019 Events and engagement officer, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

2009 - 2013 Research associate, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University

2006 - 2009 Research associate, Durham University 

Qualifications 

PhD Nottingham University

BSc (Hons) Psychology and Neuroscience, Liverpool University  

• Articles

  • Savy CS, Fitchett AE, Blain PG, Morris CM, Judge SJ. Gene expression analysis reveals chronic low level exposure to the pesticide diazinon affects Psychological Disorders gene sets in the adult rat. Toxicology 2018, 393, 90-101.
  • Drummond J, Williamson SM, Fitchett AE, Wright GA, Judge SJ. Spontaneous honeybee behaviour is altered by persistent organic pollutants. Ecotoxicology 2017, 26(1), 141-150.
  • Savy CY, Fitchett AE, McQuade R, Gartside SE, Morris CM, Blain PG, Judge SJ. Low-level repeated exposure to diazinon and chlorpyrifos decrease anxiety-like behaviour in adult male rats as assessed by marble burying behaviour. Neurotoxicology 2015, 50, 149-156.
  • Fitchett AE, Judge SJ, Morris CM. Using olive oil to orally dose laboratory rats. Animal Technology and Welfare 2012, 10(1), 39-41.
  • Easton A, Fitchett AE, Eacott MJ, Baxter MG. Medial septal cholinergic neurons are necessary for context-place memory but not episodic-like memory. Hippocampus 2011, 21(9), 1021-1027.
  • Cassaday HJ, Fitchett AE. How social housing affects learning in mice. Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW: Animal Science 2011, 48, 51-57.
  • Fitchett AE, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice. Animal Welfare 2009, 18, 21-31.
  • Fitchett AE, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. There's no place like home: Cage odours and place preference in subordinate CD-1 male mice. Physiology & Behavior 2006, 87(5), 955-962.
  • Fitchett AE, Collins SA, Mason H, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. Urinary corticosterone measures: Effects of strain and social rank in BKW and CD-1 mice. Behavioural Processes 2005, 70(2), 168-176.
  • Fitchett AE, Collins SA, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. Subordinate male mice show long-lasting differences in spatial learning that persist when housed alone. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 2005, 84(3), 247-251.