Larner College of Medicine

Estelle Bishop

Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences

Chair, Anatomical Gift Program

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Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., Neuroscience, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
  • B.S., Neuroscience and Spanish, Allegheny College
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Neurological Sciences

Areas of expertise

Medical education, undergraduate education, graduate education, anatomy, gross anatomy, teaching pedagogy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, neuroanatomy, diversity, equity, inclusion, enteric nervous system, immunology, gastroenterology, multiple sclerosis, aging, Alzheimer’s disease, diet-induced obesity, visual impairments, cortical blindness, accessibility, virtual reality, augmented reality.

BIO

Dr. Estelle Bishop is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont whose academic work centers on advancing medical, graduate, and undergraduate education in gross anatomy and neuroanatomy. She serves as Course Director for Undergraduate Human Neuroanatomy and Co‑Director for Human Gross Anatomy for DPT and MMS students, while also teaching across MD, DPT, MS, and undergraduate programs and mentoring learners at multiple levels. Her educational scholarship focuses on accessibility and inclusive pedagogy, particularly for visually impaired learners, supported by a curriculum grant to develop immersive, empathy‑building instructional approaches. Prior to her current education‑focused mission, Dr. Bishop trained extensively in gastroenterology, immunology, and neuroscience, conducting NIH‑funded research on neuroimmune mechanisms regulating gastrointestinal motility in conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and inflammatory bowel disease. She additionally contributes significant service to the academic community as Chair of the Anatomical Gift Program and as a voting member of the Larner College of Medicine Advancement Committee, while remaining active in outreach, mentorship, and women‑in‑science initiatives

Courses

  • 2023-26 Course Director, Undergraduate Human Neuroanatomy NSCI 3250, UVM LCOM 
  • 2025-26 Visiting Winter Term Faculty, NSCI 1014, Enteric Neurobiology, Middlebury College 
  • 2024-present Co-Director, Human Gross Anatomy, DPT and MMS Programs, UVM LCOM 
  • 2024-present Neurology Resident Review Session, Brainstem and Spinal Cord Tracts & Nuclei, UVM LCOM
  • 2022-present Faculty, Gross Anatomy, Foundations of Clinical Science (FoCS), MD Program, UVM LCOM

Awards and Achievements

  • 2024-2025 Curriculum Grant, Teaching Academy at UVM LCOM "Building empathy among medical educators to promote accessibility for visually impaired students" 
  • 2023-2024 Medical Education Fellowship Program, UVM Larner College of Medicine 
  • 2022 Katharine McCormick Postdoctoral Fellowship to Support Women in Academic Medicine Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs 
  • 2021 Loan Repayment Program (LRP) (competitive renewal) NIDDK, G-Tech Motility Monitoring to Differentiate Disease Stages in Crohn's Disease Patients 
  • 2021 Poster of Distinction, European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 
  • 2019 Loan Repayment Program (LRP) NIDDK, G-Tech Motility Monitoring to Differentiate Disease Stages in Crohn's Disease Patients 
  • 2018 Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship (T32) NIAID, Involvement of the CD36 macrophage receptor on fat-induced intestinal inflammation and dysmotility, Stanford University, (5T32AI07290-33) 
  • 2018 Helena Anna Henzl-Gabor Young Women in Science Fund, Stanford, ($750) 
  • 2018 Lin Chang Travel Award, ANMS, ($1,000) 2018 XVth Little Brain Big Brain Conference, Kleve, Germany
  • 2017 Edith D. Hendley Award, UVM Women’s Center, Burlington, VT 
  • 2016 NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (F31) NIDDK, Intestinal Dysmotility in Multiple Sclerosis, (1F31DK108540-01A1), Impact Score: 10 
  • 2016 Rodney L. Parsons Anatomy and Neurobiology Award, ($3,500) 
  • 2016 Graduate Student Research Day, 2nd place, Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 2016 Young Investigator Forum, ANMS, San Francisco, CA 
  • 2015 Poster of Distinction, APS GI & Liver Section, Experimental Biology, Boston, MA 
  • 2015 Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, 1st place. UVM NBH Forum, Burlington, VT 
  • 2011 Allegheny College / Cleveland Clinic Foundation Neuroscience Internship Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory ($3,000) Mentors: Stephen Dombrowski, PhD and Mark Luciano, MD, PhD

Bio

Dr. Estelle Bishop is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont whose academic work centers on advancing medical, graduate, and undergraduate education in gross anatomy and neuroanatomy. She serves as Course Director for Undergraduate Human Neuroanatomy and Co‑Director for Human Gross Anatomy for DPT and MMS students, while also teaching across MD, DPT, MS, and undergraduate programs and mentoring learners at multiple levels. Her educational scholarship focuses on accessibility and inclusive pedagogy, particularly for visually impaired learners, supported by a curriculum grant to develop immersive, empathy‑building instructional approaches. Prior to her current education‑focused mission, Dr. Bishop trained extensively in gastroenterology, immunology, and neuroscience, conducting NIH‑funded research on neuroimmune mechanisms regulating gastrointestinal motility in conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and inflammatory bowel disease. She additionally contributes significant service to the academic community as Chair of the Anatomical Gift Program and as a voting member of the Larner College of Medicine Advancement Committee, while remaining active in outreach, mentorship, and women‑in‑science initiatives

Courses

  • 2023-26 Course Director, Undergraduate Human Neuroanatomy NSCI 3250, UVM LCOM 
  • 2025-26 Visiting Winter Term Faculty, NSCI 1014, Enteric Neurobiology, Middlebury College 
  • 2024-present Co-Director, Human Gross Anatomy, DPT and MMS Programs, UVM LCOM 
  • 2024-present Neurology Resident Review Session, Brainstem and Spinal Cord Tracts & Nuclei, UVM LCOM
  • 2022-present Faculty, Gross Anatomy, Foundations of Clinical Science (FoCS), MD Program, UVM LCOM

Awards and Achievements

  • 2024-2025 Curriculum Grant, Teaching Academy at UVM LCOM "Building empathy among medical educators to promote accessibility for visually impaired students" 
  • 2023-2024 Medical Education Fellowship Program, UVM Larner College of Medicine 
  • 2022 Katharine McCormick Postdoctoral Fellowship to Support Women in Academic Medicine Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs 
  • 2021 Loan Repayment Program (LRP) (competitive renewal) NIDDK, G-Tech Motility Monitoring to Differentiate Disease Stages in Crohn's Disease Patients 
  • 2021 Poster of Distinction, European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 
  • 2019 Loan Repayment Program (LRP) NIDDK, G-Tech Motility Monitoring to Differentiate Disease Stages in Crohn's Disease Patients 
  • 2018 Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship (T32) NIAID, Involvement of the CD36 macrophage receptor on fat-induced intestinal inflammation and dysmotility, Stanford University, (5T32AI07290-33) 
  • 2018 Helena Anna Henzl-Gabor Young Women in Science Fund, Stanford, ($750) 
  • 2018 Lin Chang Travel Award, ANMS, ($1,000) 2018 XVth Little Brain Big Brain Conference, Kleve, Germany
  • 2017 Edith D. Hendley Award, UVM Women’s Center, Burlington, VT 
  • 2016 NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (F31) NIDDK, Intestinal Dysmotility in Multiple Sclerosis, (1F31DK108540-01A1), Impact Score: 10 
  • 2016 Rodney L. Parsons Anatomy and Neurobiology Award, ($3,500) 
  • 2016 Graduate Student Research Day, 2nd place, Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 2016 Young Investigator Forum, ANMS, San Francisco, CA 
  • 2015 Poster of Distinction, APS GI & Liver Section, Experimental Biology, Boston, MA 
  • 2015 Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, 1st place. UVM NBH Forum, Burlington, VT 
  • 2011 Allegheny College / Cleveland Clinic Foundation Neuroscience Internship Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory ($3,000) Mentors: Stephen Dombrowski, PhD and Mark Luciano, MD, PhD

Select Publications

  • 2025 Khatib, M., Zhao, T., Wei, S., Abramson, A., Bishop, E.S., Chen, C-H., Thomas, A-L., Xu, C., Park, J., Lee, Y., Hamnett, R., Yu, W., Root, S.E., Yuan, L., Chaktoura, D.H.N., Kim. K.K., Zhong., D., Nishio, Y., Zhao, C., Wu, C., Salimi-Jazi, F., Rafeeqi, T.A., Tok, J.B., Chen, X., Kaltschmidt, J.A., Dunn, J.C.Y., Bao, Z. High-Density Multimodal Soft Bioelectronic Fibers. Nature. 
  • 2025 Bishop, E.S., Morely, L., Janakiraman, M., Vikram, A., Namkoong, H., Becker, L. Altered BMP2 signaling causes age-dependent decline in gut motility independent of muscularis macrophages. Gastro Hep Advances. 
  • 2022 Bishop, E.S., Namkoong, H., Aurelian, Aurelian, L., McCarthy, M., Nallagatla, P., Zhou, W., Neshatian, L., Gurland, B., *Habtezion, A., *Becker, L. Enteric nervous system macrophages have microglia disease-associated properties that define age-dependent decline in gut motility. Gastro Hep Advances. PMID: 36908772. 
  • Co-first authors *Co-senior authors 2022 Li, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, B., Bishop, E.S., Wang, K., Tang, J., Zheng, Y., Niu,S., Beker, L., Xu, W., Li, T.L., Chen, G., Tok, J.B.H., Cui, Yi., Habtezion, A., Chen, X., Bao, Z. NeuroString: A tissue-like neurochemical sensor for interfacing with brain and gut. Nature. PMID: 35650358 
  • 2018 Spear, E.T., Holt, E., Joyce, E.J., Haag, M.M., Mawe, S.M., Hennig, G., Lavoie, B., Applebee, A., Teuscher, C., Mawe, G.M. (2018). Altered gastrointestinal motility in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model of multiple sclerosis. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. PMID: 29644797