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After graduating with an intercalated degree in neuroscience and medicine from the University of Otago, and time in clinical practice, Allan received a Commonwealth Scholarship to undertake a PhD in neuroendocrinology at the University of Cambridge. He spent a further 12 years as a Principal Investigator at The Babraham Institute and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge before returning to New Zealand as Professor of Neuroendocrinology where he founded the University of Otago Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE). In 2019/20, Allan returned to Cambridge University as the Professor of Neuroendocrinology supported by the Wellcome Trust. Allan has received multiple fellowships and prizes including the Lister-Jenner Fellowship of the Lister Institute, Benoit Prize of the French Société de Neuroendocrinologie Expérimentale, Mortyn Jones Medal of the British Society for Neuroendocrinology, Liley Medal from the NZ Health Research Council, Triennial Medal of the Physiological Society of NZ and the Distinguished Research Medal of the University of Otago. Allan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2007. Allan has published over 200 research papers with an H-index of 75.