Patricia A. Hunt is Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Bioscience at Washington State University.[1] Her primary research interest lies in human aneuploidy, mammalian germ cells and meiosis.[2] She is best known for showing the adversary effect of Bisphenol A (a common substance in plastics) on the reproductive system of mammalians.[3] In 2018, her team discovered that replacement Bisphenols (BPS, BPF, BPAF, Diphenyl sulfone) also affects reproductive health, and this over generations.[4]
Career
editPatricia Hunt did her undergraduate studies at Michigan State University.[1] She graduated in 1983 from the University of Hawaii with a thesis on reproductive biology under the supervision of Patricia Jacobs. She completed a two-year Postdoc with Paul Burgoyne at the MRC Mammalian Development Unit and a one-year Postdoc with Eva Eicher at the Jackson Laboratory. She began her tenure track with a faculty position at Emory University from 1988 to 1992, then moved to Case Western Reserve University.
In 2005, she moved to Washington State University where she is now a Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences. Her current work centers on the reproductive effects of exposure to chemicals with estrogenic activity.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Hunt, Patricia (October 2012). "Patricia Hunt". Current Biology. 22 (20): R856 – R858. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.010. PMID 23256202. S2CID 22388678.
- ^ a b Faculty page of the Washington State University
- ^ Hunt, Patricia A.; Koehler, Kara E.; Susiarjo, Martha; Hodges, Craig A.; Ilagan, Arlene; Voigt, Robert C.; Thomas, Sally; Thomas, Brian F.; Hassold, Terry J. (1 April 2003). "Bisphenol A Exposure Causes Meiotic Aneuploidy in the Female Mouse". Current Biology. 13 (7): 546–553. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00189-1. PMID 12676084. S2CID 10168552.
- ^ Horan, Tegan S.; Pulcastro, Hannah; Lawson, Crystal; Gerona, Roy; Martin, Spencer; Gieske, Mary C.; Sartain, Caroline V.; Hunt, Patricia A. (24 September 2018). "Replacement Bisphenols Adversely Affect Mouse Gametogenesis with Consequences for Subsequent Generations". Current Biology. 28 (18): 2948–2954.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.070. PMC 6156992. PMID 30220498.