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Jennifer L. Hunt, MD
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Arkansas
Education/Training
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
BA – Chemistry and French
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
M Ed – Higher Education Admin
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
MD – Medicine
Personal Statement
I am an expert in Head and Neck and Endocrine Pathology, Molecular pathology and laboratory administration/management. My research interests have focused on the molecular alterations in common and rare tumors of the head and neck and endocrine system, with a special interest in developing assays and molecular tests that relate to prognosis and response to therapeutics.
Positions and Employment
1998-2001
Resident & Fellow, Anatomic/Molecular Pathology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2001-2005
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Molecular Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
2006-2009
Associate Professor and Section Head of Surgical Pathology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
2009-2011
Associate Professor and Associate Chief of Quality and Anatomic/Molecular Pathology
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2011-present
Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Pathology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Honors
1992
The Norma Bowles Achievement Award for College Scientists
1992-1993
ARCS Foundation Scholarship
1992-1996
The Beinecke Scholarship, Beinecke Foundation
1997
The Stowel Orbison Autospy Award, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists
1998
The Jesse H. Frank Endowed Prize in Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2000
The Class of 2002 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2004
Award for Clinical Excellence, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2006
Lansky Young Leadership Award, College of American Pathologists Foundation
2010
Arthur Purdy Stout Prize in Pathology, Arthur Purdy Stout Society
2011
Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of American Pathologists
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2005-2010
Education Committee, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists
2008-2010
Chair, Training and Education Committee, Association for Molecular Pathology
2010-2011
Chair Elect and Chair, Program Committee, Association for Molecular Pathology
2010-present
President, College of American Pathologists Foundation
2011-present
President Elect and President, Association for Molecular Pathology
2008-present
Chernobyl Tissue Bank, member (sponsored by NCI/NIH)
2010-present
Molecular Coding Committee, American Medical Association
1999-present
Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, Member of RRC and various committees
2010-present
Chair, Biospecimen Steering Committee (sponsored by NCI/NIH)
Selected Peer-reviewed Publications (Selected from 130 peer-reviewed publications)
- Albers A, Abe K, Hunt J, Wang J, Lopez-Albaitero A, Schaefer C, Gooding W, Whiteside TL, 0 Ferrone S, DeLeo A, Ferris RL. Antitumor Activity of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E7-specific T Cells Against Virally Infected Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN). Cancer Research, 65(23):11146-55, 2005.
- Takahashi C, Contreras B, Bakker A, Iwanaga T, Takegami Y, Bronson RT, Noda M, Loda M, Hunt JL, Ewen ME. Implicating NRAS and Rb in the development of medullary carcinoma. Nature Genetics, 38(1):118-123, 2006.
- Hunt JL, Yim JH, Carty SE. Fractional allelic loss of tumor suppressor genes identifies malignancy and predicts clinical outcome in follicular thyroid tumors. Thyroid, 16(7):643-9, 2006.
- Zhang H, Su L, Shin HJC, Muller S, Tighiouart M, Xu Z, Zhang X, Hunt J, Shin DM, Chen ZG. The Role of Caveolin-1 in Lymph Node Metastasis of Head and Neck Cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98(3):181-9, 2006.
- Ziober AF, Patel KR, Alawi F, Gimotty P, Weber RS, Feldman MM, Chalian AA, Weinstein GS, Hunt JL, Ziober BL. Identification of a gene signature for rapid screening of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2006;12 5960-5971.
- Seethala RR, Hunt JL, LiVolsi VA, Baloch ZW, Barnes EL. Adenoid cystic carcinoma with high-grade transformation: a report of 11 cases and a review of the literature. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 31(11):1683-94, 2007.
- Assaad A*, Voeghtly LN, Hunt JL. Thyroidectomies from patients with history of therapeutic radiation during childhood and adolescence have a unique mutational profile. Modern Pathology. 21(9):1176-82, 2008.
- Platt E, Sommer P, McDonald L, Bennett A, Hunt JL. Tissue Floaters and Contaminants in the Histology Laboratory. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 133(6):973-9, 2009
- Talbert ML, Dunn ST, Hunt JL, Hillyard DR, Mirza I, Nowak JA, Van Deerlin V, Vnencak-Jones. Competency based education for the molecular genetic pathology fellow: A report of the Association of Molecular Pathology Training and Education Committee. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 11(6):497-507, 2009.
- Jakubowski M, Hunt JL. BRAF Mutational Analysis in Papillary Carcinomas with Mixed Follicular and Papillary Growth Patterns. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 33(11):1590-3, 2009.
- Bennett KL, Lee W, Lamarre E, Zhang X, Seth R, Scharpf J, Hunt JL, Eng C. HPV Status-independent association of alchohol and tobacco exposure on prior radiation therapy with promoter methylation of FUSSEL18, EBF3, IRX1, and SEPT9, but not SLC5A8 in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer. 49(4):319-26, 2010.
- Liu X, Jakubowski M, Hunt JL. KRAS gene mutation in colorectal cancer is correlated with increased proliferation and spontaneous apoptosis. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 135(2):245-52, 2011.
- Woodford RL, Nikiforov Y, Hunt JL, Bellizzi AM, Zhang X, Mills SE, Stelow EB. Encapsulated papillary oncocytic neoplasms of the thyroid: morphologic, immunohistochemical, and BRAF mutation analysis of eighteen cases. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 34(11):1582-90, 2010.
- Bilodeau EA, Hoschar AP, Barnes EL, Hunt JL, Seethala RR. Clear cell carcinoma and clear cell odontogenic carcinoma: A comparative clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study. Head and Neck Pathology, 2011 Feb 3 [Epub ahead of print].
- LiVolsi VA, Abrosimov AA, Bogdanova T, Fadda G, Hunt JL, Ito M, Rosai J, Thomas GA, Williams ED. The Chernobyl Thyroid Cancer Experience: Pathology. Clin Oncol 23(4):261-7, 2011.
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