Jackie Hunter

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Professor Jackie Hunter
Born Ann Jacqueline Hunter[1]
1956 (age 67–68)[2]
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Alma mater Bedford College, London
Thesis Chemical communication, aggression and sexual behaviour in the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus griseimembra) (1981)
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(Ann) Jacqueline Hunter PhD[5] CBE FMedSci is Professor at St George's Hospital Medical School and CEO of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.[4][7][8]

Education

Hunter was educated at Kings School[9] and completed her Bachelor of Science degree and PhD[5] in Psychology at Bedford College, London which is now part of Royal Holloway, University of London. Her PhD thesis was on the psychology of owl monkeys (genus Aotus).[5]

Career

Following her PhD, Hunter undertook a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral research fellowship at St George’s Hospital Medical School before joining the pharmaceutical industry where she worked for 25 years for GSK, Proximagen and OI Pharma Partners.[3][4][10][11][12][13][14][15] She became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BBSRC in 2013.[7][16][17]

Awards

Hunter was awarded the CBE for services to the pharmaceutical industry in the 2010 Birthday Honours. She is also a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2014.[6]

References

  1. Jackie Hunter's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
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  7. 7.0 7.1 Jackie Hunter to be next BBSRC chief, Times Higher Education, 2013-06-04
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Government offices
Preceded by CEO of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2013–present
Incumbent