Yvette Huet

Professor and Interim Chair; Director, Center for Advancing Faculty Success
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health

Education:

Ph.D. Physiology (with Honors), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas (1989) B.A. Human Biology; Microbiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (1984)

Research Interest:

Dr. Huet’s research has focused on understanding the role of gonadal steroids (primarily estrogen) in normal physiology and adult diseases and the effects of neonatal exposure to environmental toxicants on development and adult disease. The goals of the research were to a) gain an understanding of these processes and thus allow for the development of methods to prevent or treat diseases and b) determine the effects of environmental estrogens on early pregnancy and adult diseases.

Teaching Specialty:

Physiology, Endocrinology, Reproduction

Yvette Huet received B.A.s in Human Biology and Microbiology in 1984 from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, and a Ph.D. (Honors) in Physiology from the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, in 1989. She then moved to Monsanto Company, where she completed 2 years of postdoctoral work in Immunology. Dr. Huet joined the faculty of the Department of Biology at UNC Charlotte in 1991 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Professor in 2005. In 2013, Dr. Huet moved to the Department of Kinesiology. Dr. Huet is also the Executive Director of the Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success.