Rate My Professor Anna Hull

Hull's research centers on plant-people interactions, particularly metabolomics and genetics in relation to nutrition and cancer susceptibility in minority populations. Her work examines interactions between genetic factors and cruciferous vegetable consumption in modulating cancer risk. She leads a population-based research initiative with the Chemistry Department investigating genetics alongside environmental modulators like smoking and cruciferous vegetables on cancer risk in both minority and majority populations. Notable funding includes a three-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation grant as co-Principal Investigator for the LU-FIELDS project, aimed at diversifying sustainability studies through student-driven curricula on sustainable foods, food gardens, research, community engagement, and food justice using computer science. Previously, she participated in an NIH-funded Lincoln University-Fox Chase Cancer Center partnership. Key publications encompass "High Prevalence of Discordant HPV and p16 Oropharynx Squamous Cell Carcinomas in an African American Cohort" (2015), "Antimicrobial Activities of Laetiporus conifericola (Agaricomycetes) Burds & Banik Collected from Pennsylvania, USA" (2021), and multiple papers on antimicrobial potentials of Pennsylvania mushrooms (2020). Her scholarship has garnered over 2,200 citations. Additionally, Hull leads the campus gardening project, sits on the board of the Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens, contributes to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning advisory board, and organizes the regional science fair.