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University professor and scientist
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Patrick Allard is US-based geneticist and toxicologist and a Full Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research uses advances in genomics and bioinformatics to address fundamental gaps in our understanding of how organisms respond to environmental toxicants and retain a molecular memory of these exposures..[1][2][3]
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Patrick Allard
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| Nationality | Canadian, French, American |
| Occupation | Professor (UCLA), Scientist, Educator |
| Education | BS Biology and Biochemistry, MS Biology of Aging, PhD Biology |
| Official website | www.theallardlabatucla.org |
Allard serves as a gubernatorially appointed expert on California EPA's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee. First appointed by Governor Brown in 2017[4] and renewed by Governor Newsom, he contributes to the state’s regulatory process by evaluating chemicals safety. He is a recipient of a Fulbright U.S. scholar award based on his transnational comparative work of chemical regulation [5], and received a Burrough Wellcome Fund Innovation in Regulatory Science Award for his research on chemical safety assessment.[6]
Allard expertise and research on environmental health and epigenetic inheritance has been cited in news and science media outlets including ABC Radio National’s Science Show [7], The Scientist [8], LAist [9], and many others.
Education
Allard received dual bachelor's degrees in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Toulouse and a master's degree in Bology of Aging from the Université Paris Cité. He completed a Ph.D. in biology at McGill University with Dean's honour list and subsequently conducted his postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.[10]
Allard is currently faculty in the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[11]
Research
Allard's research primarily focuses on Gene-Environment Interaction, Reproductive Biology, and Environmental Epigenetics.
His laboratory studies how environmental exposures affects biological function across the life course and also across generations.[12] His work has notably contributed to understanding the mechanisms directing environmentally-induced transgenerational inheritance and provided the first evidence of reversal of environmentally-induced transgenerational inheritance.[13][14][15]
Allard has also contributed to the development of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for chemical safety assessment and reproductive toxicology.[1][2][16] His laboratory developed experimental screening approaches toidentify environmental chemicals associated with reproductive toxicity and conducted early comparative studies of Bisphenol A alternatives, including Bisphenol S, raising concerns about the safety of this popular BPA substitute.[17][3]
His research has been published in journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Cell Reports, PLOS Genetics, and Environmental Health Perspectives.[18]
Beyond laboratory research, Allard has participated in environmental health policy and regulatory science initiatives related to reproductive and developmental toxicants.[16][19][20]
Awards and honors
Allard's research has been recognized by multiple awards. He received a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institutes of Health for research focused on environmental influences on chromosome segregation and reproduction [21].
He also received an Innovations in Regulatory Science Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for work related to the development of new predictive reproductive toxicity assessment platforms [22].
In 2017, Allard was appointed by the governor of California to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee, which advises the state on reproductive and developmental toxicants in environmental health regulation [23].
In 2025, Allard received a Fulbright Program U.S. Scholar award supporting scientific collaboration between the United States and France [24]
He serves as an associate editor of Environmental Health Perspectives[25] and as Vice-President elect of the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Toxicology [26]
Selected publications
- Allard P, Colaiacovo MP. Bisphenol A impairs the double-strand break repair machinery in the germline and causes chromosome abnormalities. PNAS. 2010.
- Chen Y, Shu L, Qiu Z, Lee DY, Settle SJ, Que Hee S, Telesca D, Yang X, Allard P. Exposure to the BPA-substitute Bisphenol S causes unique alterations of germline function. PLOS Genetics. 2016.
- Zaunbrecher V, Beryt E, Parodi D, Telesca D, Doherty J, Malloy T, Allard P. Has Toxicity Testing Moved into the 21st Century? A Survey and Analysis of Perceptions in the Field of Toxicology. Environ Health Perspect. 2017
- Camacho J, Truong L, Kurt Z, Morselli M, Gutierrez G, Pellegrini M, Yang X, Allard P. The memory of environmental chemical exposure in C. elegans is dependent on the Jumonji demethylases jmjd-2 and jmjd-3/utx-1. Cell Reports. 2018.
- Angrish M, Allard P, McCullough S, Chadwick LH, Hines E, Chorley BN. Epigenetic Applications in Adverse Outcome Pathways and Chemical Risk Evaluation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2018.
- Le Goff A, Louvel S, Boullier H, Allard P. Toxicoepigenetics for Risk Assessment: Bridging the Gap Between Basic and Regulatory Science. Epigenetics Insights. 2022.
- Truong L, Chen YW, Barrere-Cain R, Levenson MT, Shuck K, Xiao W, da Veiga Beltrame E, Panter B, Reich E, Sternberg PW, Yang X, Allard P. Single-nucleus resolution mapping of adult C. elegans and its application to elucidate inter- and transgenerational response to alcohol. Cell Reports. 2023.
- Verdikt R, Armstrong AA, Cheng J, Yang X, Allard P. Metabolic memory of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in pluripotent stem cells and primordial germ cells-like cells. eLife. 2023.
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