{"id":983,"date":"2022-09-27T00:12:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T00:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/sites\/sepulveda\/?page_id=983"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:45:48","slug":"effects-of-pfas-on-lipid-metabolism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/sites\/sepulveda\/effects-of-pfas-on-lipid-metabolism\/","title":{"rendered":"PFAS on Lipid Metabolism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Effects of PFAS on Lipid Metabolism<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Principal Investigator(s):<\/strong> Dr. Marisol Sep\u00falveda<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Anna Bushong<\/strong>
MS student<\/sup><\/em>
Purdue FNR<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tyler Hoskins<\/strong>
Research Assistant Faculty<\/sup><\/em>
Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marisol Sep\u00falveda<\/strong>
Professor and Associate Head of Research<\/sup><\/em>
Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are globally distributed contaminants with widespread use in commercial and consumer products. Due to their aquatic and terrestrial life cycle, amphibians are particularly susceptible to sublethal effects of PFAS exposure and are regularly exposed in the field. In amphibians experimentally-exposed to PFAS, body condition, measured using the scaled mass index (SMI), is often affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n