Hunt was born in
Welshpool in 1938. Hunt went to
City of London School for Girls before taking Chemistry at Cambridge University. She married John Hunt as they both worked in research in America and in the UK, where she learnt about research techniques. John became an academic in Oxford. Ann got involved with the research required and worked on a database of the behavioural and physical aspects of the disease. She used these to publish academic papers on the condition and in 1993 she became the TSA's research director. She was credited with making the research happen. In 1997 the
TSC2 gene was identified by a European consortium supported by her organisation. The gene's identification enabled a test to be created and the development of drugs that can be used to treat the condition. In 2002 she received an MBE for her work with the
Tuberous Sclerosis Association. Her husband, John, died in 2012 and she died in 2014. ==References==