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Kari Hacker, MD, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member with research interest n the tumor microenvironment of gynecologic malignancies and how to harness existing or develop new immunotherapy drugs to better treat patients with these cancers.

MD, PhD
Associate Professor, OBGYN-GYN Oncology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Gynecologic Oncology Program
Immunology and Immunotherapy Research Program

Area of Interest

I am interested in the tumor microenvironment of gynecologic malignancies and how we can harness existing or develop new immunotherapy drugs to better treat patients with these cancers.

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Awards and Honors

  • NYU Langone Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, William E Schweizer Humanism Award
  • NYU Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Firefly Award for Excellence in Surgical Teaching
  • GOG Foundation New Investigator Award
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, NYU Langone Brooklyn Campus
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, NYU Langone Brooklyn Campus
  • Foundation for Women’s Cancer, St Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness Research Grant
  • Best Fellow Research Presentation, Michigan Section of ACOG Research Day
  • Wesley C Fowler Jr MD Excellence in Gynecologic Oncology Award
  • Ryan Program Resident Award for Excellence in Family Planning
  • North Carolina TraCS Pilot Grant Awardee
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  • UNC MD-PhD Program Alexander Scholar
  • Gertrude B Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award
  • Academic All-Ivy, Dartmouth College Women’s Crew
  • Willard W Eggleston Botany Prize, Dartmouth College
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