Lead Investigator
Katherine A. Hoadley
Dr. Hoadley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Computational Medicine Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include integrative genomic analyses to better understand cancer.
Education
- 2006: Ph.D. Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2001: B.S. Biology, B.A. Chemistry, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Employment
- 2024-current: Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll
- 2019-2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2018-current: Member, Computational Medicine Program
- 2017-current: Associate Director of Cancer Genomics, UNC High-Throughput Sequencing Facility
- 2014-current: Member, Cancer Genetics Program in Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 2013-2019: Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2009-2013: Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2007-2009: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2007: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
- 2001-2006: Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1995-2001: Biological Science Aid, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Bardane, WV – Summers
Honors and Awards
- 2020: BCRF Marion R. Wright Award for Scientific Excellence
- 2019: Highly Cited Researchers (Top 1%), Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics
- 2018: Highly Cited Researchers (Top 1%), Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics
- 2015: Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Spirit to Impact Award – For supporting Survivors and being a catalyst for change in breast cancer outcomes
- 2015: Clinical Cancer Advances: ASCO’s Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer
- 2015: Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award, Clinical Research Forum
- 2015: UNC Junior Faculty Development Award
- 2011: Weatherspoon Family Brain Tumor Research Award
- 2006: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat, 1st place Clinical/Translational Poster
- 2005: Toxicogenomics Research Consortium Student Poster Award
- 2005: UNC Graduate Student Kenan Hobgood Award
- 2003: International Congress of Genetics Travel Scholarship
- 2003: University of North Carolina Graduate School Travel Scholarship
UNC Graduate Programs
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB)
Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB)
Publications
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