# Karolina Palucka

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## TL;DR

Immunologist who directs the NCI-designated JAX Cancer Center at The Jackson Laboratory and holds its Edison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer Research.

## Summary

Karolina Palucka (MD, PhD) is Director of the JAX Cancer Center and holds the Edison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer Research at The Jackson Laboratory, where she is a professor based in Farmington, Connecticut. Her laboratory works on human immunology and experimental immunotherapy, including dendritic cell-based vaccines for cancer and HIV, and uses single-cell genomics to understand immune cell mechanisms. The JAX Cancer Center has been an NCI-designated basic laboratory cancer centre since 1983, one of only seven in the United States, focuses on the genetic and genomic mechanisms of ageing-related inflammation and cellular dysfunction in cancer, and earned an 'exceptional' rating on its most recent Cancer Center Support Grant renewal.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; research-institute
- Role: Director, JAX Cancer Center, The Jackson Laboratory
- Specialisms: Human immunology; Cancer immunotherapy; Dendritic cell vaccines

## Sources

- Source: JAX research leadership page naming the Cancer Center Director: https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/research-overview/research-leadership
- Source: JAX Cancer Center page: https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/research-centers/the-jackson-laboratory-cancer-center

## Connected records

- institutions: [The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/jackson-laboratory/)
- terms: [Immune system](https://onco.cc/terms/immune-system/), [Immunotherapy](https://onco.cc/terms/immunotherapy-term/), [Inflammation](https://onco.cc/terms/inflammation/)

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