Nancy Hardt, M.D.

Nancy Hardt, M.D., is Professor Emerita of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. She is a graduate of Sweet Briar College (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude) and the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine (Alpha Sigma Nu). At the University of Florida, she completed training in obstetrics-gynecology, maternal fetal medicine, anatomic and clinical pathology, and cytopathology. She was Associate Dean for Managed Care and Group Practice, charged with negotiating managed care contracts and oversight of physician reimbursement for the University of Florida’s 600-physician multispecialty group practice.

For four years, she directed the Institute for Women’s Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, including programs in infant mortality, K-12 science education, teen pregnancy, literacy, workforce development, and domestic violence.
A highlight of her career was serving as a health policy advisor in the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and in the office of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. In 2006, she received the Distinguished Service Award of the National Board of Medical Examiners, for services that included serving as Chair of the Computerized Case Simulation test development committee for Step 3 of the medical licensing examination.
Her last 10 years at the University of Florida were spent teaching health equity to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. A mobile outreach clinic she started in 2010 continues to provide free health care.
Currently she works in the Gainesville, Florida community as a board member of the Children’s Trust, a local taxing authority funding projects to improve the lives of children in Alachua County. She created a collaborative in Gainesville called Housing First for Children, specifically to benefit children who are homeless or vulnerably housed.