Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., received a 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the office of U.S. President Joe Biden. Photo credit: Carolyn Tucker
Carolyn M. Tucker has received a 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the office of President Joe Biden, in recognition of her work to build healthier communities and providing hundreds with power over cancer.
Shearwood McClelland III’s grandfather was a ditchdigger who dreamed that his six Black daughters would become doctors. McClelland’s mother did not disappoint—she became the first Black woman board-certified in maternal fetal medicine in the history of the United States. Now, McClelland is the chief medical officer of Cancer Health Equity at the University of Oklahoma...
