Margaret A. Tucker

Margaret Anne Tucker, M.D., is an American oncologist and physician-scientist specialized in environmental and genetic epidemiology, familial cancers, and melanomas. She is a scientist emerita at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Tucker was a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as director of the NCI human genetics program from 2005 until her retirement in June 2018.

Life Margaret A. Tucker receiver her bachelor's degree at Wellesley College. She earned her M.D. from the Harvard Medical School and completed training in internal medicine and medical oncology at Stanford University Medical Center.

Tucker joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1978 as a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC). Tucker retired in June 2018 and was named as a scientist emerita by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientific directors.