The Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation has announced that Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green will receive The President's Lifetime Achievement Award, which includes a Lifetime Pin, a Gold Medallion, and a letter bearing the signature of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on November 9, 2024.
Dr. Green, a winner of the 2018 Professional Achievement in Industry Award at the WOC STEM Conference, is a medical physicist recognized for her innovative approach to cancer treatment using laser-activated nanoparticles.
In her laboratory, Dr. Green collaborates with medical laboratory professionals, as they play a vital role in every test conducted.
She has served as the director of the NanoBioPhotonics and Targeted Cancer Therapeutics Laboratory and as an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Morehouse School of Medicine.
Additionally, she founded the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation (OraLee.org) to raise funds for human clinical trials and ensure that cancer treatments are affordable for all.
Dr. Green's mission is to transform cancer treatment and alleviate the suffering of patients by providing access to effective therapies.
She has developed a 4-in-1 platform for early detection, imaging, targeting, and selective cancer treatment. Her ultimate goal is to translate these laboratory treatments into clinical applications for various cancer types, including head and neck, breast, colorectal, brain, lung, cervical, pancreatic, anal, skin, and prostate cancers.
This endeavor could potentially save millions of lives, as approximately 8.8 million people die from cancer worldwide each year.
Recognized for her scientific and humanitarian contributions, Dr. Green was granted a $1.1 million Career Development Award by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 2016.
Her story has been featured in numerous media outlets, such as NBC News, The New York Times, Forbes, People, The Huffington Post, BET, BuzzFeed, Apple News, USA Today, The History Channel, and NPR.
Dr. Green served as Miss Alabama A&M University from 2002 to 2003 and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has received several honors, including the Key to the City of Selma, Alabama, and the Historic Icon Award from the same city.
Additionally, she has been recognized with the Research Advocate of the Year Award by the Southern Company and Perennial Strategy Group, the Distinguished Trailblazer Award from The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter), and the Trailblazer of the Year Award from the 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
In 2016, both The Root magazine and Ebony magazine listed Dr. Green among the "100 Most Influential African Americans" in the United States.
In 2018, she was honored by BET and BETHer as the Breast Cancer Advocate of the Year and named one of the Top 30 Under 40 in Healthcare by Business Insider in 2019.
Furthermore, in 2020, USA Today recognized her as one of the 100 Women of the Century, alongside notable figures such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hillary Clinton, and Rosa Parks.
Dr. Green is one of the first 100 African American women to earn a Ph.D. in physics in the United States and is the second to graduate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green @drhadiyahgreen has been selected to receive The President's Lifetime Achievement Award, which includes a Lifetime Pin, a Gold Medallion, and a Letter bearing the signature of our current President, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on 11/9/24. pic.twitter.com/MUYWWR1o5G
— Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation (@OraLeeOrg) November 8, 2024
