Dr. Carolyn M. Tucker is a Professor of Psychology, Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida. She is also one of only ten Distinguished Alumni Professors at the University of Florida. This professorship is an honor established to recognize excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Her professional activities include conducting research, teaching, providing therapy part-time at Family Practice Medical Center, and working as a national and international consultant in the areas of behavioral medicine, culturally sensitive health care, and family/community health promotion. She is also an avid researcher in the areas of (a) patient-centered culturally sensitive health care assessment and intervention, (b) health and wellness promotion and obesity/overweight modification interventions for racial/ethnic minority and low income families, children, adolescents, and communities, and (c) children's problem behaviors and academic performance.

She has been awarded numerous federal and state research and training grants and contracts totaling well over $4 million. She currently is the Principal Investigator for two major research projects at the University of Florida: (1) the "Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Health Care and Health Promotion Project", which is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and (2) the "Family Health Self-Empowerment Project", which is funded by the PepsiCo Foundation.