Dr. Carol Grei­der, an AAUW mem­ber, were hon­ored for her work in the field of med­i­cine, an honor they shared with col­leagues Dr. Eliz­a­beth Black­burn and Dr. Jack W. Szostak. The three doc­tors were rec­og­nized for their work with chro­mo­somes, which plays a vital role in the devel­op­ment of new ther­a­pies for can­cer treatments.