Dr. McLemore is a visiting professor at New York University. Prior to this, she was a tenured, full professor in the Child, Family, and Population Health Department and the Director for the Manning-Price Spratlan Center for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE) in Nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Her peer-reviewed articles, OpEds, and commentaries have been cited in eight amicus briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States and four NASEM reports. She became Editor in Chief of Health Equity in 2022.