Talk:Reshma Kewalramani

Edit request to correct birth year, update the Career section, and correct the Personal life section
Hi. I am John and I would like to request the following update and corrections to Reshma Kewalramani's page.
 * Kewalramani's year of birth is incorrect in two places; please change it to 1972 in the lead and in the Early life sections. This is the source. https://investors.vrtx.com/static-files/7bf5f528-b4ed-45c4-893d-bf9d98a53bb1. On page 24 of this source her age is listed as 49. Since the document is dated Dec. 31, 2021, that means that there is no ambiguity about how old she is on any day in 2021, even if her birthday is Dec. 31st, as of that last day of 2021 she was 49.
 * Please add the following paragraph to the end of the first paragraph of the Career section: Since she became CEO, Vertex has continued to research and develop therapies for multiple diseases including moving its cystic fibrosis, type 1 diabetes, APOL1-mediated kidney disease and pain programs into the clinic. The company has also partnered with CRISPR Therapeutics to develop gene-editing therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.
 * In the Personal life section, please remove "a daughter and" because Reshma only has twin sons and no daughter; there is no source that says she has a daughter.

Thank so much for your help, JohnDatVertex (talk) 17:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Removed the year, given the source did not include it. Neither did it give a date, so it's best to not include a DOB until a reliable source is provided (yours isn't independent). Added your requested paragraph, with substantial edits, and also withdrew the daughter statement. PK650 (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for implementing my above edit request. However, the incorrect birth year also appears at the beginning of the "Early life" section, and should be removed from there as well. The article was also incorrectly added to the "1973 births" category, so that incorrect category should also be removed.
 * One additional request I have is to remove the mention of "RIZE Massachusetts" in the Boards and awards section, since she no longer is a board member there. You can check that here: https://www.rizema.org/board/
 * One last issue is that reference #14 has a "Cite error" warning, which should probably be fixed. Once again, thanks so much for your help. JohnDatVertex (talk) 12:45, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for letting me know. Fixed. PK650 (talk) 01:02, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your edits. Now that the incorrect birthday has been removed entirely from the article, I hope you don’t mind if I remove the category template "1973 births" directly. Thanks again. JohnDatVertex (talk) 12:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Updates to Boards and awards
Hi. The "Boards and awards" section needs updating with the following sourced content:
 * Please add the following as a new first paragraph to the Boards and awards section:
 * Kewalramani is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees, the Biomedical Science Careers Program Board and the Boston University School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Board.    She is also a member of the board of directors of Ginkgo Bioworks,  and was on the inaugural board of directors of the Kidney Health Initiative.


 * Please remove the following sentence from the already existing paragraph, (what is now the second paragraph), since this information is included in the new first paragraph above:
 * "She is a member of the board of directors of the Biomedical Science Careers Program and sits on the Boston University School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Committee."


 * Please add the following to the end of the second paragraph: (the pre-existing paragraph-change the period after the word Indiaspora to a comma):
 * Business Insider’s list of 10 people transforming health care, the PharmaVOICE 100 list of leaders in the life sciences,  and Boston Business Journal’s list of Women Who Mean Business.  In 2021, she was the recipient of the International Institute of New England’s Golden Door Award and was named a New Englander of the Year by the New England Council.  Under her leadership as CEO, Vertex was ranked #2 on The Commonwealth Institute’s Top Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2021.

Thanks so much. I am pinging who has been helpful in the past. JohnDatVertex (talk) 19:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, Thanks for implementing my edit request, and inviting me to learn more about editing Wikipedia. I don’t know if I will ever have the time to contribute more to Wikipedia, but it is certainly something I will consider. With appreciation, JohnDatVertex (talk) 18:58, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Infobox
Hi. I noticed the new Infobox and decided to fix it up a bit, including adding some information. I am happy to discuss if anyone has any questions. JohnDatVertex (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2024 (UTC)