User:Emedmunds/Valerie Montgomery Rice

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Citations 1 and 3 lead to pages that cannot be found. This article tackles two of Wikipedia's equity gaps: a woman in color and a woman scientist.

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Adding onto Early life and education
Add onto first sentence after " she earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School", despite receiving a scholarship to Emory. Originally intending to pursue a career as a neurosurgeon, her plans changed as she began her clinical rotation in obstetrics-gynecology rotation. Prior to this, Montgomery Rice recalls this rotation as being one she was not looking forward to. However, once in the rotation, Montgomery Rice was sure this was the field she was meant to be in. While conducting research at Harvard on using purified hormones to induce ovulation in mice, she received an acceptance letter from Emory University, her top choice university, to complete her residency. Before beginning her residency, Montgomery Rice's work had already been published, thus already making a name for herself. In addition, at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Montgomery Rice completed Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program.

Adding onto Career
Prior to her joining Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Montgomery Rice held numerous leadership and faculty positions at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, becoming the catalyst of the institution's recognition for its high enrollment of minority women. While at Meharry Medical College, Dr. Montgomery Rice founded and directed the The Center for Women’s Health Research. Being one of the first of its kind, The Center for Women's Health Research has a central focus on the impact of diseases for women of color, which aligns with Dr. Montgomery Rice's passion.

add onto last sentence: Noticing a disparity between the maternal mortality rates in women, African American women in particular, her research in the topic of infertility was combined with her passion of providing better quality care for minority women.

Adding onto Awards and Honors
Her research on the topic of infertility and maternal mortality rates awarded her membership of the Honor Roll  of Outstanding Black Physician. This award is granted to black physicians and scientists who are deemed visionaries. The professionals who receive this honor are those who have overcome great adversity in the name of scientific advancement and social justice in their aid to individuals of color and needy and vulnerable individuals. Because of her dedication and passion to women's reproductive health with an emphasis on minority reproductive research, Dr. Montgomery Rice has been awarded multifaceted awards throughout her career including awards from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and Office of Research on Women’s Health/National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory councils (2013-); Society for Women’s Health Research board (2012-) and the executive committee (2013); March of Dimes board (2012-); Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans Administrative board (2012-); FDA Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs (2011-); American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, board examiner (2007-); Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2006-); President’s Commission on White House Fellowships Regional Panelist Selection Committee (2010); Every Life Matters, Every Dollar Counts Campaign chair, National AIDS Fund board of trustees (2009-2010); National Aids Fund board of trustees (2007-2011), Wal-Mart Healthcare Insights Panel chair (2007-2010); and Wal-Mart External Advisory Board (2006-2008). .

Adding on to Personal Life
While attending her undergraduate studies at Georgia Institute of Technology, she met her now husband, Melvin Rice in the student section. Melvin Rice was selling concert tickets to a concert Montgomery Rice wished to attend that weekend, while also organizing the National Society of Black Engineers Conference. The two arranged a trade: concert tickets that Melvin had, for his entry into the conference Montgomery Rice was planning.