GA SR871

Georgia Senate Resolution recognizing and commending Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine and the first woman to lead the freestanding medical institution

Dr. Rice is a Georgia native who earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility

Founded the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College, one of the nation's first research centers focused on diseases disproportionately affecting women of color

Served on The President's Committee on the National Medal of Science, the Georgia Commission on Women, and holds membership in the National Academy of Medicine

Secretary of the Senate directed to provide a copy of the resolution to Dr. Rice