Are you a Black woman in medicine who knows that where you are is not where you’re meant to be?
Maybe you want to start a business, write a book, change your life to spend more time with family, get the promotion or even transition out of medicine, you won't move forward without the self-discovery, systems, support & strategy to achieve the life you want (and deserve!).
Welcome to Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood
Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood provides community for Black women in medicine with culturally-responsive, career transition & development strategy, work-life integration coaching, training & accountability who want to live bolder & braver lives that allow for them to fulfill their personal and professional ambitions without struggle or sacrifice.
Our online community, events, courses and coaching programs ensure that Black women have space to discuss, openly and honestly, the challenge of thriving while managing the stressors in both the healthcare and academic environment in today’s society.
Ensuring Black women in medicine can thrive impacts all Black women by improving their well-being and their capacity to elevate ALL Black women and help them to be seen, heard and valued.
The Mission
To elevate, educate and empower Black women in medicine with our unique success system that helps them to rediscover their purpose, refine the skills, create a strategy, and build the team they need to achieve their vision without struggle or sacrifice.
Black women should never have to choose between succeeding in their personal and professional lives. We can do both.
About Dr. Omolara
Hi! I am Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo and I am one of the Black women in medicine and academia that was completely burned out.
Building on my personal and professional expertise as a pediatrician, researcher, professor and a Black woman, I realized the unique challenges and isolation among Black women managing careers in medicine and academia and their personal lives and the daily emotional and physical toll.
In 2019, I created Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood, a company specifically designed to provide support and empowerment, through coaching, training and community, to Black women in medicine and academia navigating motherhood and the unique challenges of workplace bias, microaggressions & discrimination.
It is crucial that Black women in medicine & academia thrive not only for their own well-being, but also as a workforce essential to addressing health disparities in Black communities of color.
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