Melisa Holmes
Co-Founder & CEO of Girlology. Co-Founder of Period Education Project. Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecologist. TedX speaker. Author. Fierce advocate for girls health.
- Role
- Co-founder at Girlology
- Location
- Athens, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melisa Holmes
Experienced academic and clinical Ob-Gyn with focus in Pediatric | Adolescent | Adult Gynecology. Founder & CEO of Girlology. Co-Founder of the non-profit Period Education Project. Fierce advocate for girls\' and young women\'s health. Consultant for critical health & wellness issues facing girls and women for global brands. Author of the Girlology series of books including You-ology: A Puberty Guide for Every Body, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Keynote speaker and workshop leader for healthcare and educational professionals.\"We\'ll never close the persistent gaps women\'s health unless we start with girls\' health.\"
Experience
Co-founder
Jan 2019 — Present · Athens, GA, US
Girlology® is closing gaps in women\'s health by starting with girls\' health - making essential wellness education and coaching accessible for all families, and ending generational stigma and health misinformation. Our AI-enabled solution transforms how girls & their caregivers access trusted health and wellness support. Caregivers access our free AI girlhood assistant, Dr. Momfidence™. Girlology’s app offers stage-by-stage support and personalized wellness education journeys – all built on a proprietary knowledge base to provide specialized support, capture insights, and deliver targeted content. Girlology is the ultimate Girlhood Guide providing medically accurate, in-the-moment support needed to navigate girls\' health and the parent-daughter journey with facts and greater confidence. Ideal for girls (ages 7-15)(and their parents / caregivers) as they learn about their body and how it works - physically, mentally, emotionally, Girlology offers an unprecedented on-demand video library (>600 digital resources), in-person events through our national network of Girlologists, and health coaching focused on prevention and early intervention addressing all the challenges of being an adolescent girl - or raising one.
Education
The University of Georgia
B.F.A., Drawing and Painting
1981 — 1985
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
M.D., Ob-Gyn, Obstetrics and Gynecology
1989 — 1993
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Doctor of Medicine - MD
Skills
- Teen Pregnancy
- Program Development
- Sexual Health
- Parent Education
- Parent Communication
- Clinical
- Prevention
- Healthcare
- Leadership
- Adolescents
- Community Outreach
- Medicine
- Adolescent Health
- Health Promotion
- Clinical Research
- Public Health
- Health
- Sexuality Education
- Public Speaking
- Teaching
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