Michelle Ogunwole Aims to Rectify Disparities in Black Maternal Health | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
Serena Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD thinks the fact that Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women is an injustice worthy of outrage. The internal medicine physician and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity is devoting her career to channeling that anger into her research to find solutions. “A lot of people probably know by now that there are stark disparities in maternal health outcomes in the United States,” Ogunwole said,