A third-year medical student is using Black hair to address bias in medical imaging. Learn more about her story and why she's one of PS's Health Heroes.

Angela Udongwo makes major strides in radiology by researching how hair in the black community is presented in medical scans.

Temple University medical student Angela Udongwo identified issues with how many physicians and radiologists misidentify Black hairstyles — like locs, braids and twists — in X-rays.

Medical student Angela Udongwo at Temple University has joined a Black radiologist on a research project on X-rays and Black hairstyles.

Maresky began collecting a dataset that now includes more than 100 images of such artifacts that mirrored disease, and Angela Udongwo, a fourth-year medical student in his laboratory, has now ...

Angela Udongwo, a third-year medical student at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, has taken the lead on a research project to educate physicians on how to interpret X-rays of Black patients ...

Third year medical student Angela Udongwo has teamed up with radiologist Hillel Maresky to improve care for Black patients.

Angela Udongwo is a student at Temple University who helped make major strides in the health community. Udongwo was studying under radiologist Dr. Hillel Maresky when everything was put into motion.

Image Source: Courtesy of Angela Udongwo There are so many aspects of health that disproportionately affect the Black community, and yet less than six percent of US doctors are Black – a deficit ...

A third-year medical student is using Black hair to address bias in medical imaging. Learn more about her story and why she's one of PS's Health Heroes.