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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 that only further harms public health. Many of ...

Their work is making the field of radiology more inclusive and helpful to Black patients. Temple University is doing its part to make the medical field more inclusive. A medical student at the ...

When Black patients get X-rays, unfortunately, many doctors have not been trained to “to identify the twists, locs, and braids of Black patients’ hair when reading” the scans. But Angela Udongwo, a ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 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 ...

Temple University medical student Angela Udongwo identified issues with how many physicians and radiologists misidentify Black hairstyles — like... Medical student teaches radiologists and her ...

They are determined to present the distinction between Black hairstyles and medical issues in scans to create a more inclusive medical knowledge in the future. This story originally appeared on 6abc.

Temple University medical student Angela Udongwo is turning the tables on her professors and becoming the teacher. Udongwo identified issues with how many physicians and radiologists misidentify Black ...