Joy Emenyonu
CBHC is happy to have Joy back for a second summer of volunteering. Our mission is to achieve health equity in Colorado’s Black community and we are always excited to work with students that are interested in this important quest.
Meet Joy in her own Words
Hello! My name is Joy Emenyonu. I am an incoming 4th year at Emory University studying Human Health and African American Studies, and preparing to pursue a masters in Bioethics. In my studies, I focus largely on health disparities, namely ones that make health and healthcare hard to access for Black people.
For the summer, I am interning at Anthem, learning about the strategy and decision making used in creating and distributing health insurance plans. I am also interning with the Colorado Black Health collaborative, writing articles like these about COVID-19 and its impact on the Black community. I hope to use this knowledge to pursue a career as a clinical ethicist, advocating for patients in complex hospital situations. During my time writing for the CBHC, I’m excited to look intently at the relationship that Black people have had historically and socially within the healthcare system. Ultimately, I want to discuss how this is tied to COVID-19 infection rates, vaccine incentives, accessibility of vaccines and other COVID related resources, and other aspects of the pandemic.