Ghanaian nurse scientist makes history as she lands top Johns Hopkins role in US

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Ghanaian-American nurse scientist Yvonne Commodore-Mensah makes history as Johns Hopkins’ first Black woman endowed chair and researches cardiovascular equity.

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