Nneoma Nwachuku Ojiaku, MD, MPH

Nneoma Nwachuku Ojiaku, MD, MPH (she/her) is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist who practices in Sacramento, California. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology and then master’s degree in Public Health at Yale University. Her field of concentration was Chronic Disease Epidemiology with a special interest in health disparities among African American and immigrant populations. She completed her medical training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and then went on to complete residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington DC. Her interests are in climate justice, quality improvement, and achieving health equity. She is a 2022 Climate and Health Equity Fellow through the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. As an OBGYN and mother, Dr. Ojiaku is invested in the effects of climate change on the health and well-being of families presently, and that of future generations. She believes that as healthcare providers, we can advocate for climate actions that are both impactful and serve to remedy existing social inequities.