Patient Voices: Melodie Blackwell Shares Her Life with IBD as a Person Of Color
Gastro Girl11/09/21 • 35 min
Melodie Blackwell is the founder of COCCI (Color of Crohn's And Chronic Illness), an organization she founded after her own harrowing health journey, which inspired her to take action and raise awareness for disparities in healthcare. Melodie shares statistics on people of color who live with chronic illness, and how the overlooked populations of patients inspired her to create the Equity in IBD Patient Symposium.
11/09/21 • 35 min
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