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Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH

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Djenaba A. Joseph, MD, MPH, is board certified in internal medicine and is a Commander in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. She joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) from 2005–2007. She remained in DCPC as a medical officer and is currently the Medical Director of CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program.

Dr. Joseph completed her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan’s Medical School, and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan, School of Public Health. She completed her residency in general internal medicine at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Joseph then went on to practice as a hospitalist in St. Louis, Missouri, before returning to Michigan to practice general internal medicine and teach internal medicine residents at a community hospital outside Detroit. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

The most recent articles Dr. Joseph has first-authored include—

In this Medscape video, Dr. Joseph explains how doctors can increase colorectal cancer screening rates.

Dr. Joseph is featured in the following podcasts—

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