Joan Mukogosi is a social scientist conducting research, shaping strategy, and delivering commentary at the intersection of technology, health, and identity. A sociologist by training and an Afrofuturist by vocation, Joan’s work interrogates how Black lives are represented in health data; how health experts contemplate digital documentations of race; and the relationship between anti-Black racism, artificial intelligence, and electronic health records.
Her current research explores how AI scribes are transforming healthcare in the NHS.
Joan is the Futurist in Residence on the Ideas for an Equitable Future team at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and an affiliate in the Trustworthy Infrastructures program at Data & Society Research Institute. Joan also helps to convene the Community Health Informatics Advisory Group at the Black Beyond Data Lab.
Selected Projects
Establishing Vigilant Care
This qualitative research project explores the role of digital health technologies in the delivery of maternity care to Black patients, uncovering acts of vigilant care.
The Black Frontline
This oral history project archives the stories of Black doctors and nurses across the African Diaspora who worked the frontline of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Essentially Unprotected
This qualitative research project details essential workers’ experiences with health surveillance during thr COVID-19 pandemic, unearthing tensions between health data privacy and worker safety.
Selected Talks
Moderated book talk for Queer Data Studies, an anthology of essays that examine how data impacts queer subjects.
Data In/Visibility
Candid conversation about futurist approaches to health equity, research, and knowledge-building.
Unscripted: Who gets to imagine the future?
Black maternal health is in crisis. Can technology help?
Moderated discussion about the facts and future of data-driven maternal care for Black patients.
