Emenuga earned a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Ibadan.[1] She received a M.D. from the University of Nigeria.[2] She completed a M.Sc. in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[3] Emenuga earned a M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] Emenuga completed a residency fellowship in health policy at George Washington University and an internal medicine residency at Howard University Hospital.[3] She was chief resident and worked as the associate program director of its internal medicine residency training program.[4]
Emenuga specializes in public health, preventative care, and wellness medicine.[5] She speaks English, French, and Igbo.[5] In April 2014, Emenuga was issued a medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians.[2] She was a medical director in the youth wellness and community health division in the Baltimore City Health Department.[2] In that role, she oversaw clinical services provided in Baltimore City Public Schools.[3] On January 22, 2024, Emenuga was selected by Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott to succeed interim commissioner Mary Beth Haller as the city's health commissioner.[2][6] She was terminated on July 29, 2024, and succeeded by interim commissioner Simone Johnson.[2]