Adwoa Osei, MD
Adwoa Osei is the Program Director for UCR PRIME Leadership Education to Advance Diversity- African, Black, Caribbean, Co-director for the Health Equity, Social Justice, Anti-Racism (HESJAR) curriculum, Clerkship Director for Pediatrics, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the University of California School of Medicine.
Dr. Osei has led the School of Medicine team in the development and implementation of a new Health Equity, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism (HESJAR) across multiple school of medicine domains. (Graduate Students, UME, GME, Faculty, Staff). She has developed innovative new methods for involvement with local communities of diversity to share their experiences and educate those in the School of Medicine on the impact of the level of their cultural competencies on those around them, partnering with health insurance agencies to train physicians on diversity, belonging, and anti-racism. She is a physician consultant for Black Infant Health in Riverside County.
She leads the UCR clinic for Leadership Education in Neurodiversity and has served on expert panels on disabilities and trauma-informed care for the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is part of the ACES Aware initiative and together with the regional American Academy of Pediatrics, helps train physicians in Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health. She is the recipient of multiple teaching and compassionate clinical care awards and has been inducted as a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
