Akinkunle Owoso

Akinkunle Owoso

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Additional Titles & Roles


  • Medical Director, Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
  • Member, School of Medicine Committee on Admissions

Education & Training


  • NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2014
  • Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2011
  • MD: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, 2007
  • BA: Philosophy: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2003
  • BS: Zoology: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2003

Major Awards


  • Washington University Department of Psychiatry Resident Mentoring Award, 2020
  • Washington University Department of Psychiatry Excellence In Teaching Award, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021
  • The Eli Robins Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychiatry, in Teaching, and in Research, Washington University Department of Psychiatry, 2011

Areas of Clinical Interest


General Psychiatry, Consultation Psychiatry, Psycho-Oncology

Research Interests


Schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychosis risk, general medicine-psychiatry interface

Key Publications