Akinkunle Owoso

Additional Titles & Roles

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

Education & Training

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• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2014
• Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2011
• M.D.: University of Oklahoma, 2007
• B.A.: University of Oklahoma, 2003
• B.S.: University of Oklahoma, 2003

Major Awards

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• 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

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General Psychiatry, Consultation Psychiatry, Psycho-Oncology

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Research Interests

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

Recent Publications

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• A comparative study of psychotic and affective symptoms in Rwandan and Kenyan students

  Owoso, A., Jansen, S., Ndetei, D. M., Musau, A., Mutiso, V. N., Mudenge, C., Ngirababyeyi, A., Gasovya, A. & Mamah, D., Apr 1 2018, In: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 27, 2, p. 157-168 12 p.

• Prevalence and characteristics of psychotic-like experiences in Kenyan youth

  Ndetei, D. M., Muriungi, S. K., Owoso, A., Mutiso, V. N., Mbwayo, A. W., Khasakhala, L. I., Barch, D. M. & Mamah, D., Apr 30 2012, In: Psychiatry Research. 196, 2-3, p. 235-242 8 p.

• Characterizing psychosis risk traits in Africa: A longitudinal study of Kenyan adolescents

  Mamah, D., Musau, A., Mutiso, V. N., Owoso, A., Abdallah, A. B., Cottler, L. B., Striley, C. W., Walker, E. F. & Ndetei, D. M., Oct 1 2016, In: Schizophrenia research. 176, 2-3, p. 340-348 9 p.

• Validation of a modified version of the PRIME screen for psychosis-risk symptoms in a non-clinical Kenyan youth sample

  Owoso, A., Ndetei, D. M., Mbwayo, A. W., Mutiso, V. N., Khasakhala, L. I. & Mamah, D., Feb 2014, In: Comprehensive Psychiatry. 55, 2, p. 380-387 8 p.

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