Oriaku Kas‐Osoka

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Associate Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2015); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2024–2026); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018–2023); University of California, San Francisco (2023); Baylor College of Medicine (2023); University of California, Irvine (2023); University of Illinois Chicago (2023); University of California, Davis (2023); University of California, Berkeley (2023)

4 h-index 17 pubs 103 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Oriaku Kas‐Osoka's research focuses on medical education and child health, particularly within graduate medical education settings. Kas‐Osoka has investigated the perspectives of underrepresented minority pediatric residents on interventions designed to foster a sense of belonging and the impact of discrimination on their desire to remain at their home institutions. This work includes the development and evaluation of tools to identify child sex trafficking victims in healthcare settings. Further research examines the projected needs and workforce supply for adolescent medicine professionals through 2040. Kas‐Osoka has also contributed to studies on disability prevalence, disclosure, and accommodation use in pediatric residency programs. Scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, 12 total publications, and 101 total citations.

Metrics

h-index: 4
Publications: 17
Citations: 103

Positions

Associate Professor 2023–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatrics ORCID

Selected Publications

Disability prevalence, disclosure, and accommodation use in pediatric residency: results from a pilot study (2026)

Medical Education Online DOI OpenAlex
Upholding Our PROMISE: Negotiating Belonging and Professional Identity Formation in Underrepresented in Medicine Pediatric Residents (2026)

Academic Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
Upholding Our PROMISE: National Survey of Pediatrics Residents’ Experiences with Discrimination, Burnout, Belonging, Professional Fulfillment, and Career Plans (2025)

The Journal of Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
Creating a Roadmap for Longitudinal Quality Improvement Training in a Pediatric Residency Program (2025)

Academic Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
FUEL-ING A PATH FORWARD: IMPACTING UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE FACULTY IN MEDICAL EDUCATION (2025)

Academic Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
Upholding our PROMISE: Increased representation is not enough to foster belonging in graduate medical education (2024)

Medical Education 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Child Health Needs and the Adolescent Medicine Workforce Supply: 2020–2040 (2024)

PEDIATRICS 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Learning to Action: Finding Your Anti-Racism and Equity Lens (2023)

PEDIATRICS 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Upholding Our PROMISE: Underrepresented in Medicine Pediatric Residents' Perspectives on Interventions to Promote Belonging (2023)

Academic Medicine 16 citations DOI OpenAlex