Lydia Ademuwagun, MD

Lydia Oluwafunke Ademuwagun

Undergraduate School
Brown University

Medical School
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

 

 

Interests and Career Goals

Child and adolescent psychiatry, community psychiatry, and mental health equity

Favorite Pastimes

Spending time with my family and friends, reading, running, and listening to podcasts 

Strengths of the Program

Program leadership, warm atmosphere, psychotherapy track 

Areas of Prior Research

Neonatal health; diversity, equity, and inclusion in the physician workforce

Publications/Abstracts

  • Sacks, E., Sakyi, K., Owusu, P., Ohrt C., Ademuwagun, L., Watkoske, K., Zabel, C., Laar, A., Kanyangarara, M. Factors Contributing to Neonatal Mortality Reduction in Three Regions of Ghana: A Mixed-Methods Study Using the Lives Saved (LiST) Modelling Tool. Journal of Global Health Reports. January 2022. 
     
  • Rajaguru, P., Ademuwagun, L., Pierre-Louis, Y., Reddy, N., Moreira, C. Moving Beyond Diversity: A Scoping Review of Inclusion Initiatives in the Surgical Workforce. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. November 2021.

Poster Presentations

  • Rajaguru, P., Ademuwagun, L., Pierre-Louis, Y., Reddy, N., Moreira, C. Moving Beyond Diversity: A Scoping Review of Inclusion Initiatives in the Surgical Workforce. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Virtual, October 23-27, 2021. 
     
  • Ademuwagun, L., Ademuwagun, E., Wilson, T. Black in Medicine: An Examination of the Experiences of Black Students to and Through Medical School. Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium, Providence, Rhode Island, November 2020. 
     
  • Watkoske, K., Owusu, P., Ohrt, C., Ademuwagun, L., Sheriff, B., Akofio-Sawah, L., Laar, A., Kanyangarara, M., Sakyi, K. Identifying Successful Community-Level Strategies That Have Led to a 67% Decline in Neonatal Mortality in the Northern Region of Ghana. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2-6, 2019. 
     
  • Watkoske, K., Owusu, P., Ohrt, C., Ademuwagun, L., Sheriff, B., Akofio-Sawah, L., Laar, A., Kanyangarara, M., Sakyi, K. Priority Interventions to Reach the UN Sustainable Development Goal for Neonatal Mortality in Ghana: Evidence from a Mixed-Methods Study. Brown University Global Health Research Day, Providence, Rhode Island, March 2019.