Dr. Valerie O. Osula

Valerie Osula, M.D., M.P.H, is an assistant professor in the department of Emergency Medicine and works clinically at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. She also serves as the assistant director of the Center for Global Emergency Care. Dr. Osula completed her medical training at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and her Emergency Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins. She is also a graduate from the International Emergency Medicine and Public Health fellowship at Johns Hopkins and she completed her Master's in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is primarily interested in service delivery of Emergency care, training of healthcare workers and implementation of clinical best practices in LMICs, with a focus on Africa. Selected Publications Osula V., Patino G., Mi, M, et al. Content Evaluation of a Neuroscience Course in an Integrated Systems-Based Curriculum. Med. Sci. Educ. 27, 63-73 (2017) Osula VO., Sander JE., Chakare T, et al. COVID-19 Advance Respiratory Care Educational Training Program for Healthcare Workers in Lesotho: An Observational Study.medRxiv 2021.10.22.21265385; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.22.21265385 Shannon KL, Osula VO, Shaw-Saliba K, et al. Viral co-infections are associated with increased rates of hospitalization in those with influenza. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2022;1-9. doi:10.1111/irv.12967.

Dr. Osula is board certified in American Board Of Emergency Medicine. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles.