About Ade Osinubi
Dr. Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi is an award-winning physician, educator, and storyteller who is reshaping the future of healthcare through creativity, equity, and community engagement. Her work spans digital media, public health, and curriculum innovation—driven by a mission to make education not only informative but transformative.
Dr. Osinubi’s impact also spans journalism, film, and national speaking. She is the filmmaker and executive producer of Black Motherhood through the Lens, an award-winning documentary exploring the reproductive health experiences of Black women. The film has screened at over 60 institutions—including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and the NIH—and has been featured in Forbes, The Boston Globe, PBS. It has also been integrated into medical and public health curricula, advancing national conversations around maternal health justice.
As a health journalist, she has published more than 10 articles on health equity, women’s health, and racial disparities in major outlets including ABC News, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Teen Vogue, Essence, and HuffPost. Her reporting on issues such as sickle cell disease, early puberty in Black girls, environmental injustice, and the reproductive health gap for Black families has helped educate millions of readers—including patients, providers, students, and policymakers. These articles are not just widely read—they are widely used, with several being incorporated into university and continuing medical education courses. Through accessible and emotionally resonant storytelling, she has demystified complex medical topics and empowered underserved communities with information that can impact their health and agency.
She is the founder of Creatives for Social Change in Medicine (CSCM), a pioneering virtual course that has trained over 50 students and healthcare professionals to use storytelling mediums—such as op-eds, podcasts, book writing, and documentary filmmaking—to promote health equity. With a curriculum that blends practical skills, narrative theory, and activism, the course features nationally renowned speakers, including New York Times bestsellers and Peabody Award-winning educators. CSCM is more than a course—it is a model for the future of interdisciplinary, justice-focused health education.
In recognition of her leadership, Dr. Osinubi has received numerous national honors: the Rock Health Top 50 in Digital Health “Storyteller” Award, the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 in Minority Health, the Black Health Connect 40 Under 40, and the Boston Celtics “Hero Among Us” Award, among others. She is also a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health—recognizing her excellence in scholarship, service, and ethical leadership.
She has delivered over 75 invited lectures and keynote talks nationwide, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to academic centers including the University of South Carolina, Tufts, NIH, and Lehigh University. Her talks consistently center health disparities, narrative medicine, and the urgent need to equip the next generation of learners with both clinical and cultural literacy.
Dr. Osinubi represents a bold, creative, and equity-driven vision for healthcare. At 29 years old, she is building platforms—not just for information, but for transformation. Whether through a classroom, a film, a headline, or a stage, she is redefining what it means to educate, mentor, and lead. Her work challenges the medical field to think more creatively, more inclusively, and more boldly.
