Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA, FAASS

Professor

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Contact

SadeKosoko-Lasaki@creighton.edu
School of Medicine
Surgery
Ophthalmology
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - Suite, G-13, Room G-23

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA, FAASS

Professor

Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki is a multiple national award winner and internationally renowned researcher in minority health, with a distinguished career dedicated to increasing diversity within the healthcare workforce. Her leadership at Creighton University has been instrumental in advancing training and education for a diverse group of faculty and students across pre-collegiate and collegiate levels in Nebraska. These efforts have led to the acquisition of several multi-million-dollar research awards and contributed to the designation of Creighton’s School of Medicine as a Center of Excellence in Minority Education in 2005.
From 2000 to 2024, Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki directed the Office of Health Sciences' Multicultural and Community Affairs, where she developed and sustained transformative pipeline programs such as the Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, Pre-Pharmacy, and Health Professions Post-Baccalaureate Programs. These initiatives have provided essential academic and professional support to students from underrepresented backgrounds pursuing careers in health sciences.
Her commitment to mentorship and inclusive education continues through her active involvement in Health Professions Pipeline Programs, including the Community Health Workers Programs, weekly Common Ground Health Disparities Initiatives, Cultural Proficiency Seminars, and Summer Research Programs. A strong advocate for community engagement, Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki emphasizes Community-Based Participatory Research to foster collaborative partnerships between academic institutions and community stakeholders. Her work consistently promotes cultural competence, equity, and the empowerment of underserved populations.
As an ophthalmologist with a public health degree, Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki has dedicated her global efforts to blindness prevention, focusing on Vitamin A deficiency and glaucoma. She has served as a consultant to UNICEF, USAID, and Helen Keller International in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Chad, and the Philippines. Since 1986, she has conducted research on the prevalence of glaucoma among Black populations in St. Lucia, West Indies, and has led health fairs and screenings across the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. Her initiative, “Preventing Glaucoma Blindness in Nebraska: A Creighton University Initiative,” targets individuals at risk for glaucoma-related blindness in surrounding communities.
Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki is also a published author, having co-authored works such as Maintaining the Target Intraocular Pressure: African American Glaucoma Specialist, Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities, Diversity and Inclusion in a More Perfect University: HS-MACA 20-Year History of Success, and Addressing Health Disparities in the LGBTQIA+ Community. Her career reflects an unwavering dedication to health equity, education, and global public health.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Focus


MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
1.        Prevent Blindness, Galucoma Research
2.        Community Based Participatory Research
3.        Chronic Disease  Epidemiology
4.        Cultural Awareness and Strategies for Implementation
5.        Mentoring Activities Grades K-20
6.        Diversity in Education
7.        Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education
8.        Pipeline Programs into Health Science Schools
9.        Post-Baccalaureate and Bridge Programs
10.      Diversifying the Work Force: Strategies and Implementation
11.      Racial Inequalities
 

Department

Surgery

Position

Professor

Books

  • Goodman Mark, etal Addressing Health Disparities in the LGBTQIA+ Community 2021
  • Kosoko-Lasaki Sade, etal Cultural proficiency in addressing health disparities 2009
  • Leadership in Interprofessional Health Education and Practice
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade (Sade), Interprofessional education and multicultural and community affairs [Book Chapter] 2008
  • Kosoko-Lasaki Sade, etal Maintaining the target intraocular pressure 2005

General

  • Royeen Charlotte Brasic, etal Leadership in interprofessional health education and practice 2009

Articles

  • Gong Gordon, etal Erratum 2004

Publications

  • International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
    Ekúndayò Olúgbémiga, etal Neighborhood characteristics and effects on physical activity in an urban minority community–application of Health Belief Model to findings from Creighton University Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity (CPHHE-REACH) initiative
    58:4, p. 199 - 222 2020
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade, etal Urban Minority Community Safety and its Impact on Physical Activity
    111:3, p. 334 - 344 2019
  • Journal of clinical oncology
    Zhang Yang, etal Racial and ethnic disparities in clinical presentation and prognosis of conjunctival cancer
    37:15_suppl, p. e13086 - e13086 2019
  • Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
    Ikpeme Anthonia, etal The value of mobile ultrasound services in rural communities in South-South Nigeria
    5:7, p. 1011 - 1015 2017
  • International Journal of Cancer.Journal International Du Cancer
    Lynch Henry T., etal Screening for Familial and Hereditary Prostate Cancer
    138:11, p. 2579 - 2591 2016
  • Rendell Sara, etal Improved quality of life in unselected insulin pump-treated children with type 1 diabetes in Eastern Nebraska 2013
  • Journal of Urology
    Moul Judd W., etal Re: Early detection of prostate cancer: AUA guideline: H. B. Carter, P. C. Albertsen, M. J. Barry, R. Etzioni, S. J. Freedland, K. L. Greene, L. Holmberg, P. Kantoff, B. R. Konety, M. H. Murad, D. F. Penson and A. L. ZietmanJ Urol 2013; 190:
    190:3, p. 1134 - 1137 2013
  • Sight and Life Magazine: 2012
    Kosoko-Lasaki Sade, Report from the Dominican Republic
    2012:1 2012
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    Catalona W. J., etal What the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Missed in Its Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation
    157:2, p. 137 - 138 2012
  • Family & Community Health
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade (Sade), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH): Translating Processes of Change and Attributing Improved Health Outcomes to Social Determinants of Health Programs [review]
    34:S1 2011
  • American Journal of Clinical Medicine
    Havens Shane J., etal Penetrating eye injury: A case study
    6:1, p. 42 - 49 2009
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Gong Gordon, etal Ethical, legal and social issues of genetic studies with African immigrants as research subjects
    100:9, p. 1073 - 1077 2008
  • Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade (Sade), etal Cultural proficiency in addressing health disparities 2008
  • American Journal of Clinical Medicine
    Hazin R., etal A review of glaucoma for the primary health care provider
    5:2, p. 40 - 45 2008
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Gong Gordon, etal Inherited, familial and sporadic primary open-angle glaucoma
    99:5, p. 559 - 563 2007
  • Sonnino Roberta E., etal Mentoring Program for Minority Faculty in a Private, Jesuit Medical School 2007
  • Archives of Ibadan medicine
    Rowe J A, etal Review of ocular trauma
    7:1 2007
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade, etal Race, ethnicity and prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma
    98:10, p. 1626 - 1629 2006
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade, etal Mentoring for women and underrepresented minority faculty and students
    98:9, p. 1449 - 1459 2006
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Cooney Ramie, etal Proximal versus distal influences on underrepresented minority students pursuing health professional careers
    98:9, p. 1471 - 1475 2006
  • Evaluation and Program Planning
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade, etal Promoting cultural proficiency in researchers to enhance the recruitment and participation of minority populations in research
    29:3, p. 227 - 235 2006
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Gong Gordon, etal Bone mineral density-affecting genes in Africans
    98:7, p. 1102 - 1108 2006
  • Academic Medicine
    Houtz Lynne E., etal Creighton collaborative health professions partnership initiative: Results of a successful collaboration
    81:6, p. S28 - S31 2006
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Gong Gordon, etal Bone mineral density of recent african immigrants in the United States
    98:5, p. 746 - 752 2006
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    O'Brien Richard L., etal Self-assessment of cultural attitudes and competence of clinical investigators to enhance recruitment and participation of minority populations in research
    98:5, p. 674 - 682 2006
  • Sight and Life Newsletter
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade (Sade), Eye care mission to the Dominican Republic, March 2006 2006
  • Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement
    Houtz Lynne E., etal Creighton collaborative health professions partnership: Assessing impact beyond the numbers
    11:4, p. 147 - 162 2006
  • Teaching and Learning in Medicine
    Sakowski Henry A., etal Dimensions of clinical medicine
    17:4, p. 370 - 375 2005
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Cook Cynthia T., etal Satisfaction with and perceived cultural competency of healthcare providers
    97:8, p. 1078 - 1087 2005
  • Sight and Life Newsletter
    Rafferty Karen A., etal Follow-up report: An observation of vitamin A nutrition in La Guamita, Dominican Republic
    3, p. 21 - 23 2005
  • Journal of Allied Health
    Houtz Lynne E., etal Teacher education professionals as partners in health science outreach
    33:3, p. 174 - 177 2004
  • Human Molecular Genetics
    Gong Gordon, etal Genetic dissection of myocilin glaucoma
    13:REV. ISS. 1, p. R91 - R102 2004
  • International Ophthalmology Clinics
    Kosoko-Lasaki Omofolasade, etal African American Health Disparities
    43:4, p. 123 - 131 2003
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
    Wilson M. Roy, etal Progression of visual field loss in untreated glaucoma patients and glaucoma suspects in St. Lucia, West Indies
    134:3, p. 399 - 405 2002
  • Community Eye Health Journal
    Kosoko Omofolasade, etal Risk factors for noncompliance with glaucoma follow-up visits in a residents' eye clinic
    11:28 1998
  • Ophthalmology
    Kosoko Omofolasade, etal Risk factors for noncompliance with glaucoma follow-up visits in a residents' eye clinic
    105:11, p. 2105 - 2111 1998
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    Obisesan Thomas O., etal Moderate wine consumption is associated with decreased odds of developing age-related macular degeneration in NHANES-1
    46:1, p. 1 - 7 1998
  • Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Etienne A. N., etal A three year review of argon iraieculuplasty in AM African-American population
    38:4, p. S169 1997
  • Ophthalmology
    Kosoko O., etal Long-term outcome of initial ciliary ablation with contact diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for severe glaucoma
    103:8, p. 1294 - 1302 1996
  • Clinical Pediatrics
    Sekhsaria Sudhir, etal An Unusual Case of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection with Glaucoma and Communicating Hydrocephalus
    31:8, p. 505 - 507 1992
  • Ophthalmology
    Mason Roger P., etal National Survey of the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Glaucoma in St. Lucia, West Indies
    96:9, p. 1363 - 1368 1989
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
    Robinson J. D., etal Pasteurella multocida corneal ulcer following a baseball injury
    81:5, p. 609 - 614 1989
  • Archives of Ophthalmology
    Kosoko Omofolasade, etal Duration of Automated Suprathreshold vs Quantitative Threshold Field Examination
    104:3, p. 398 - 401 1986
  • Ophthalmology
    Kosoko Omofolasade, etal Screening with Automated Perimetry Using a Threshold-related Three-level Algorithm
    93:7, p. 882 - 886 1986

Presentations

  • Healthy People 2030: Addressing the healthcare Workforce 2023
  • National Institute of Health, MWR-NMRI Virtual Regional Conference/Workshop 2022
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. Recruiting and Retaining URM Faculty Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) Virtual Meeting Deep Dive Sessions: How Do We as Leaders Change Ophthalmology to Reflect the Faces of the Nation. 2021
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. "Cultural Competency for HCOP Faculty", Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2020
  • "Glaucoma Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment" presentedto PA Students: Clinical Medicine HEENT/Dermatology Course. School of Medicine,Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2019
  • "Overview of HCOP Pipeline to Success Program at Creighton University"presented at Empowerment Network's African American Leadership Conference/A Culture of Excellence at CHI Health Center Omaha, NE. 2019
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. "HCOP Health Professional Workshop: Negotiating Salary and Reviewing Contracts", Creighton University, Omaha, NE. Present every semester since 2019 2019
  • Victor Umoh, Anthonia Ikpeme, Emmanuel Effa, Marcus Inyama, Boniface Ago, Theresa Ekpenyong, Nocholas Maxwell, Jessica Bedi, Akaninyene Out, Nchiewe Ani, Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Andres Ekpenyong. "100% Free Patient Care, Telemedicine, Clinical Research and Mobile Clinics at a Research Hospital in Rural Nigeria: a model for improving health equity" presented at Global Health Conference Mid-West. 2019
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. "Cultural Competency for HCOP Students", Creighton University, Omaha, NE, Present every semester since 2018 2018
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. "Cultural and Ethnic Approaches to Health: Case Studies", CIPER Passport Interprofessional Education. Creighton University. 2018 - Present every semester since 2018 2018
  • Volberding T, Hailey A, Weiner L, Troung L, Fenske B, Hoyt B, Mamdani N, Kosoko-Lasaki, O. "Retrospective Analysis of Refractive Error Screening in Guatemala", presented at the Global Health Conference, Omaha, NE. 2018
  • Weiner L, Hailey A, Truong, L, Calma R, Meyer Z, Kosoko-Lasaki S, Poster Presentation ""Effectiveness of Low-Cost Glasses Distribution in Guatemala, Peru and Vietnam", presented at the Annual Global Health Conference (GHCM) Midwest Conference, Omaha, NE. 2017
  • Poster Presentation: Effa, E, Ikpeme, A, Inyama, M, Agu, B, Ekpenyong T, Out, A, Ani, N, Egbe, W, Akpan, E, Prathivadhi, S, Nichols, M, Kosoko-Lasaki, S,Ekpenyong, A: "Mobile Clinics Deployed in Rural Nigeria for Free Patient Care and Clinical Research", presented at the 2016 Global Health Conference, Midwest, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 2016
  • Poster Presentation: Truong, L, Briggs, B, Kiblinger, M, Andersson, J, Maldonado d, Brandeis A, Funke M, Hiatt M, Pham A, Robinson L, Dobleman J, Houghton R, Murray E, Nicola L, Nissen G, Cook S, Heng P, Auennoz L, Mamdani N, Kosoko-Lasaki O: "Effectiveness of Low-Cost Glasses Distribution in Nebraska, Guatemala, Ghana, Cambodia, and the Dominican Republic", presented at the 2015 Global Health Conference Poster Forum, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 2015
  • Kosoko-Lasaki, O, Mentoring for a Diverse Ophthalmology Work Force, National Medical Association Annual Convention (NMA), Honolulu, Hawaii 2014
  • Kosoko-Lasaki, O. Mentoring for Residents and Junior Faculty, Rabb-Venable Excellence in Research Program, National Medical Association Annual Convention (NMA), Honolulu, Hawaii 2014
  • Kosoko-Lasaki, O. URM Faculty Case Studies, National Medical Association Annual Convention (NMA), Honolulu, Hawaii 2014
  • Kosoko-Lasaki, O. "Unconventional Research", Creighton University Summer Research Institute Colloquium, Omaha, Nebraska 2014
  • Kosoko-Lasaki, O, Maintaining the Pipeline: Collaboration to Promote Diversity and Productivity, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2014 ARVO Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida 2014
  • Gong G, Kosoko-Lasaki O, Haynatzki G, Lynch H, Lynch J, Wilson MR, "Familial aggregation in genetic studies of primary open-angle glaucoma." ARVO 2005 Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale 2005
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O, Gong G, Olivier MGM, Haynatzki G, "Ethnic Diversity in the prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma in the African continent." 5th International Glaucoma Symposium (IGS), Cape Town, South Africa, 2005
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O. Ocular Manifestations of Vitamin A deficiency and its relationship to childhood mortality. Presented to primary care health care workers and family practitioners in Santiago, Dominican Republic. 2005
  • Kosoko-Lasaki O, "Addressing Health Disparities in Eye Care Delivery." Presented at the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, Anaheim, CA 2004 2004
  • "An insight into the HCOP Mentoring Process: Experience at Creighton University." HCOP, COE and MFFP: Changing the Nation Today for a New Generation, Bureau of Health Professions Annual Project Director meeting, Washington, DC 2002
  • Rate of Visual Field Progression in a Glaucoma Followup Study in St. Lucia, West Indies. Presented at the 3rd International Glaucoma Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic 2001

Grants

  • Creighton University CPHHE COVID-19 Project (Phase 2 Vaccine Education and Outreach)/Sponsor: Douglas County (NE) Health Department

  • Racial/Ethnic Minority Community Members to Assist Education, Communication, and Contact Tracing Regarding COVID-19 in North and South Omaha/Sponsor: Douglas County (NE) Health Department

  • Center for Promoting Health And Health Equity (CPHHE)/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity (CPHHE)/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Creighton University Pipeline to Success - Health Careers Opportunity Program/Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration/HRSA/DHHS

  • Community Health Worker Training and Placement Program (CHW-TAPP)/Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration/HRSA/DHHS

  • Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity-Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 2 (CPHHE-REACH 2)/Sponsor: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS

  • Creighton University CPHHE Pediatric Environmental Health Program/Sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital

Awards

  • The Kingfisher Award
    Award given by the President of Creighton University in partnership with Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions. Given during the virtual campus Presidential Town Hall.
    President of Creighton University
  • Community Healer Award
    The Community Healing Network of New Haven Connecticut and Black Men United In the spirit of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
    Malcolm X Memorial Foundation
  • Drum Major Award in the Area of Accountability
    Drum Major Award in the area of Accountability Action Advocacy Accountability (IMA), The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Metropolitan Omaha Remembering and Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr