Rachel A. Umoren

Rachel A. Umoren serves as Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she holds multiple leadership roles including Associate Division Head for Research and Director of the Neonatal Education and Simulation-based Training (NEST) program. She also serves as Inpatient Medical Director for Telehealth at Seattle Children's Hospital. Her academic journey began at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, followed by pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research, funded by NIH and AHRQ, focuses on improving neonatal resuscitation and care practices through virtual simulation education in both high and low-resource settings. She chairs the Virtual Simulation Section of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and serves as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. As Program Director for the International Community Access to Child Health (ICATCH) Program and through her adjunct appointments in Global Health and Healthcare Simulation Science, she continues to advance medical education through innovative virtual simulation technologies.