Maureen Achebe, daughter of celebrated late novelist Chinua Achebe, has been honoured with the Brigham and Girls’s Hospital 2024 College Improvement and Range Award.
The announcement was made by her brother, Chidi Achebe, on LinkedIn on July 2, 2024.
Chidi Achebe, who serves because the chairman of the African Built-in Improvement Enterprise Public Profit Company, shared that Maureen was notified of her award in a letter dated July 2, 2024. He expressed his delight and gratitude in his publish, stating, “To God be the glory all the time! Ekenedili Chukwunna! Very large deal at Harvard! All glory to God!”
The publish continued, “Sweetie: Very pleased with you. Carry on conserving on!”
Maureen Achebe is an achieved medical skilled with a big portfolio of roles. She serves because the President of AIDE Healthcare Worldwide, Affiliate Professor at Harvard Medical College, Director of the Brigham and Girls’s Hospital Outpatient Infusion Heart, Scientific Director of the Non-Malignant Hematology Clinic, and Director of the Brigham and Girls’s Hospital Sickle Cell Program. She can also be a triple-board licensed specialist in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Inside Medication.
Her academic background features a medical diploma from the College of Port Harcourt in Nigeria, Haematology and Medical Oncology coaching at Yale College of Medication, and a Grasp’s in Public Well being from Harvard’s T.H. Chan College of Public Well being.
Dr. Achebe can also be deeply concerned in scientific trials and translational analysis, having performed a key function within the improvement of two US FDA-approved medicine for sickle cell illness (SCD). She co-chairs the info subcommittee of the American Society of Hematology Consortium on New child Screening for Sickle Cell Illness in Africa, which goals to show the advantages of screening and early intervention for SCD in seven international locations throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Moreover, she serves as a commissioner on the Lancet Non-Communicable Illness and Accidents Nigeria Poverty Fee, the place she advises on insurance policies and interventions to cut back the SCD burden in Nigeria.
Brigham and Girls’s Hospital, a premier educating hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical College in Boston, Massachusetts, will honour Dr. Maureen Achebe for her excellent achievements at a ceremony on October 28, 2024.
