BlossomNigeria commends late Chinua Achebe’s daughter, Maureen Achebe, who has received the Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2024 Faculty Development and Diversity Awards.
Chairman of the African Integrated Development Enterprise Public Benefit Corporation, who is also her brother, Chidi Achebe, made this known in a LinkedIn post on July 2. Chidi stated that the hospital, a premier teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School based in Boston, Massachusetts, notified Maureen of her award in a letter dated July 2, 2024, which he also shared.
The letter addressed to Maureen Okam-Achebe also acknowledged the fact that Maureen is President, AIDE Healthcare International, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital Outpatient Infusion Centre, Clinical Director, Non-Malignant Hematology Clinic. Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Sickle Cell Programme and Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School among others.
Maureen Achebe earned her first medical degree from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; a Haematology and Medical Oncology training at Yale School of Medicine; and a Master’s in Public Health at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. According to the Institution, Maureen Achebe will be honoured more formally for her accomplishments on October 28, 2024.
BlossomNigeria congratulates Maureen Achebe specially for her notable achievements in the medical field. She has indeed proven to be a worthy Nigerian citizen and ambassador, flying the country’s flag high in the United States. Well done Maureen.
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