{"id":4860,"date":"2025-08-12T09:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:28:56","slug":"celebrating-adekemi-suleimans-achievement-advancing-black-healthcare-leadership-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2025\/08\/12\/celebrating-adekemi-suleimans-achievement-advancing-black-healthcare-leadership-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Adekemi Suleiman\u2019s Achievement: Advancing Black Healthcare Leadership in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"457\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"PhD Student, Adekemi Suleiman stands amongst two women holding a large check that rreads three thousand dollars for the N.A.H.S.E CT Scholarship\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4861 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2025\/08\/IMG_8294-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"457\">We are proud to share that <strong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"223\">Adekemi Suleiman, MBBS, FWACP, MPH<\/strong>, Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences, has been selected as one of only two recipients of the <strong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"454\">National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) Connecticut Education Scholarship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"764\">The N.A.H.S.E. CT Education Scholarship was created to promote the advancement of Black healthcare leaders across Connecticut. This year, two graduate students who met the eligibility criteria were awarded a <strong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"689\">$3,000 scholarship<\/strong> in recognition of their dedication to healthcare leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"828\">In addition to the financial award, recipients will receive:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"1020\">\n<li data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"869\">\n<p data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"869\">A <strong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"867\">one-year N.A.H.S.E. membership<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"936\">\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"936\"><strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"934\">Registration to the 2025 N.A.H.S.E. Educational Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1020\">\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1020\">A <strong data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"965\">year-long mentorship<\/strong> with a Connecticut-based executive healthcare leader<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1259\">Adekemi\u2019s recognition reflects her commitment to improving healthcare systems and advancing equity in public health. We congratulate her on this well-deserved honor and look forward to the impact she will continue to make in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to share that Adekemi Suleiman, MBBS, FWACP, MPH, Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences, has been selected as one of only two recipients of the National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) Connecticut Education Scholarship. The N.A.H.S.E. CT Education Scholarship was created to promote the advancement of Black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 02:22:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4862,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions\/4862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}