Among those on hand at the awards ceremony are, from left: Denise Morris,VP Inclusion & Belonging, Employee & Labor Relations, Yale New Haven Health; Christopher O’Connor, CEO, Yale New Haven Health; Katherine Heilpern, President, Yale New Haven Hospital, Elissa Matthews; Kaeleigh Graham-Purdy; Janiya Greene, G. Brown Gervil; Raymond Lomax, Jr.; Ena Williams, Chief Nursing Executive, Yale New Haven Health; Jorge Rodriguez, Executive VP, Chief Ambulatory Officer, Yale New Haven Health; Pamela Sutton-Wallace, President, Yale New Haven Health and Melissa Turner, SR VP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Yale New Haven Health.
NEW HAVEN, CT (Feb. 18, 2025) – Yale New Haven Health’s (YNHHS) Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging has announced the inaugural Black History Month Book Award recipients.
This award is bestowed upon Connecticut high school seniors who demonstrate a commitment to higher education, with those honored receiving a one-time $1,000 award to support their first-year book expenses. The Black History Book Award is available to students in communities across Connecticut and neighboring regions where Yale New Haven Health provides services.
Those honored with the inaugural YNHHS Black History Award Book award are:
- G. Brown Gervil
Central High School, Bridgeport, CT
Presenting essay on Bayard Rustin
- Kaeleigh Graham-Purdy
Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Presenting essay on Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb
- Janiya Greene
Metropolitan Business Academy, New Haven, CT
Presenting essay on Shirley Chisholm
- Raymond Lomax, Jr.
Nonewaug High School, Woodbury, CT
Son of Darcey Cobbs-Lomax, Executive Director, Health Equity & Community Impact
Presenting essay on Jackie Robinson
- Elissa Matthews
Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
Presenting essay on William Grimes
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is recognized for advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost effectiveness and commitment to improving the health status of the communities it serves. YNHHS includes five hospitals – Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly and Yale New Haven hospitals, several specialty networks and Northeast Medical Group, a non-profit medical foundation with several hundred community-based and hospital-employed physicians. YNHHS is affiliated with Yale University and Yale Medicine, the clinical practice of the Yale School of Medicine and the largest academic multi-specialty practice in New England. Yale New Haven Hospital is the primary teaching hospital of Yale School of Medicine. www.ynhhs.org
