Ebony Jackson-Shaheed, MPH

Ebony Jackson-Shaheed is an accomplished public health executive, neuro-epidemiologist, and academic with a half-decade of government leadership driving population health strategy, health equity, and systemic operational excellence across Connecticut. She currently serves as the Director of Health & Human Services for Connecticut’s capital city, Hartford, where she champions evidence-based risk mitigation and policies designed to eliminate adverse health outcomes and fosters community wellness. Concurrently, she shapes future public health leaders as an Adjunct Professor within the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the University of Bridgeport. Her current leadership builds upon a distinguished tenure as the Director of Health & Social Services for the City of Bridgeport, the largest municipality in CT. There she successfully brought the department of health and social services to PHAB accreditation, expanded health equity initiatives, optimized social service delivery, and pioneered the institutionalization of specialized research laboratories. As a highly regarded researcher, Director Jackson-Shaheed completed a post-graduate fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine, specializing in neurology. During that time, she also served as a contracted Epidemiologist for the VA hospital in West Haven, CT. Her primary research focus centered on neurological and psychiatric disorders within veteran populations. Her scientific contributions are widely published in peer-reviewed medical journals, including JAMA Psychiatry, Neurology Clinical Practice, Heliyon, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, and Pediatric Neurology. Director Jackson-Shaheed holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center School of Public Health. She continues advancing her executive education at the Harvard Kennedy School, and is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Public health in Epidemiology. Beyond her executive and academic appointments, she lends her governance and advisory expertise to numerous state-level and university boards and committees. Outside of her professional commitments, she is an avid gardener, genealogist, and values spending time with her family. Recent Awards: ESGR Patriot Award 2