SPEAKERS

Aimee Smith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

East Carolina University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program

Dennis McCullum, B.A.

Patient with Sickle Cell

Dima Hendricks, M.A., CHW

Patient Advocate

Kay Saving, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Head, Department of Pediatrics

University of Illinois College of Medicine – Peoria

Medical Director, OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois

Kevin Baxter, B.A.

Patient Advocate

Kristina Harrell, M.D., M.S.

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Levine Children’s Blood Disorders Clinic, Atrium Health

Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, M.D.

Director Emeritus, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

President, Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana

Lori Crosby, Psy.D.

Co-Director, Innovations in Community Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Co-Director, CCTST, Community Engagement Core; Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine

Clinical Psychologist; Cincinnati Children’s Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Nnenna Badamosi, M.D., MPH

Director, Sickle Cell Disease Transition Program

Augusta University Sickle Cell Program

Raffaella Colombatti, M.D., Ph.D.

Physician Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova

Department of Womens’ and Child Health Clinic

of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (Padova, Italy)

Shirley Miller, M.A.

National Advocate