Sickle Cell, Disability & All of Us
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Eastern Time
Description:
Sickle cell disease impacts over 100,000 individuals in the US. Learn about the everyday lives of these Americans with disabilities. Our upcoming conversation will highlight sickle cell research and questions from the disability community. Join the All of Us Research Program on May 28th from 2:00 to 3:30 PM, Eastern Time, for this next conversation in our Disability & Health Webinar series.
This event will feature special guests focused on sickle cell:
- Talana Hughes, Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI)
- Robert I. Liem, MD, MS from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
These speakers will share current research about sickle cell disease that can support people across the lifespan. ASL and CART will be provided. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
This program is brought to you by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) with the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is a national effort from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that has built one of the largest health information resources of its kind. All of Us is all about improving the health care of tomorrow by changing how research is done today. By encouraging communities who have typically not been included, we can learn more about what makes us healthy or sick.
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