Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Ashley Valentine of Sick Cells Is Helping To Change Our World
Authority Magazine, a Medium publication, spoke with Ashley Valentine about her life and work in the sickle cell community.
Authority Magazine, a Medium publication, spoke with Ashley Valentine about her life and work in the sickle cell community.
The New York Times talks to the sickle cell community about upcoming gene therapies.
Press Release regarding Sick Cells and Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI)’s joint white paper published October 20, 2022
Sick Cells President and Co-Founder, Ashley Valentine, spoke with The New Yorker.
ISPOR’s Value and Outcomes Spotlight Magazine featured Sick Cells’ President and Co-founder, Ashley Valentine. See the article on page 29.
Sick Cells Co-founder and President is included in PhRMA’s announcement as a speaker for their Fall webinar and workshop series.
The Chicago Defender published an article discussing how Sick Cells is an awardee of the GBT ACCEL Grant this year
Ashley Valentine of Sick Cells spoke with OZY Media about sickle cell disease treatments and her hopes for the future of people living with sickle cell.
First Lady Melania Trump and the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) hosted a roundtable titled “Improving the Lives of Americans Living with Sickle Cell Disease” on Monday September 14, 2020. The participants included U.S. Public Health Service officials, sickle cell patients, and sickle cell advocates including our own Sick Cells’ President and CEO, Ashley Valentine.
The Chicago Tribune released an article regarding the loss of Sick Cells’ co-founder, Marqus Valentine.
Ashley is a Co-Founder and President of Sick Cells nonprofit. She is the youngest sibling of her family. Her older brother and Co-Founder of Sick Cells, Marqus Valentine, has sickle cell anemia, Hgb ss.
The disease is complex physiologically, manifesting itself differently in every carrier, but also sociologically, bringing in factors like racial bias, since sickle cell is believed to be most common among minority groups, particularly African Americans.