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Latest Media Mentions

View some of our most recent media mentions. We’re proud to be featured on local
and national levels, speaking about sickle cell disease.

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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.

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Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope

The New York Times talks to the sickle cell community about upcoming gene therapies.

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Press Release: IVI and Sick Cells Release the Finding Equity in Value Whitepaper

Press Release regarding Sick Cells and Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI)’s joint white paper published October 20, 2022

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Are We About to Cure Sickle-Cell Disease?

Sick Cells President and Co-Founder, Ashley Valentine, spoke with The New Yorker.

Latest Blogs

Our community has a lot to say. Read up on some personal views and perspective
from Sick Cells’ members and the SCD community.

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Spotlight: Olivia’s First-Time Advocacy Journey — From Utah to (Virtual) Capitol Hill

Sick Cells met with Olivia Sessi—a first-time participant in the annual Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Policy Forum—to learn about her experience meeting with federal representatives. For Olivia, a first-time advocate, mother, entrepreneur, and caregiver, this is a mission rooted in love, survival, and hope.

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Medical Student Mentors for Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: Impact on Mentors

Sick Cells sat down with Mariah Jacqueline Scott, MS, MPH–sickle cell warrior and former Sick Cells Research Coordinator–to discuss a newly published research article she contributed to as a part of her doctoral program in Prevention Science at Rutgers University. The study, published by SAGE Publications in the Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, explores how medical students are impacted by serving as similar-aged “peer” mentors to young adults with sickle cell disease during the transition from pediatric to adult care.

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