View some of our most recent media mentions. We’re proud to be featured on local
and national levels, speaking about sickle cell disease.
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.
Our community has a lot to say. Read up on some personal views and perspective
from Sick Cells’ members and the SCD community.
Sick Cells sat down with Marissa Cors, a California native living with sickle cell Hgb SS, to discuss how she’s managed SCD for the last several decades.
This year, Sick Cells is celebrating Black History Month with its #YourBlackHistory series which aims to highlight the voices of Black sickle cell warriors, caregivers and advocates who are making history today through their advocacy work, commitment to service, and devotion to improving the lives of those in the community.
As part of the series, we’re spotlighting Mapillar Dahn — president and founder of MTS Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. and the mother of three children who live with sickle cell — and her perspective on the sickle cell disease community’s unique needs.
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June 14 - 17, 2021
All Day
Health services researchers, policy analysts, clinicians and community members using evidence and data to transform health and health care will once again convene virtually for the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM).
An important annual milestone for the community, the ARM is AcademyHealth’s biggest and most popular meeting of the year, offering an irreplaceable forum for connection, recognition, reflection, learning and professional networking opportunities.
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Register: HERE
Stay informed. Whether it be news on treatments, laws or activism, sickle cell
information is always churning.
The White House released a proclamation recognizing September as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.
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.
Black Health Matters to collaborate with When We All Vote (co-launched by Michelle Obama) to address sickle cell, among other disease, through virtual fundraiser.
