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Biree Andemariam Professor Biree Andemariam, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and American Red Cross Endowed Chair in Transfusion Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She is a physician scientist in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Founding Director of the New England Sickle Cell Institute (NESCI), and Director of the Connecticut Bleeding Disorders Center. [...]

Baba Psalm Duniya Inusa Professor Paediatric Haematology Clinical academic physician trying to bring transformative therapies to patients with haematological diseases. Industry experience in clinical development with experience in  Phase I/II/III clinical trial design planning and Global Project teams (GPT). Matrix leadership and mentoring of strategy teams that including biomarker discovery, clinical  operations, clinical pharmacology, and [...]

Elizabeth S. Klings, MD Professor of Medicine Dr. Elizabeth Klings is a Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical Research, Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Center at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her research and clinical interests [...]

Prem Roop Alva A person born with hemophilia and the President of Hemophilia Federation India

Carl Lander Research Director Carl is a Registered Nurse living with pyruvate kinase deficiency, a rare anemia that is one of the inherited metabolic disorders. He had a career in the National Health Service across a range of disciplines and roles, and has drawn on a wealth of his own and others lived experiences. Carl [...]

Akshat Jain M.D.,M.P.H. Medical Director Sickle Cell Center and Gene Therapy Dr. Akshat Jain is an internationally recognized pediatric hematologist-oncologist and a transformative leader in clinical medicine, global health, healthcare education, and program development. Based at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital in California, Dr. Jain specializes in inherited bleeding disorders and [...]

Deepika Darbari Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Darbari is a hematologist with a focus on sickle cell disease (SCD). Her work is directed towards better understanding of mechanisms of pain and its management using pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic integrative modalities in SCD. Her research has contributed to improved understanding of variability of pain experience and risk factors [...]

Dr.Heena Tabassum Scientist- E Dr. Heena Tabassum is a Scientist E in the Division of Non-Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India. She obtained her Ph.D. in Toxicology from Hamdard University and has over 20 years of research experience in toxicology, neuroscience, translational research, and public health. Since joining [...]

Dr. Suman Jain Chief Medical Research Officer and Secretary Dr. Suman Jain is a distinguished pediatrician, researcher, and public health professional dedicated to improving the lives of individuals affected by thalassemia, sickle cell anemia and other hemoglobin disorders. She completed her MBBS from Kolkata and her Diploma in Child Health (DCH) from Bombay. She currently [...]