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With his new study, George Goshua, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine (hematology), hopes to make clear that we cannot continue to ignore the importance
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Trait testing is key to preventing the disease, said James Rawlings, Connecticut chapter president of the Sickle Cell Disease Association. “We hear too often ‘if I had only known,’” he said.
In just under a decade, the Sickle Cell Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital has transformed care for patients and reduced emergency room visits by 60% and
Interview conducted and edited by Ted O'Callahan July 08, 2021 Q: What have we learned about systemic racism and health as a result of COVID? Dr. Cecelia Calhoun: COVID magnified health disparities that have been there a long time. But it wasn’t just our healthcare system in isolation Simultaneously, we had hyper attention on our political environment. We had civil unrest that heightened people’s awareness of social injustices and racial inequities. The mix of multiple factors revealed just a huge, huge issue as everybody was paused in the pandemic. This worldwide event made inequit...