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“We want to empower our community to advocate for themselves, know the right questions to ask and get the right treatment,” said the chief of staff at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
“It really hurts when it’s somebody you think is going to at least try to understand or be empathetic … all they see is my Black face and my sickle cell,” said April Ward-McGrory. She’s had both legs amputated because of sepsis and nearly died several times from complications related to the sickle cell disease. Related content:
Memphis is a hub for sickle cell treatment, attracting researchers from across the world. Black patients with the inherited blood disorder not only face chronic pain, but trauma beyond the doctor’s office.
Charisse Madlock-Brown leads a group looking at social determinants of health in a massive, NIH-funded database representing 2.5 million people tested for COVID in about 75 clinical centers around the nation.
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