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  • Saturday, June 6, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    Product Theater & Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:15 AM - 8:25 AM ET
    Welcome From The 2026 Scientific Chair
    Speaker: Cheedy Jaja, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, M.N., PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN – University of South Florida
    Speaker: Wally R. Smith, M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 8:25 AM - 9:40 AM ET
    Top Abstract Oral Presentations
    Moderator: Wally R. Smith, M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University
     Earn 1.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Scientific Keynote Presentation: Sickle Cell Disease as a Molecular Paradigm, from Discovery to Gene Therapy
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Advances in Cardiopulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease.
    Speaker: Elizabeth S. Klings, M.D. – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
     Earn 0.25 CME Hour(s)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Educational Session on Clinical Endpoints in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Caterina P. Minniti, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Educational Session on Genomics, and Bioethics in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Vence L. Bonham, Jr., J.D. – Meharry Medical College
    Speaker: Nicole Farmer, MD – National Institutes of Health
    Speaker: Marilyn S. Baffoe-Bonnie, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Educational Session on Initiatives in Sickle Cell: From Bench to Bedside
    Chair: Abdullah Kutlar, M.D. – Augusta University
    Speaker: Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD – Yale Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
    Speaker: John J. Strouse, MD, PhD – Duke
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Educational Session: From Recognition to Integration: 20 Years of Progress in Behavioral and Mental Health in Sickle Cell Disease
    Chair: Kofi A. Anie, Ph.D. – London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London
    Speaker: Jerlym S. Porter, PhD, MPH – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Speaker: Lori E. Crosby, PsyD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Product Theaters & Lunch
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
    20 Years of Scientific Advancement in Sickle Cell Disease
    Speaker: Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Ph.D. – Solve Sickle Cell Initiative, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University
     Earn 0.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Dr. Kwaku "KOF" Ohene-Frempong East Meets West Global Sickle Cell Disease Symposium
    Chair: Isaac Odame, M.B. ChB, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH, FRCPath, FRCPC – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Co-Chair: Andrew D. Campbell, M.D. – Children's National Hospital
    Speaker: John James, OBE – Sickle Cell Society
    Speaker: Tarun Aurora, M.D., MSCI – Emory University
    Speaker: Cheedy Jaja, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, M.N., PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN – University of South Florida
    Speaker: Baba Psalm Duniya Inusa, MD – King’s College London
    Speaker: Ofelia A. Alvarez, MD – University of Miami
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    The Nursing Symposium - Advanced Practice Providers as Sickle Cell Specialists: What are the most effective models of care?
    Chair: Cheryl A. Brewer, Ph.D., MSN, R.N. – Duke University, School of Nursing/International Assoc of SC Nurses & Professional Associates, Durham, North Carolina
    Speaker: Coretta Jenerette, PhD, RN, AOCN, ANEF, FAAN – University of California, San Francisco
    Speaker: Cheedy Jaja, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, M.N., PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN – University of South Florida
  • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Practical Tips to Make Your Clinical Trial Successful - for Participants, Clinical Research Staff and Investigators
    Speaker: Kevin H.M Kuo, MD, MSc – University of Toronto
     Earn 0.5 CME Hour(s)
  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ET
    Break
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    FSCDR's Presidential Dinner Reception and Live Show with The Valerie Tyson Band - All Invited!