Sickle Cell Program
September 21, 2023
Sickle Cell Disease Symposium Looks Ahead to “New Era”
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its annual Sickle Cell Symposium on Sept. 12, bringing together leading researchers, clinicians, patients and community advocates to share the latest advancements in sickle cell disease and treatment. The fall event, held in the 12th floor auditorium of the Jackson T. Stephens Neurosciences & Spine Institute…
August 21, 2023
UAMS Hosts Free Sickle Cell Disease Symposium Sept. 12
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host its annual Sickle Cell Symposium on Sept. 12. The symposium brings together leading researchers, clinicians, patients and community advocates to share the latest advancements in sickle cell disease research and treatment, identify current challenges and gaps, and develop strategies to accelerate progress…
July 28, 2023
‘Roll With the Punches’: Sickle Cell Patient Keeps a Positive Outlook on Life
Sickle cell disease hasn’t made life easy for Xavius Hymes, 27, of Pine Bluff, but he hasn’t let it keep him from dreaming big. In fact, he uses the disease as fuel to keep going. “If anything, I feel like sickle cell anemia has made me mentally stronger,” Hymes said in a YouTube video. “It’s…
May 26, 2023
For Hot Springs Woman, Sickle Cell Disease “Didn’t Prevent Me from Doing Anything”
After years of learning how to handle pain crises when they come and developing a routine for care, Cyncere Tidwell says sickle cell disease is just another part of her life. “Other than the pain crises, sickle cell doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I’ve been dealing with it for so long that it’s nothing new…
September 6, 2022
New Mother with Sickle Cell Comes to UAMS to “Get Rejuvenated and Go Back to Life”
Sickle cell disease is just another part of everyday life for Jada Mosby, 24. And as a new mother, she doesn’t plan on letting it slow her down anytime soon. “It’s just part of my life,” she said. “It is my life, but it’s nothing to me.” As a baby, Mosby was diagnosed with sickle…
July 8, 2022
Father Fights Sickle Cell’s ‘War on the Inside’ to Spend More Time with Family
Tyrrence Sanders, 31, wants his children to know they can do anything they put their minds to. And he plans to be there with them, every step of the way. “Spending time with family is the most important thing to me,” he said. It’s a feeling that’s deeply embedded in his own experience. Sanders grew…
June 22, 2022
Annual Sickle Cell Disease Symposium Highlights Multiple Barriers to Care
Adult sickle cell patients continue to benefit from increased awareness and newly available therapies. However, lack of research funding and access to care, as well as perceived bias from health care professionals, are still impediments to better care. That was the message from the annual UAMS Sickle Cell Symposium, held virtually June 10. The symposium…
February 17, 2021
Symposium Spotlights Social Burdens of Sickle Cell Disease Treatment
Racial bias, the opioid crisis and the stigma of suspected drug use often make getting access to treatment a frustrating struggle for adult sickle cell patients. In a short video that opened the UAMS Sickle Cell Symposium on Feb. 2, sickle cell disease patients spoke about the attitudes of physicians and nurses that often seem…
June 15, 2020
Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant
While Phillip Sanders’ journey to a cure for his sickle cell disease was ultimately successful, it was a path with peaks and valleys and struggles and challenges. It’s beginning was relatively undramatic and took place during a conversation in October 2017 just after the conclusion of the Sickle Cell Symposium organized by the UAMS Adult…
February 25, 2020
Patient Moves Forward in Sickle Cell Care and in Life
Feb. 25, 2020 | Maturing into adulthood often means leaving familiar things behind while embracing new ones, and Jayla Buford did just that in late 2019 as a sickle cell patient. Buford had been receiving care through the sickle cell program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital since she was 4. In late 2019, now an adult,…
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