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Juliana Olu Funke Lawson
Nigeria representative
Consultant Paediatrician/Vice Chairman of Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, one of the ARISE Project consortium partners. She is a member of the Paediatrics Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Medical Association, Nigeria Society of Neonatal Medicine, Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, and Abuja Liaison officer for the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria. She is a member of the Board of Trustees, Sickle Cell Cohort Research – Score Foundation (Nigeria) Apart from regular clinical practice, she has been involved in research work in Rickets and Sickle cell disease in the community.
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Participate in a Study on Sickle Cell Disease Management in Nigeria
ARISE is conducting a questionnaire-based study, with the aim to map and analyse the organisation of the healthcare centres managing SCD in in relation with accessibility and readiness of specific health technologies (i.e., blood transfusion service, Magnetic...
An interview with a Sickle cell disease patient living in Portugal
Living with a rare disease like sickle cell disease is not easy. We asked a Portuguese patient to tell us about his experience with this disease. Read his story.
SAVE THE DATE – ARISE webinar on gene-therapy in Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia
ARISE is organizing a webinar on gene-therapy (Exa-cel) in Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia, that will be held online on Friday April 12th at 11 am UK time. The webinar will be hosted by Thomas Blair, Senior Medical Science Liaison for Vertex...