Events
9th Annual Chicago Sickle Cell Summit — "Hope for Sickle Cell Through Clinical Trials"
Join us virtually for the 9th Annual Chicago Sickle Cell Summit — "Hope for Sickle Cell Through Clinical Trials" — on Thursday, September 24, 2026, 9 am to 3 pm CT. Keynote by Mark T. Gladwin, MD, plus featured speakers from UIC and Northwestern, including SCKIN medical director Lewis Hsu, MD. Open to clinicians, patients, and caregivers; up to 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ available. Register at tinyurl.com/SCDSummit2026.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Central Time
- When
- Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Central Time - Where
- Zoom
- Format
- Online
- Organizer
- Volunteer Community Advisory Board, patient advisors, and community-based organizations — University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
- Speakers
- Mark T. Gladwin, MD (keynote; University of Maryland), Alana Aziz, MPH (UIC), Sherif M. Badawy, MD (Northwestern), Sally Campbell-Lee, MD (UIC), Juanita Darby, DC, PhD (UIC), Lewis Hsu, MD (UIC; SCKIN medical director), Robert I. Liem, MD (Northwestern), Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, PhD (UIC)
- Cost
- Free
The Chicago Sickle Cell Summit brings together health system leaders, providers, patients, caregivers, and community-based organizations to share the latest advances in sickle cell science and to strengthen care across Chicagoland. This year's theme puts clinical trials front and center: what they are, how they are regulated and kept safe, why community support matters for recruitment, and which trials are open right now to people living with sickle cell disease in Illinois.
Keynote speaker Mark T. Gladwin, MD (Dean, Professor, and Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland) is joined by featured speakers from the University of Illinois Chicago and Northwestern University, including SCKIN's medical director, Lewis Hsu, MD.
The summit is open to physicians, residents, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, patients, and caregivers. The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The summit is hosted and organized by a volunteer Community Advisory Board, patient advisors, and community-based organizations.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/SCDSummit2026
Questions: Judy Nocek, PhD, Project Coordinator — jnocek@uic.edu
Shared with SCKIN by board member Dr. Lewis Hsu (University of Illinois Chicago)
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