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114. Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait, and Other Hemoglobinopathies, Excluding Thalassemias: Clinical and Epidemiological: Poster II Clinically Relevant Abstract

Symposia: Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait, and Other Hemoglobinopathies, Excluding Thalassemias: Clinical and Epidemiological Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Sunday, December 8, 2024: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Halls G-H (San Diego Convention Center)

Emmanuela Eusebio Ambrose, MD1,2, George A. Tomlinson, PhD3*, Patrick S. Ngoya, MD2*, Susan E. Stuber, MA4,5*, Teresa S. Latham, MA4*, Abel Nkono Makubi, PhD, MD, MSc6*, Russell E. Ware4,5,7 and Luke R. Smart, MD4,5,7,8

1Bungando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, United Republic of
2Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania, United Republic of
3University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CAN
4Division of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
5Global Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
6Department of Hematology, Benjamin Mkapa Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania, United Republic of
7Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
8Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Julia Z Xu, MD, MS1,2, Enrico M Novelli, MD, MS1,2, Jean-Antoine Ribeil, MD, PhD3*, Andreas Glenthøj, MD, PhD4*, Srila Gopal, MD5, Hanny Al-Samkari, MD6, Modupe Idowu, MD7, Jenny Despotovic, DO8*, Spurthi Patil8*, Xiaoshu Dai, PhD8*, Abdullah Al Masud8*, Michael Callaghan8* and Fuad El Rassi9,10*

1Division of Classical Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, and Division of Classical Hematology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
3Boston Medical Center, Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA
4Danish Red Blood Cell Center, Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
5Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
6Division of Hematology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA
7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
8Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
9Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
10Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA

Aushna Rasool, MBBS1*, Sinju Thomas2*, Asad Luqmani1*, Mamta Sohal1*, Steven Okoli1*, Simona Deplano1*, Christine Ademokun1*, Catriona Mactier, MD1*, Nichola Cooper, MD1,3* and D. Mark Layton, MBBS1,4*

1Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
2Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
3Imperial College London, Centre for Haematology, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, London, United Kingdom
4Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Aditya Sanjeevi, MD, MBBS1, Aniket Vijay Rao, MD2*, Samikchhya Keshary Bhandari3*, Daniel Idoate Jose Domench4* and Himal Kharel, MD1*

1Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
2Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
3Tribhuvan University teaching hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
4Rochester General Hospital, Rochester

Duah Dwomoh, PhD1*, Daniel Nana Yaw Abankwah, MPH2*, Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, MBChB, FWACP, GCPS3*, Jonathan Spector, MD, MPH4*, Jonathan Quartey, PhD5*, Olufolake A. Egbujo, MD, MSc6,7*, Kwaku Marfo8*, Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, PhD9 and Justice Nonvignon, PhD10*

1Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Research, Innovation and Development, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
3Department of Hematology, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana, Accra, Ghana
4Department of Global Health, Novartis Biomedical Research,, Cambridge, MA
5Department of Physiotherapy, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
6Novartis, Baltimore, MD
7In-market Brands and Global Health Development Unit, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
8Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, New Jersey
9Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
10University of Ghana, 9 University of Ghana School of Public Health, Health Policy Planning and Management, Accra, Ghana

Gonzalo De Luna, MD1*, Laura Bencheikh, PhD2*, Philippe Connes, MD, PhD3*, Thomas D'Humieres, MD4,5*, Philippe Le Corvoiser, MD6*, Sihem Alouni, MD1*, Jamila Alhamrouni, MD1*, Raphaelle Arrouasse, MD6*, Dalila Bitari6*, Anoosha Habibi, MD1, Fatima Bensiradj, MD1*, Etienne Audureau, MD, PhD7*, Vincent Malcor Deydier De Pierrefeu, PhD7*, PA Natella, MD7*, Meghan Perkins, PhD2*, Laura Matabishi-Bibi, PhD2*, Caroline Barau, PhD8*, Marie Cambot, PhD2* and Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD1,9*

1Sickle Cell Referral Center, UMGGR, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
2INNOVHEM, Créteil, France
3Laboratory CRIS EA647, Team "Vascular Biology and Red Blood Cell", University of Lyon, Lyon, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France, Villeurbanne, FRA
4CHU Henri Mondor. UPEC. AP-HP, CréTeil, France
5Paris Cardiovascular Research Center - PARCC, Inserm team 8, Paris, France
6INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1430, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
7Unité de Recherche Clinique, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Creteil, France
8Plateforme de Ressources Biologiques, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Creteil, France
9Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, IMRB, Laboratory of excellence LABEX GRex, Créteil, France

Richard J Benjamin, MD PhD1, John Pitman, PhD2*, Christopher Karim, PhD2*, Anna Erickson, PhD2*, Laurence Corash, MD2, Nina Mufti, PhD2*, Patricia Elizabeth Zerra, MD3, Ross M. Fasano, MD4* and Marianne Yee, MD, MSc5

1CERUS corp, Concord, CA
2Cerus Corporation, Concord, CA
3CHOA, Atlanta, GA
4Emory University, Atlanta, GA
5Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Austin Wesevich, MD, MPH, MS1, Megan Woelkers, BA2*, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, PhD3*, Adam J. Wesevich, BS4*, Mark J. Ratain, MD1 and Gabrielle Lapping-Carr, MD5

1Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
4University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
5Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Rochelle Fayngor, MD1*, Franklin Njoku, MD2*, Insia Rizvi, MBBS3, Marwah Farooqui, DO4 and Santosh L. Saraf, MD5

1University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago
2University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
3Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
4Hematology Oncology, University of Illinois, Burr Ridge, IL
5Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Willowbrook, IL

Aleksandra S Dain, MD1, Yimei Li, PhD2,3*, Sahal Master, MPH4*, Leslie Raffini, MD1,5, Kelly D. Getz, PhD6,7* and Janet L. Kwiatkowski, MD1,5

1Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
3Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
4Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
5Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
6Division of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
7Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Abril Carrillo, md1, Natalia Michel Carrillo-López2*, Arantza Lizbeth García-Loera3*, Yenny Viviana Pinzón-Ramírez4* and Luis Chinea, MD1*

1UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
3Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
4Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia

Thomas Stehle, MD1*, Vincent Audard, MD, PhD1*, Philippe Le Corvoiser, MD2*, Sihem Alouni, MD3*, Jamila Alhamrouni, MD3*, Raphaelle Arrouasse, MD2*, Thomas D'Humieres, MD4,5*, Anoosha Habibi, MD3, Fatima Bensiradj, MD3*, Dalila Bitari2*, Etienne Audureau, MD, PhD6*, Vincent Malcor Deydier De Pierrefeu, PhD6*, Caroline Barau, PhD7*, PA Natella, MD6*, Laura Bencheikh, PhD8*, Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD3,9* and Gonzalo De Luna, MD3*

1Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Department, Henri Mondor University-Hospital, Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM, Créteil, France
2INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1430, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
3Sickle Cell Referral Center, UMGGR, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
4Paris Cardiovascular Research Center - PARCC, Inserm team 8, Paris, France
5Physiology Department, FHU SENEC, INSERM IMRB U955, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
6Unité de Recherche Clinique, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Creteil, France
7Plateforme de Ressources Biologiques, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Creteil, France
8INNOVHEM, Créteil, France
9Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, IMRB, Laboratory of excellence LABEX GRex, Créteil, France

Sanjay R. Thakoerdin1*, Chanel C. de Ruiter1*, Aafke Gaartman, MD2*, Nick Van Es, MD3*, Bart J. Biemond, MD, PhD4 and Erfan Nur, MD, PhD5

1Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, NLD
3Pulmonary Hypertension & Thrombosis, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4Department of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
5Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Thomas D'Humieres, MD1,2*, Gonzalo De Luna, MD3*, Laura Bencheikh, PhD4*, Philippe Le Corvoiser, MD5*, Sihem Alouni, MD3*, Lara Alassaad, MD1*, Chloe Gerrer, MD1*, Jamila Alhamrouni, MD3*, Raphaelle Arrouasse, MD5*, Anoosha Habibi, MD3, Fatima Bensiradj, MD3*, Etienne Audureau, MD, PhD6*, Meghan Perkins, PhD4*, Laura Matabishi-Bibi, PhD4*, PA Natella, MD6*, Laurent Messonier, MD, PhD7*, Vincent Malcor Deydier De Pierrefeu, PhD6* and Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD3,8*

1Physiology Department, FHU SENEC, INSERM IMRB U955, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
2Paris Cardiovascular Research Center - PARCC, Inserm team 8, Paris, France
3Sickle Cell Referral Center, UMGGR, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
4INNOVHEM, Créteil, France
5INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1430, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
6Unité de Recherche Clinique, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Creteil, France
7Inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences EA 7424, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, France
8Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, IMRB, Laboratory of excellence LABEX GRex, Créteil, France

Vanessa Shao1*, Claire Jones, MD, FRCPC2*, A. Kinga Malinowski, MD, MSc, FRCSC3, Kevin H.M. Kuo, MD, MSc, FRCPC4, Richard Ward, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath5*, John Chinawaeze Aneke, MBBS6*, Andrew Binding, MD, MSc, FRCPC7* and Nadine Shehata, MD, FRCPC, MSc8

1Western University, London, Canada
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto/Mount Sinai Hospital/, Toronto, Canada
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CAN
4Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
5Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
6Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, NGA
7University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
8Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Amber Brown, DO, MS, Derrick L. Goubeaux, DO* and Jennifer Belsky, DO, MS

Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN

Anoosha Habibi, MD1,2,3, ALA Covali, MD4*, Emilie Bequignon, MD/PhD5,6*, Vincent Malcor Deydier De Pierrefeu, PhD7,8*, Laurent Boyer, MD, PhD9,10*, Vincent Latournerie, MD11*, Bernard Maitre, MD/PhD12*, Gonzalo De Luna, MD7*, Thomas D'Humieres, MD13*, Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD14* and Serge Adnot, MD/PhD15*

1Sickle Cell Referral Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, APHP, Creteil Cedex, France
2UPEC, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Institut National de la Santé et de le Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, DHU A-TVB, Créteil, France;, Creteil Cedex, FRA
31 avenue Claude Vellefaux, ERN-EuroBloodNet, PARIS, France
4Physiological and functional exploration unit, University Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France
5Services d’ORL et de Pneumologie, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Creteil, France
6IMRB – Inserm U955, Biomécanique et appareil respiratoire (Equipe B. Louis), UPEC, Creteil, France
7Sickle Cell Referral Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Creteil, France
8ERN-EuroBloodNet, Paris, France
9Physiology Departement, Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP,, Créteil, France
10Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, équipe 08,, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Creteil, France
11Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP,, Creteil, France
12Pneumology departement, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil, Creteil, FRA
13Physiology Department, FHU SENEC; INSERM IMRB U955, CHU Henri Mondor. UPEC. AP-HP, CréTeil, France
14University Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB, Inserm U955,, Henri Mondor University Hospitals, APHP, Sickle Cell Referral Center-UMGGR, Creteil, France
15IMRB – Inserm U955, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Creteil, France

Caterina P. Minniti, MD1, Gregory J. Kato2, Melanie E. Garrett, MS3*, Allison E. Ashley-Koch, PhD3* and Marilyn J. Telen, MD4

1Department of Hematology, Einstein College of Medicine, Chevy Chase, MD
2Blood Science Consulting, Tilghman, MD
3Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
4Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Eileen Ryan, MBBCHBAO1*, Xunde Wang, PhD1*, Haiou Li2*, Anna Conrey, NP1* and Swee Lay Thein, MBBS, DSc, FRCP, FRCPath, MRCP, MRCPath3

1Sickle Cell Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2Sickle Cell Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Arlington, VA
3Sickle Cell Branch, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

Charleen Jacobs, MSN, ANP1*, Brittany McCrary, MS, AGPCNP-BC, RN2*, Mikayla Gordon Wexler3*, Angela Liu, MD3, Elizabeth Stidham, MPH4*, Sarah McCuskee, MD, MPhil4*, Jeffrey A. Glassberg, MD5, Susanna Curtis, MD, PhD3 and Bin Zhang, PhD6*

1Mount Sinai Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
2Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
3Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
4Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
5Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
6Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Edo Schaefer, MD1, Morgan Anderson-Crannage, BSc2*, Yiouli Panayiota Ktena, MD3, Jessica Hochberg, MD2*, Temima Kanarfogel2*, John Herrick2*, Emily Thatcher, PA2*, Qiuhu Shi, PhD2*, Bruno Hochberg2*, Yaya Chu, PhD1*, Sankaran Krishnan, MD, MPH, FAAP2*, Erin Morris, RN, BSN1*, Sandra Fabricatore, RN, MSN, CPNP2*, John DuFresne, CRA2*, Kenneth R. Cooke, MD3 and Mitchell S. Cairo, MD1,4,5,6,7

1Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
2New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
3The Sidney Kimmel Comp. Cancer Center At Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
4Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
5Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
6Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
7Department of Pathology/Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Andrew Q Pucka, BS1*, Lina Houran1*, Andrew RW O'Brien, MD2, Steven E Harte, PhD3*, Richard E Harris, PhD4,5*, Zahra Pakbaz, MD6 and Ying Wang, MD, PhD1,2

1Department of Anesthesia, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
3Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
4School of Medicine, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
5Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
6Division of Hematology Oncology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA

Akinyemi O.D. Ofakunrin, MD1,2*, Rasaq Olaosebikan, MD3, Edache S Okpe, MD4*, Ijeoma Diaku-Akinwumi5*, Samah Babiker, MBBS, FRCPath, MRCP2*, Maryam Shehu, MD6* and Stephen Oguche, MD7*

1Department of Pediatrics, University of Jos / Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, CA, Nigeria
2Evelina London Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
3Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Pennsylvania State Health Children’s Hospital, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA, Reading, PA
4Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Otukpo, NGA
5Pediatric Sickle Cell Center, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital / Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos, NGA
6Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bingham University/Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
7Department of Paediatrics, University of Jos / Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, NGA

Giorgi Maziashvili, MD1*, Dunia Hatabah, MD1, Rawan Korman, MD1, Lou Ann Brown, PhD2*, Frank Harris2*, Chris A. Rees, MD3*, Carlton Dampier, MD3 and Claudia R. Morris, MD3

1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
3Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Wei Li, PhD1*, Andrew Pucka, BS2*, Candice Debats2*, Brandon Reyes2*, Andrew Ross Wickman O'Brien, MD3, Steven E Harte, PhD4*, Richard E Harris, PhD5*, Qigui Yu, MD, PhD1* and Ying Wang, MD, PhD2,3

1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2Department of Anesthesia, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
3Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
4Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
5Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, and Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA

Gonzalo De Luna, MD1*, Suella Martino, MD, PhD1*, Philippe Le Corvoiser, MD2*, Christophe Ferreira De Matos, MD1*, Sihem Alouni, MD1*, Dalila Bitari2*, Etienne Audureau, MD, PhD3*, Fatima Bensiradj, MD1*, Thomas Rupp, MD4*, Anoosha Habibi, MD1, Jamila Alhamrouni, MD1*, PA Natella, MD3*, David Calvet, MD, PhD5* and Pablo Bartolucci, MD, PhD1,6*

1Sickle Cell Referral Center, UMGGR, Department of Internal Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
2INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1430, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Créteil, France
3Unité de Recherche Clinique, Henri-Mondor University Hospital- UPEC, AP-HP, Creteil, France
4Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences EA7424, LIBM University Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chambéry, France
5Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
6Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, IMRB, Laboratory of excellence LABEX GRex, Créteil, France

Kawana Simon, MD1,2, Alice J. Cohen, MD3 and Frances Ugonne Ogunnaya, MD4*

1Hematology/Oncology, Rutgers- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
2Hematology/Oncology, Rutgers- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
3Hematology/Oncology, Newark Beth Israel Med. Ctr, Newark, NJ
4Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ

Jérémy Morel1*, Charline Oddon, MSc2*, Lea Kuznicki, MSc2*, Laetitia Claer, MSc2*, Berengere Koehl, MD, PhD2,3*, Jean-Hugues Dalle, MD, PHD4, Laurent Holvoet, MD3*, Florence Missud, MD3*, Malika Benkerrou, MD3*, Ghislaine Ithier, MD3*, Arnaud Bonnard, MD, PhD5*, Liza Ali, MD5*, Slim Azouzi, PhD2,6*, Sandrine Laurance, PhD2* and Valentine Brousse, MD, PhD2,3*

1Université Paris Cité and Université des Antilles, INSERM, BIGR, F-75015 Paris, F97150 Pointe à Pitre, France, Paris, AE, France
2Université Paris Cité and Université des Antilles, INSERM, BIGR, F-75015 Paris, F97150 Pointe à Pitre, France, Paris, France
3Centre de Référence MCGRE, Service d'Hémato-Immunologie, Hôpital Universitaire Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, France, Paris, France
4Department of Pediatric Hematology and Immunology, Robert-Debré Academic Hospital ,, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
5Chirurgie Viscérale, Hôpital Universitaire Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France
6CNRGS, EFS, Paris, France

Miguel Brito, PhD1*, Catarina Ginete, MSc2*, Tatiana Gomes, MSc3*, Helena Pitangueira, MSc3*, Manuela Mendes, MD4*, Ana Furtado, MD4*, Ligia Alves, MD5*, Fernanda Simão, MD5*, Mauer Gonçalves, MD, PhD6* and Joana Morais, PhD7*

1H&TRC, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saude de Lisboa, Lisbon, AL, Portugal
2H&TRC, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
3Clincord, EUA, Los Angeles
4Hospital Materno Infantil Dr Manuel Pedro Azancot de Menezes, Luanda, Angola
5Maternidade Lucrécia Paim, Luanda, Angola
6Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola
7Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Angola, Instituto Nacional de Investigação em Saúde, Luanda, Angola

*signifies non-member of ASH