Steven Hardy

For #SickleCellAwareness Month, I am going to be highlighting research that brings to light the #stigma, #racism, #bias, & #discrimination that individuals with #SickleCell often face. Exhibit A: I could not find enough articles on these topics to review one each day in Sept.

Healio spoke with @stevenhardyphd of @ChildrensNatl about a consensus statement in @JAMANetworkOpen stating that patient readiness will greatly affect the success of gene therapy for sickle cell disease at the individual and collective levels. #sicklecell healio.com/news/hematolog…

So proud of this work with all-star colleagues on prioritizing psychosocial well-being in the context of gene therapy for #SickleCell jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

@ArielBlakey1 Congratulations, Dr. Blakey!! You rocked that dissertation. So happy for you and can’t wait to be reunited in a couple of months! 🍾

Excited to share that I successfully defended my dissertation this week!!! It feels so so so good to be one step closer to being Dr. Blakey! 🤓✨🥳

Yall might not want me to chair another conference again because if we are going to do it, we are going to do it!! Welcome to #SPPAC2024 in NOLA!! @SPPDiv54

Original: Elizabeth Prince, @LydiaPecker (@HopkinsHeme), and co. report on patients with SCD beginning buprenorphine treatment for their chronic pain: — Self-report ⬆ in functioning, but treatment alone cannot substitute complex needs of patients Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

@sickle_t Thank you for organizing!

@stevenhardyphd Thank you for sharing Dr. Hardy

🚨Tune in #SickleCell community!

Telemedicine-based behavioral intervention program eases pain of SCD - Children's National @mconnollyphd …ovationdistrict.childrensnational.org/telemedicine-b…

🚨Our 4-session telemedicine-based CBT+ACT treatment specifically designed for youth with #SickleCell is feasible, acceptable, and associated with reductions in #pain interference. @mconnollyphd @CSharkeyPhD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Psychosocial factors, like other aspects of health, are important to consider before #genetherapy for #SickleCell. Backed by @thecuresci, our team of psychologists, patients, & caregivers developed a guide to facilitate pre-gene therapy assessments of readiness & resilience.

Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors affecting children. The disease and current treatments carry risks for lifelong complications, especially since kids’ brains are still developing. An extraordinary $96M investment is here to change that. …ovationdistrict.childrensnational.org/96-million-phi…

@MaxieMoreman @ChildrensNatl Congrats, Dr. @MaxieMoreman! I’m in awe of all you’ve accomplished and excited for the ways you will help people and advance science in the future!

Life update: Excited to take on my new role as Clinical Psychologist at @ChildrensNatl in the #HIV prevention and treatment program & as Assistant Professor at George Washington University in August!

Longitudinal Predictors of Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37043758/

Household Food Insufficiency and Chronic Pain among Children in the US: A National Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36832314/

See what new behavioral research papers our labmates were reading in May! @mconnollyphd @MaxieMoreman canva.com/design/DAFhtEv…

@NAlbertsPhD @Concordia Congrats, Dr. Alberts! So happy for you. Very well-deserved!!

Very happy to report - I officially received tenure! 👩‍🔬 Beyond grateful to all those who made this possible, including my mentors, family, students, collaborators, colleagues, and many others. #WomenInSTEM @Concordia

Individuals with #SickleCellDisease have a life expectancy ~20 yrs shorter than average. Americans who are insured by Medicaid, Medicare, or both had worse survival @BloodJournal ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/…