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Howard University Anatomy Researcher Named to Prestigious Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
WASHINGTON — Eve K. Boyle, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow in the Howard University College of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy, has been awarded a Science & Technology Policy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). During her time at Howard University, Boyle worked with Dr. Read the ArticleFeatured Article
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Howard University and HHS Announce Sickle Cell Partnership to Address Patient Care
WASHINGTON – The Howard University’s 1867 Health Innovations Project and Center for Sickle Cell Disease have entered into a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) aimed at finding ways to use technology and data to improve the everyday lives of patients with sickle cell disease, or SCD. “Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disease in the United States and primarily affects African Americans and other people of African descent,” said James G. Read the Article![Medical students using microscope](https://medicine.howard.edu/sites/medicine.howard.edu/files/2023-02/DSC_4015.png)