{"id":246,"date":"2019-05-15T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fscdr.org\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2020-09-23T10:34:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:34:27","slug":"the-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fscdr.org\/current-members\/the-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"The Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596710587076{background-image: url(https:\/\/fscdr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SCD-COVID-19-Surveillance-Program-Logo-02.png?id=4154) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;symposium-banner-bg&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1559955378071{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1596710708894{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;symposium-banner&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1559955378071{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5588&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;white-banner&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557747727917{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557747745764{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;FOUNDATION FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE RESEARCH\u2019S&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;14TH ANNUAL SICKLE CELL DISEASE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND 43RD NATIONAL SICKLE CELL DISEASE SCIENTIFIC MEETING&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Symposium is an exciting three-day meeting inviting more than 400 leading researchers, physicians, clinicians, stakeholders, advocates, and social workers with the common goal of finding better treatment, and ultimately, a cure for sickle cell disease. 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