She is hematologist-oncologist with Lea�s Foundation for Hematologic Disorders, part of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Andemariam received her MD with research honors from Tufts University and is a Master of Science candidate in Clinical Investigation at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her research interests include new advances in care for patients with sickle cell disease and she currently receives research support from Lea�s Foundation for Leukemia Research. For this project, she will focus on the pathogenesis of severe asthma in transgenic sickle cell mice and later, in humans with sickle cell disease. Her mentors are Drs. Roger Thrall and Pramod Srivastiva. Dr. Andemariam is part of the Sickle Cell Core Interest Group.