Dr. Terry L. Jackson has the SS genotype of sickle cell anemia. As a child, he was the first poster child for sickle cell in the state of Virginia. Dr. Jackson received his B.S. in Biology from Virginia State University in 2003. He conducted research on sickle cell disease in the lab of Dr. Marilyn Telen at Duke University Medical Center from 2003 to 2005 and served on the Board of Directors for the hospital’s sickle cell advocacy group, The Bridges Pointe Foundation from 2003 to 2010. Soon followed his Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics from Duke University in 2013. Dr. Jackson was a Senior Biocuration Scientist at Stanford University from 2016 to 2018. In July of 2018, Dr. Jackson returned to Virginia where he started, Jaxsun Enterprises Corporation, a media company dedicated to communicating life science to the public. He also works with CBOs and other healthcare entities, and individuals to improve access to care, quality of life, and unity within the SCD community.
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