# Cure Sickle Cell

> **NIH NIH OT3** · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · 2024 · $352,315

## Abstract

The Cure Sickle Cell (CureSC) Initiative was created in 2017 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI) to:

•	Actively engage the sickle cell disease community of patients, family members, caregivers and advocates to work together on a path to the cure
•	Utilize the emergence of safe reliable genetic therapies that broadens opportunities to improve the lives of individuals with sickle cell disease
•	Use public-private partnership and collaboration among government agencies, biopharmaceutical companies and researchers to result in more rapid advancement of new and innovative treatments and technologies

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11194679
- **Project number:** 3OT3HL147741-01S5
- **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
- **Principal Investigator:** MARY EAPEN
- **Activity code:** OT3 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $352,315
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-09-28 → 2026-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11194679

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11194679, Cure Sickle Cell (3OT3HL147741-01S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11194679. Licensed CC0.

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