My playwright daughter Azuka Oforka’s play! 👇🏽

And how’s your day going?
#ParkLife 😎

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Mthoko Ngobese Sampson Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Uni of West London for the launch of our School of Medicine and Biosciences, in our lab and book signing... what a privilege!

Great to be Uni of West London today for the launch of the School of Medicine & Biosciences. Also to see the enjoyment on the faces of some of the Student Ambassadors seen here with Associate Professor Dr Bernadine Idowu. Dr Bernadine Idowu

We are not creators. We are performers. #MariaCallas

Hope though Gordon that you’ve been able to listen to the stirring and beautiful Flower of Scotland!

Many congratulations Maria!

Loving today’s warm and sunny weather. How about you?

Education time!👇🏽
“People with sickle cell trait carry only one copy of the altered hemoglobin gene & rarely have any clinical symptoms related to the disease. In contrast people with sickle cell disease carry two copies of the altered hemoglobin gene.”
nhlbi.nih.gov/health/sickle-….

The woman highlighted in red is Lucy Higgs Nichols. Born into slavery in Tennessee, she managed to escape during the Civil War and eventually found her way to the 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment, which was stationed nearby. Nichols remained with the regiment and served as a nurse

Today is the final opportunity to respond to NICE consultation on #Sickle Cell . Please make it count.
Sickle Cell Society
Caribbean & African Health Network
Cedi Frederick 💙💚
Patrick Vernon
Uwa Ima-Edomwonyi
Margaret Ikpoh
Buki
Nnenna Osuji
NHS Race & Health Observatory
Dr Habib Naqvi MBE
Race Equality Foundation

nice.org.uk/guidance/indev…

A huge thank you to everybody for this fantastic response. Today is the LAST day to send in your comments - here’s the link: ow.ly/s2BS50QT7HJ

Another death from sickle cell disease, how many more until people with sickle cell disease get the care they deserve Sickle Cell Society
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

It’s Day of Action at #CAHN ! Today, our team is fully dedicated to help black people challenge NICE's decision on exa-cel gene therapy for #SickleCell disorder.
The draft decision is not favourable!
To join us comment on the consultation here: tinyurl.com/ynfery82
🔄Retweet

PLEASE retweet! 🙏🏽
‘NICE are conducting their appraisal, but on 14 March published a draft decision NOT to recommend exa-cel gene therapy for NHS funding. They are not certain about the severity of #sicklecell .’
Deadline 4 YOUR views? Thurs 11 April!
See: ow.ly/s2BS50QT7HJ

Braved the strong winds and extremely chuffed that I managed to complete a 4 mile walk. 💨😮‍💨

Remembering Richard Okorogheye 🙏🏾❤️

4th November 2001 - 5th April 2021

Dr. Janet Davidson Rowley was born #OTD in 1925. She was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to prove that cancer is a genetic disease by identifying chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukaemia and other cancers.

#WomeninScience

Uplifting sight!