About Us

The FACTS (Finding A Cure Together for Sickle Cell) is a committee that started in 2014 by a group of friends who wanted to provide community support for the Medical College of Virginia Foundation for Florence Neal Cooper Smith’s Professorship and raise awareness for sickle cell disease (SCD). The goal is to raise one million dollars toward the Florence Neal cooper Smith Endowed Chair, which will contribute to the research, effective treatments and maintenance care, and cure for sickle cell disease.

Florence Neal Cooper Smith has been on the frontlines fighting against sickle cell disease for over 40 years. The mission of the committee is to increase awareness about SCD and to foster aggressive cutting-edge research that would lead to a cure and provide progressive methods for management, treatment, and care for individuals suffering with the disease. Join FACTS as we lead to a cure and provide progressive methods for management, treatment, and care for individuals suffering with the disease. Join FACTS as we lend our support to the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professorship in finding a cure together.