Teonna Woolford
Owings Mills,MD
Summary
Knowledgeable Advocate with robust background in advisory roles, offering critical insights and strategic guidance. Proven track record of collaborating with executive teams to drive impactful decisions and foster organizational growth. Demonstrated expertise in leadership and strategic planning.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder and CEO
Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Education Directive
- Managing the day-to-day operations of the only organization that focuses on sickle cell and reproductive health
Committee Member for NIH Sickle Cell Disease Advisory Committee
- Setting research priorities
Committee Member for NIH Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy
- Advising on gene therapy education for the sickle cell community
Council of Change
Pfizer
- Current
Advisory Board Member
01.2021 - Current
- Novo Nordisk Advisory Board Member
Advisory Board Member
01.2020 - Current
- Agios Advisory Board Member
Content Manager
Sickle Cell 101
12.2019 - 02.2020
- Spearhead a committee of SCD patients and caregivers who provide input on education disseminated in and out of the Sickle Cell community
Research Assistant
Children’s National Hospital
09.2019 - 02.2020
- Collecting data for three Sickle Cell studies
Patient Representative
Food and Drug Administration
06.2019 - Current
- Provide direct input to agency and staff sharing valuable insight on personal experiences with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), conditions, and devices while gaining access to confidential information
- Sit in on public hearings for new drugs seeking FDA approval
Speaker Program
Novartis
06.2019 - 01.2022
- Speak to a range of audiences on personal Sickle Cell experience and discuss the current and future advancements in medicine for SCD
- Provide patient education alongside a Sickle Cell Specialist and share story with other patients, caregivers and doctors
Advisory Board Member
BlueBird Bio
01.2017 - 01.2020
Education
BS - Business Management
University of Maryland Global Campus
10.2024
Skills
- Public Speaking
- Critical thinking
- Adaptability
- Innovative Mindset
- Crisis Management
- Networking capabilities
- Organizational Leadership
- Conflict Mediation
- Planning and coordination
- Strategic business planning
- Diversity and Inclusion
Publications
- American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines for sickle cell disease: stem cell transplantation, Kanter J, Liem RI, Bernaudin F, Bolaños-Meade J, Fitzhugh CD, Hankins JS, Murad MH, Panepinto JA, Rondelli D, Shenoy S, Wagner J, Walters MC, Woolford T, Meerpohl JJ, Tisdale J, Blood Advances, 09/28/21, 5, 18, 3668-3689, 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004394C, 34581773, PMC8945587
- Effect of donor type and conditioning regimen intensity on allogeneic transplantation outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease: a retrospective multicentre, cohort study
- Expecting more: the case for incorporating fertility services into comprehensive sickle cell disease care, Pecker LH, Oteng-Ntim E, Nero A, Lanzkron S, Christianson MS, Woolford T, Meacham LR, Mishkin AD, Lancet Haematol, 03/01/23, 10, 3, e225-e234, 10.1016/S2352-3026(22)00353-2, 36708736, PMC10318482
- Sickle Cell Disease and Gene Therapy — Patient and Physician Perspectives, Michael DeBaun, M.D., M.P.H., Matthew Heeney, M.D., Terry Jackson, Ph.D., Dan Longo, M.D., Melesa Love, Trinity Love, Phillip Okwo, Alexis Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Cassandra Trimnell, Teonna Woolford
Speakingengagements
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of American Convention, Lonzie Lee Panel, 10/01/13
- Sickle Cell Community Consortium Warrior Convention, Transplant Panel, 06/01/17
- NIH Accelerate the Cure, patient Panel, 11/01/17
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Conquering Battles of the Mind Patient Panel, 10/01/17
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Convention, Patient Curative Therapies Panel, 10/01/18
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Patient Perspectives on Health Care Access, Innovative Therapies, and Other Related Issues Panel, 06/01/18
- FDA-American Society of Hematology Clinical Endpoint Workshop, Table Talk Patient and Family Panel
- Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research, Sickle Cell and Chronic Pain Management Symposium, 10/01/21
- Howard University, Roland B Scott Lecture, 2021
- Howard University, I Want Somebody to Love, 06/01/23
- National Academies of Science, Genome Sequencing in Healthy Newborn Panel, 06/01/23
- National Academies of Science, Women’s Health Panelist, 10/01/24
Timeline
Advisory Board Member
01.2021 - Current
Advisory Board Member
01.2020 - Current
Content Manager
Sickle Cell 101
12.2019 - 02.2020
Research Assistant
Children’s National Hospital
09.2019 - 02.2020
Patient Representative
Food and Drug Administration
06.2019 - Current
Speaker Program
Novartis
06.2019 - 01.2022
Advisory Board Member
BlueBird Bio
01.2017 - 01.2020
Founder and CEO
Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Education Directive
Committee Member for NIH Sickle Cell Disease Advisory Committee
Committee Member for NIH Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy
Council of Change
Pfizer
- Current
BS - Business Management
University of Maryland Global Campus
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