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Ibrahim Gwarzo: Identifying Care Gaps and Emergency Pain Delays in Sickle Cell Disease at APHA 2026

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Nov 15, 2026, 10:32

Ibrahim Gwarzo: Identifying Care Gaps and Emergency Pain Delays in Sickle Cell Disease at APHA 2026

Ibrahim Gwarzo, Research Assistant Professor – Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Wrapped up an incredible week at APHA 2026 in San Antonio, Texas!

I had the privilege of presenting two pieces of work that sit at the heart of why I do this research:

Oral Presentation: Epidemiology and Acute Care Utilization of the Delaware Sickle Cell Disease Population.

Sharing findings from our statewide linked claims and EHR database, including how neighborhood deprivation and geography shape care patterns for people living with SCD in Delaware.

Young adults emerged as a critical population needing targeted support, and place-based insights point the way toward more equitable outreach.

Poster: Assessing Differences in Timeliness of Emergency Department Pain Treatment for Adult Sickle Cell Pain and Renal Colic.

A national analysis across 103 U.S. adult EDs using Epic Cosmos data (2019–2025).

We found 1 in 4 ED sites have clinically meaningful delays in analgesia for patients with SCD pain relative to renal colic. – Manuscript in press.

Grateful to my incredible collaborators at Nemours Children’s Health, ChristianaCare, Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) and Delaware SCD COBRE for supporting this work.

SCD is a condition that has long been under-resourced and under-studied. Every data point represents a real person navigating a complex health system. That keeps me motivated.”

Ibrahim Gwarzo