About the Authors

Kyle Kidwell

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Camila Albo

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael Pope

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Latanya Bowman

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Sickle Cell Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Hongyan Xu

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Leigh Wells

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Sickle Cell Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Nadine Barrett

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Sickle Cell Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Niren Patel

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Sickle Cell Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Amy Allison

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Abdullah Kutlar

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

akutlar@augusta.edu

Affiliation Sickle Cell Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.