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Gary Gibson, CEO of The Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative in Indianapolis, is the longest serving employee in the nonprofit. His work is focused on filling the social and economic needs of sickle cell disease patients and their families. He is inspired by his wife, Brenda Williams, who died at age 36 from sickle cell disease complications.

217 Today: Sickle cell patients face systemic racism and a crippling disease

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