About THE CRESCENT CITY CHRONICLES SERIES
The Author
Cynthia Hall is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Florida A & M University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health in Tallahassee and Crestview, Florida where she teaches in the areas of pharmacy jurisprudence (law) and ethics.
Cynthia holds Doctorate degrees in Pharmacy and Law, as well as a Master’s degree in Healthcare Ethics. As an African-American pharmacist, lawyer, and ethicist, she has a unique perspective of ethical issues relative to African-American patients within the U.S. healthcare system. She is committed to sharing her expertise with the sickle cell community.
She began her journey of advocating for patients with sickle cell disease through her volunteer work with the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia (SCFG) in 2005. And because of her work with SCFG, she received the Mary H. Hunter Award from the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America for patient advocacy in 2009.
Her life goal is to encourage the development of ethical policies that promote better care for patients with sickle cell disease. Recently, she published a comic book/coloring book series entitled The Crescent City Chronicles. This series is a decision-making, educational resource for children (and adults) with sickle cell disease concerning healthy eating, the importance of immunizations, and good general health practices.
About the series The Crescent City Chronicles is a comic book and coloring book series aimed at improving the health of children with sickle cell disease which primarily affects African-Americans. The series’ name is derived from red blood cells of people affected by sickle cell characterized as “crescent” shaped. The setting of the comic book is in New Orleans, Louisiana, a predominantly African-American city, often referred as the “Crescent City.”
Crescent City Chronicles
Let the Journey to Better Health Begin!