Yvonne Carroll, JD, RN

Director, Hematology Patient Services

Departments

Department of Hematology

Yvonne Carroll has been at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1999. She graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the University of Tennessee and a Law degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Yvonne is a researcher, lawyer, nurse, and patient advocate. Her focus is sickle cell disease research, education, and advocacy. Yvonne has presented extensively on sickle cell topics such as health disparities, newborn screening, and SCD nursing education. She has collaborated locally, nationally, and internationally in the development of innovative programs for SCD treatment and education.

Yvonne is a proud wife, mother, and grandmother, and is an active participant in many community organizations and projects.

Education

BS (Nursing) - University of TN
JD (Law) - University of Cincinnati
BA (Political Science) - University of Cincinnati

Honors and Awards

2023 St. Jude Values Awards, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
2023 Finalist Memphis Business Journal Heroes Award, Community Outreach
2023 Community Heroes Award, Sickle Cell Community Consortium, Atlanta, GA
2022 Pat Corley Sickle Cell Ambassador Award, Cayenne Wellness, Los Angeles, CA
2022 TN Department of Health, Highlighted for Black History Month, Memphis, TN
2021 St. Jude Spirit of the Dream Legacy Award, ALSAC, Memphis, TN

Contact Information

Yvonne Carroll, JD, RN Hematology MS 802 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Email: yvonne.carroll@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-5684

Selected Publications

Persaud, Y., Mandrell, B. N., Sharma, A., Carroll, Y., Irvine, M., Olufadi, Y., ... & Johnson, L. M. (2023). Attitudes toward COVID‐19 vaccine among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease and their caregivers. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 70(5), e30274.

Sharma, Akshay, Amanda Young, Yvonne Carroll, Himani Darji, Yimei Li, Belinda N. Mandrell, Marquita N. Nelson et al. "Gene therapy in sickle cell disease: Attitudes and informational needs of patients and caregivers." Pediatric Blood & Cancer (2023): e30319.

Dua M, Bello-Manga H, Carroll YM, Galadanci AA, Ibrahim UA, King AA, Olanrewaju A, Estepp JH. Strategies to increase access to basic sickle cell disease care in low- and middle-income countries. Expert Rev Hematol. 2022 Apr;15(4):333-344. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2022.2063116. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PMID: 35400264.

Akshay Sharma, Amanda Young, Yvonne Carroll, Belinda Mandrell, Mary Caples, Jami Gattuso, Lauren Jerkins, Lakiea Bailey, Benjami Wilfond, Yoram Unguru, Yian Guo, Yimei Li, Liza-Marie Johnson. Patient and Caregiver Attitudes Towards Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: A Need for Partnership and Education. Blood, Volume 138, Supplement 1, 2021, Page 918, ISSN 0006-4971, https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2021-148795

Carroll Y. Engaging the Sickle Cell Community in Participatory Research. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Oct;21(10):51-53. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1965245. PMID: 34554074

Wang, W., Freeman, M., Hamilton, L., Carroll, Y., Kang, G., Moen, J., ... & Aygun, B. (2021). Developmental screening of three‐year‐old children with sickle cell disease compared to controls. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 621-628.

Luo, L., King, A. A., Carroll, Y., Baumann, A. A., Brambilla, D., Carpenter, C. R., ... & Tanabe, P. (2021). Electronic Health Record–Embedded Individualized Pain Plans for Emergency Department Treatment of Vaso-occlusive Episodes in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for a Preimplementation and Postimplementation Study. JMIR research protocols, 10(4), e24818.

Carroll, Y. Sickle Cell Disease Health Disparities. Special Edition, National Black Nurses Association News. (Summer 2020).