Clint Joiner was recruited to Emory and CHOA in 2012 as Director of the Hematology Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, and as Professor of Pediatrics, he holds the Aflac Children’s Endowed Chair for Hematology. He is currently MPI of the NIH-funded EHRA (U01 HL117721), and directs the Translational Research Skills Development Core of that grant, devoted to training junior faculty. With nearly continuous funding by multiple NIH grants since 1984, Dr. Joiner’s basic research has focused on red blood cell physiology, specifically cell volume regulation and its abnormalities in sickle cell disease. He has served on numerous NIH review panels, various program project reviews and the K23, K24 and K99 panels. He has served on numerous advisory committees to NIH, industry groups and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. He currently serves as the Training Director of the Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program (K12HD072245) that provides support for pediatricians at the junior faculty level who aim to develop funded research programs in basic and translational science.