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The Hague, January 3, 2022 –EHA Congratulates seven talented researchers in Hematology on their receipt of an EHA Kick-Off Grant 2021 after a rigorous selection process. They join a network of over 110 distinguished researchers who have received EHA Funding in the past.
The EHA Kick-off Grant is a 1-year grant intended to support basic and translational early career researchers in hematology and allow them to test a high-risk but potentially high impact idea that is lacking solid preliminary data and is therefore too premature to submit for regular funding.
Awardees of the first edition of the Kick-Off Grants are in institutes in Portugal, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
"The EHA Kick-off Grants represent a new horizon in EHA's approach to research funding. By supporting high-risk, high-impact research ideas, we can further push the boundaries of the field of hematology, and support early-career professionals; giving them a voice and empowering them to take the next steps in their professional development. We have also recently launched EHA Bilateral Collaborative Grants, which we surmise will be very popular." – EHA President, Prof Elizabeth Macintyre
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Ana Cordeiro Gomes |
Inflammabone – Understanding how Chronic Infection disrupts the hematopoietic niche leading to osteopenia |
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto |
Portugal |
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Martin Böttcher |
Ferrosence - Ferroptosis sensitivity in CLL |
University Hospital Magdeburg |
Germany |
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Meng Wang |
Harnessing endogenous DNA damage for targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukaemia |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
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Oskar Marin-Bejar |
Unraveling GATA2 deficiency cell fate |
Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge |
Spain |
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Karolina Škvárová |
Development of new therapeutic strategies for patients with Fanconi Anemia: Prime editing as a novel tool for seamless correction of FANCA mutations |
Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague |
Czech Republic |
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Claudia Tersteeg |
SIRT3 levels modulate procoagulant platelet formation |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Belgium |
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Richard Pouw |
Studying complement biology under physiological flow |
Sanquin Research |
Netherlands |
More information about EHA grants program can be found at https://ehaweb.org/research/grants/
The European Hematology Association (EHA) promotes excellence in patient care, research, and education in hematology. EHA envisions a world without blood disorders by connecting hematologists worldwide, supporting their career development and research, harmonizing hematology education, and advocating the interests of hematology and hematologists in the European arena.