Educational activities
Infections in Hematology Webinar Series
The Infections in Hematology Webinar Series was organized in 2025 to increase awareness of infection complications in hematological patients and to provide doctors with tools to tackle them.
Over 250 participants attended 10 webinars in 2025:
1) March 25, 2025, 4 pm CET
“Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens in hematological patients” – speaker: André Pinto, University Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal
2) April 22, 2025, 16:00 CET
“Respiratory viral infections in hematological patients” – speaker: Jon Salmanton-García, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
3) May 15, 2025, 4 pm CET
“Optimizing vaccination strategies for chemotherapy patients: Bridging gaps in preventive care” – speaker: Verena Petzer, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
4) June 26, 2025, at 4 pm CET
“Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of posaconazole in AML” – speaker: Dr. Silvia Corcione, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
5) July 24, 2025, 4 pm CET
“Infections after CAR-T therapy” – speakers: Dr. Eleftheria Kampouri, Lausanne University Hospital, CH, and Dr. Guillaume Dachy, BE
6) August 22, 2025, 16:00 CET
“Global Guideline of Candida Diseases – What is in there for hematological patients” – speaker: Prof. Oliver Cornely, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
7) September 11, 2025, 4 pm CET
“HHV-6 reactivation and disease in stem cell transplantation” – speakers: Dr. Katia Perruccio, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, IT
8) October 9, 2025, at 16:00 CET
“The microbiome and treatment efficacy: Implications of checkpoint inhibitors and antibacterial therapy” – speaker: Dr. Marco Villanueva Reza, Coordinator of Prevention and Infection Control at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico
9) November 10, 2025, at 16:00 CET
“Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in hematological patients” – speaker: Dr. Pier Giorgio Cojutti, University of Bologna, Italy
10) December 17, 2025, at 16:00
“Dengue in hematological malignancy patients” – speaker: Dr. Gustavo Mendez, Hospital Escuela de Agudos Dr. Ramón Madariaga, Argentina