Highlights

1st Joint Educational Course with EHA on Hereditary Anemias

Date and location: May 7, 2025, Türkiye

Following the success of the Joint Symposium in 2024, organized with SWG and the Turkish Pediatric Society of Hematology, the Joint Educational Course was organized. It was held as case presentations and expert reviews.

Young Turkish EHA members who participated in the Mentee programs delivered case presentations on each topic. Experts from both sides, Turkish and EHA, then discussed the cases interactively with the audience.

The format of the presentations was discussed later with the program participants. Each topic lasted approximately 45 minutes: a 15-minute case presentation followed by 30 minutes of discussion and Q&A.

Chair of the session: Maria Ester Bernardo (Vice-Chair of SWG on Pediatric Hematology)

Experts: Paola Corti (Italy), Guliana Ferrari (Italy, online) and Joanne Yakobovich (Israel, online)

SWG-initiated research grant

CRYSTAL-Immune pump-priming project

Project team: Prof. Christina Halsey (School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow) & Dr. Alasdair Duguid (University of Edinburgh)

Project aim:

  • Understand how the unique CNS microenvironment influences immune function
  • Investigate how immunotherapies can be optimized to eradicate CNS leukemia

Further information: https://ehaweb.org/research-innovation/specialized-working-groups/swg-grants/swg-grant-funded-projects-2025/crystal-immune-pump-priming-project

SWG Session at the EHA2025 Congress

Session title: Transitional care for chronic hematological disorders

Chair: Maurizio Miano (Italy)

Speakers:

  • Alison Bertuch (United States) – Management of Late Onset disease and long-term follow-up of patients with telomere biology disorders
  • Francesco Cinetto (Italy) – CVID: Early signs of late complications of a multi-faced disorder. The point of view of the adult specialist
  • Raffaella Colombatti (Italy) – Changing setting, guidelines and perspective in the transition from pediatric to adult care for Sickle Cell Disease

 

Our SWG Steering Committee

We welcomed two new member onto our Steering Committee: Prof Adriana Balduzzi and   Roy. And we appointed Dr Koray Yalcin as Vice Chair of the committee.

We also want to thank Prof Shai Izraeli who helped set up our SWG in pediatric hematology and has now retired. Our thanks also go out to Prof Marie Ester Bernado who co-chaired our SWG for the last 2 periods and has now moved on to new roles within EBMT.

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