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The interaction of von Willebrand factor with platelet glycoprotein Ib: pathological implications and clinical manifestations

The EHA Specialized Working Group (SWG) on Thrombocytopenias and Platelet Function Disorders and the EHA-SWG on Bleeding and Thrombosis are pleased to collaborate on a recent free webinar: "The interaction of von Willebrand factor with platelet glycoprotein Ib: pathological implications and clinical…

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Leading Medical Organizations Join Forces Globally to Launch First-Ever World Thrombosis Day

“We must reduce the burden from thrombosis if we are to achieve the World Health Assembly’s global target of reducing mortality from premature non-communicable disease by 25 percent by 2025,” said Gary Raskob, Ph. D.

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EHA and EMBL-EBI are launching CBTH

The Hague, May 2022 - The European Hematology Association (EHA) and the EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) are launching a new mentoring program, Computational Biology Training in Hematology (CBTH), this June.

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HARMONY: Big data for better and faster treatment

HARMONY Alliance: A European Network of Excellence for Big Data in Hematology - Enabling Better and Faster Treatment based on Big Data technologies
Despite data being a key driver for modern evidence-based medicine, we have been struggling with the same challenge for…

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Lighting the Flame Journal Club

A learning and connecting hematology experience led by alumni of the Lighting the Flame program. The Lighting the Flame Journal Club is an online group that's open to all members of the Lighting the Flame community.

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Chairs and Members

Chair:
Francesco Buccisano, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy (2021-2024)

Co-Chair:
Sylvie Freeman, Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (2021-2024)

SWG Executive Board members and terms:

Torsten Haferlach, MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany…

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Breakthrough results in European multicenter trial on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): no more chemotherapy?

APL is a rare, yet aggressive, subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a maturation arrest of white blood cell precursors in the marrow, leading to a shortage of normal white cells and platelets in the blood, which is…

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“Science is all about synergy” - Francesca Vinchi, woman in hematology/EHA volunteer

This Women’s History Month, we are putting the spotlight on women in hematology. One of them is Francesca Vinchi, also an EHA Volunteer.

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