Diagnosis in hematological diseases: morphology and flow cytometry

This SWG is active in disseminating knowledge on advances in the diagnosis and follow-up by morphology and multiparameter flow-cytometry of malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases. These include morphology, digital morphology, and flow-cytometry (mass, imaging, and spectral flow cytometry included).

Overview of EHA's Hemoglobinopathies Initiatives

The EHA Topics-in-Focus Hemoglobinopathies Program  (focus on Sickle Cell Disease) aims to expand awareness and education about these increasingly common genetic diseases in Europe, among healthcare professionals, patients and the general population.

EHA Grants Hall of Fame

Quality of Life and Symptoms

The goals of the SWG are:

To promote the evaluation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in hematology in daily clinical practice and in clinical trials.

PROFILE Bootcamp in Entrepreneurial Innovation in Orphan Diseases, October 23-25, 2017, Leuven, Belgium.

Breaking innovations in rare diseases are at the centre of this PROFILE Bootcamp, which brings together junior & senior researchers, clinicians, pharmaceutical industry and policymakers.

European Board for Accreditation in Hematology

Current committee members
Peter van den Burg, The Netherlands (Chair and ISBT representative—transfusion medicine)
Michelle Kenyon, United Kingdom (EBMT Nurses Group representative—Specialized Hematology Professional)
Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Ireland (ISTH representative—thrombosis and hemostasis)
Annalisa Ruggeri, Italy (Representative, clinical hematology)
Isabel Sanchez-Ortega, Spain (EBMT representative)
Ana Filipa Marques…

EHA has joined the European Cancer Organisation - a perfect match on objectives and prioritization

The European Hematology Association (EHA) has joined the European Cancer Organisation, a not-for-profit federation of organizations working in cancer at the European level.

Highlights from the SWG

Joint work with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD), and the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) to produce guidance on antithrombotic treatment in patients with hemophilia.