In Memoriam Anneke Brand

Picture: Ineke Oostveen

 

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, emeritus professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), passed away suddenly. The European Hematology Association community is deeply saddened by Anneke’s passing.

Topics-in-Focus program

5th Focus in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology

The course, which is particularly aimed at specialist trainees in pediatric haemato-oncology, continued the same ethos which inspired the first four courses: the importance of close interactions between the participants and the teaching faculty, a strong emphasis on real cases…

Stopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a very large cohort of European chronic myeloid leukemia patients: results of the EURO-SKI trial

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have substantially improved survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. However, treatment is in clinical practice considered life-long.

Press Release: “Building the knowledge economy in the world of blood diseases: patients, professionals and Parliamentarians help make the new Europe.”

Brussels, 29th August 2011

On the 30th & 31st of August a conference will be hosted in the European Parliament that will demonstrate the leading role haematology will have in securing the future knowledge economy envisaged in the Europe 2020 Strategy.…

SWG Educational Activities

The SWG's recent educational activities have included:

Meetings with the SWG on Myelodysplastic Syndromes and the SWG on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
An EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on 'MDS/MPN/AML: Commonalities and Differences of Myeloid Neoplasms'
An oral presentation for the American Society of Hematology (ASH)…

The past and future of the EU Blood, Tissues and Cells legislation

Photo credit: Ineke Oostveen

Blood, tissues and cells (BTC) are used in medicine and in hematology on a daily basis.

SWG Grant-funded projects, 2023

In November and December of 2022, SWGs were invited to develop project ideas and apply for a 2023 SWG Grant. ApplicationsWe received nine different applications from six SWGs.