Chairs and Members

Chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Josef Vormoor—Professor of Hematological Malignancies in Children, University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Co-chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Maria Ester Bernardo—Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Research Unit, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (Italy)

SWG Steering Committee members (2024–2027 term)
SWG Secretary—Francesco Saglio, AOU Città…

Highlights of the SWG

SWG business meetingWe held a key strategic SWG business meeting on November 29, 2023, at the EHA offices in The Hague. During the meeting, we discussed the future plans and priorities of our SWG.

Publications

In collaboration with SIOPE, we have developed a syllabus for pediatric hematology (non-malignant and malignant) which will be officially launched in 2024. The syllabus will be the basis for our future activities in the educational space.

Highlights from the SWG

Project groupsPan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA) projectThe European Blood Alliance has provided funding for a health science data project entitled: ‘Towards a Pan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA).

Chairs and Members

The EHA SWG commenced in 2020, but initial work was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We therefore started in 2021, in preparation for a (successful) SWG meeting in 2022.

Transfusion

The aim of this SWG is to strengthen and invigorate European research in transfusion, to foster new networks and collaborations, with the ultimate goal of optomisingtransfusion practice in Europe based on scientific evidence.

Publications

Experience With IVDR Implementation in Three Diagnostic Laboratories: Messages to EU Health Institutions, Diagnostic Healthcare Payers, and Authorities

Lubbers, Bart R. ; Dombrink, Isabel; Kalina, Tomas; Hofmans, Mattias; Bruun, Morten S. ; Stanworth, Simon J. ; Béné, Marie C.

2024 winners

Freelance Event / Project Manager Congress (ZZP)

Hematologic diseases afflict millions of Europeans each year. The European Hematology Association (EHA), located in The Hague (Netherlands), is a non-profit professional association serving clinicians and researchers with an active interest in hematology in Europe and beyond.

EHA-BMSH Balkan Hematology Tutorial

EHA is joining the Bulgarian Medical Society of Hematology (BMSH) to organize the EHA-BMSH Balkan Hematology Tutorial on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.