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Policy on life events

EHA has a policy on life events and eligibility. If you're submitting a grant application and the policy applies to your circumstances, you can ask us to extend the period of eligibility.

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Patient organizations

EHA greatly values the collaboration with patient organizations in a growing number of areas, from joint advocacy and a strong presence at the EHA Annual Congress – with a prominent place for the EHA-Patient Joint Symposium on policy and regulatory…

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Patient Advocacy Committee

Current committee members
Derek Elston, United Kingdom (Chair)
Samantha Nier, Switzerland (Vice-chair)
Loris Brunetta, Italy (Vice-chair)
Members representing a Patient Advocacy Organization

Organization
Member

Acute Leukaemia Advocates Network (ALAN)

Samantha Nier

CCI Europe

Anita Kienesberger

CLL Advocates Network (CLLAN)

Pierre Aumont

CML Advocates Network

Jan Geissler

European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis (EFAPH)

Dag…

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Helping to shape Europe’s clinical trials landscape: EHA selected for ACT EU advisory group

Improving the design, efficiency and effectiveness of clinical trials is the objective of the Accelerating Clinical Trials in the European Union (ACT EU) initiative.

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Meet Shaun McCann, our July volunteer of the month

Can you tell us what you do for EHA and when you started?
I have been a member of the EHA since its beginning. I began taking part in tutorials in 2007.

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Meet Shaun McCann, our July volunteer of the month

Can you tell us what you do for EHA and when you started?
I have been a member of the EHA since its beginning. I began taking part in tutorials in 2007.

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In Memoriam Professor Emeritus Michel Symann

Dear Colleagues,

My dear friend Professor Emeritus Michel Symann passed away on April 23, 2023 at the age of 81.

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EHA endorses the International COVID-19 Blood Cancer Coalition (ICBCC) Statement

On February 21, the COVID-19 Blood Cancer Coalition (ICBCC), a multi-stakeholder coalition including representatives from the global patient advocacy and clinical community, launched its Joint Patient Impact Statement and Recommendations for protecting immunocompromised blood cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) legislation

EHA’s involvementEHA has been involved in both the evaluation and subsequent revision of the EU legislation on human blood and blood components. The evaluation of these rules, which dated back to 2002, began in 2016.

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Appointment of new EHA Managing Director

The Hague (Netherlands), January 16, 2023. The European Hematology Association (EHA) is pleased to welcome its new Managing Director, Ignacio Quiles Lara, who took up the post on January 9.

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