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Thrombocytopenias and Platelet Function Disorders

The SWG was established at the 2003 EHA Congress, which was held in Lyon, France. The group's original focus was thrombocytopenias, but it subsequently expanded its field of interest with the inclusion of platelet function disorders.

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Chairs and Members

ChairGiancarlo Castaman, University of Florence - Careggi University Hospital, Florence (Italy)

Co-chairAnna Falanga, University of Milan Bicocca and Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (Italy)

SWG Steering Committee
Ajay K Kakkar, Thrombosis Research Institute, London (United Kingdom)
Augusto Federici, University of Milan, University Hospital Luigi…

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Research

Research in hematology has dramatically improved our understanding of hematologic diseases and resulted in many innovative, groundbreaking discoveries.

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Chairs and members

Chair (2024–2027)
Elizabeth Macintyre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades et Université Paris, France
Vice-Chair (2024–2027)
Margarita Guenova, National Specialised Hospital for Active Treatment of Haematological Diseases, Belgium
Steering Committee (2024–2027)
Monika Brüggemann, University Hospital Kiel, Germany (ESHLO)
Francesco Buccisano, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy (SWG on Diagnosis…

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Targeting the B-cell Receptor in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas

In collaboration with Dr. Lou Staudt, Pharmacyclics and associate investigators, we performed a clinical trial of a very potent inhibitor of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) called ibrutinib.

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Aging and Hematology

The SWG "Aging and Hematology" has four main goals for the next four years (2019-2023):

To share clinically useful tools in assessing frailty and comorbidities in older adults with hematologic malignancies.

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EHA, in partnership with ISTH, award two fellows to support global educational opportunities

EHA and the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) jointly awarded two joint ISTH-EHA Training Fellowships to Araci Rondon (The Netherlands) and Dianne van der Wal (Australia).

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