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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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David Grimwade Award

In 2017, EHA established a new award in honor of the late David Grimwade, for his great involvement and contribution to the European Hematology Association and its scientific activities as Board Member, TRTH Co-Director and Chair of the Scientific Program…

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La Cantera coaching

Disease-orientated training courses for young clinicians and researchers, inspired by a world-renowned football academy model. Call for interest from SWGs
In 2025, EHA will fund an additional course based on the La Cantera model.

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Multi-center acute myeloid leukemia study update, December 2023

A project update from Prof Maria Teresa Voso. We successfully completed the data collection and harmonization phases, and are now in the process of data analysis.

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EHA-Balkan Hematology Day 2023

EHA is joining forces with the national societies from the Balkan countries and co-organizing with them the 4th edition of the EHA-Balkan Hematology Day.

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EHA reaffirms commitment to hematology's future with new brand identity

The European Hematology Association (EHA) is thrilled to announce the launch of our new brand identity. This includes a refreshed logo, updated color palette, and a new slogan, marking a significant milestone in our journey.

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EHA-EMBL/EBI Computational Biology Training in Hematology

The CBTH 2025 call for applications is now closed.

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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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Exciting developments in Lymphoma (lymphnode cancer) and Myeloma (plasma cell cancer) to be presented at European Hematology Congress in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

Myeloma, until recently a fatal bone marrow malignancy with a short survival time, is now turning into a chronic disease.

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