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

SWG Educational Activities

MeetingsEHA SWG EWALL SymposiumLocation and dateThis meeting was held in Frankfurt in June 2023 as part of EHA2023. TopicPersonalized ALL therapy. ChairNicola Gokbuget

Sessions and speakers
B-cell precursor ALL, the Finnish experience (Kimmo Porkka).

Practical information

When do the meetings take place?
CRTH 2025 timeline is as follows:

Workshop 1: Tuesday, February 4 – Saturday, February 8, 2025
EHA2025 Congress: Thursday, June 12 – Sunday, June 15, 2025
> CRTH Congress session date TBC.

Travel Grants

Travel grant application is now closed 

Travel grants are intended to support young investigators in the region; therefore, applicants should be 40 years of age or young, and are reserved for applicants from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye.

Highlights from the SWG

On November 24, 2022, the SWG on Red Cells and Iron held its annual Business meeting virtually which was chaired by Prof. Ali Taher and Prof. Achille Iolascon.

Addressing the bureaucracy challenge

EHA has recently brought key stakeholders around the table to discuss bureaucratic obstacles in clinical research.

Highlights from the SWG

Impactful activitiesSymposium at EHA2023The SWG held a symposium on ‘2. 0 diagnostics in hematology: the role of AI’ at the EHA2023 Congress. EHA2023 took place from June 8–11, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany.