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Committees Overview

A BHS committee includes a number of clinical and/or laboratory hematologists and/or scientists related to the field of Hematology with special interest and/or competence in a defined topic. A "committee" can also be defined as a "working party" or a "study group". The number of topics related to a particular committee is not limited and not fixed. Names of committees are listed here.

Disease-related

Acute Leukemia Committee

Lymphoma Committee

Myelodysplasia Committee

Myeloma Committee

Myeloproliferative Disorders Committee

Red Blood Cell Disorders Committee

Profession-related

JACIE Committee

Marrow Donor Program Committee

Nurses Committee

Patients Committee

Transplantation Committee

Purposes and activities

Committees must aim to contribute to the advancement of the knowledge in the topic they are related to. Among the recommended methods to fulfill this objective are:

Centralize information from congresses and symposia
Offer a platform for discussion with external experts, representatives from pharmaceutical companies
Organize medical need or similar programs to provide early patient access to new drugs
Deliver common standpoints regarding questions emerging from the field
Provide management recommendations or guidelines
Facilitate clinical research by common contributions to phase II and phase III clinical trials
Facilitate and/or coordinate academic clinical or translational studies
Contribute to the generation of registration data
Make available relevant information through posting on the BHS website or publication

BHS support towards committees

A SOP describing committees’ mission & organization has been developed
Committees annual report are published on the website
A central location (Hof Ter Musschen) has been selected for all committees meetings
with reservations by Seauton International and costs paid by BHS.
A specific page on the website has been developed for each committee → send requests to Seauton International
A committees annual meeting will be organized during the BHS General Annual Meeting

Annual Report

Please find below the template for the committee annual report

Download the template here