Committees
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