EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The Education Commitee is responsible for reviewing abstracts and selecting those to be presented Annual Meetings, monitor the Constitution and By-Laws for needed amendments as circumstances dictate, being available to the Board for drafting of changes to the By-Law the Board deems advisable, and presenting the Board with an annual assessment of the Constitution and By-Laws. The current members are:
Milen Minkov, Chair
St. Anna Children's Hospital - Vienna, Austria
Karin Beutel
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - Hamburg, Germany
Rima Jubran
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California, USA
Naoko Kinugawa
Showa University - Tokyo, Japan
Kenneth McClain
Texas Children's Clinical Care Center & Hematology Service - Houston, Texas, USA
Kim Nichols
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Diego Rosso
Hospital Garrahan - Buenos Aires, Argentina
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee is responsible for review proposals for research and related activities according to guidelines developed by the Board and making recommendations to the Board, and present the Board with annual reports and plans concerning the Society’s research activities. This Committee also reviews the applications submitted through the Histiocytosis Association of America's annual research funding program. The current members are:
Stefaan van Gool, Chair
University Hospital Gasthuisberg - Leuven, Belgium
Itziar Astigarraga
Hospital de Cruces - Baracaldo, Spain
K. Scott Baker
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jean Donadieu
Hospital Trousseau - Paris, France
Riccardo Haupt
Gaslini Children's Hospital - Genova, Italy
Eishi Ishii
Saga Medical Center - Saga, Japan
Michael Jordan
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
STUDY GROUPS
The Histiocyte Society has formed a variety of Study Groups that each focus on particular histiocytic disorders or a particular aspect of one of these diseases. Each year the Society issues a newsletter containing reports from some or all of these Study Groups. A selection of those reports are available for your review. Our thanks are extended to the members of the Histiocyte Society for sharing this information with the HAA.
Adult Histiocytosis Study Group
Maurizio Aricò, Chair
Ospedale dei Bambini "G. Di Cristina" - Palermo, Italy
Epidemiology/Late Effects Study Group
Riccardo Haupt, Co-Chair -- Gaslini Children's Hospital - Genova, Italy
Vasanta Nanduri, Co-Chair -- Watford General Hospital - Watford Hertfordshire, UK
HLH Study Group
Jan-Inge Henter, Chair
Karolinska Hospital - Stockholm, Sweden
LCH III Study Group
Helmut Gadner, Chair
St. Anna Children's Hospital - Vienna, Austria
LCH-CNS Study Group
Nicole Grois, Chair
St. Anna Children's Hospital - Vienna, Austria
LCH-HCT Study Group
K. Scott Baker, Chair
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
LCH-S Study Group
Jean Donadieu, Chair
Hospital Trousseau - Paris, France
Malignant Disorders Study Group
Kenneth McClain, Chair
Texas Children's Clinical Care Center & Hematology Service - Houston, Texas, USA
Pathology Study Group
Ronald Jaffe, Chair
Children's Hospital - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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