Trainee Committee

The EBMT trainee committee was established in 2021, on behalf of the young ambassadors 2020, with the overall aim of addressing the specific needs of trainees working in bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy, as well as providing advice and support for trainees at all levels. The group is composed of trainees and young investigators with a broad range of experience and interests and serves to provide a platform for trainees to engage with the wider EBMT community.

Trainee Committee Chairs & Vice Co-Chairs

Esra Gülderen

CO-CHAIRPERSON TRAINEE COMMITTEE

Finland

@gulderenesra

Alexandros Rampotas

CO-CHAIRPERSON TRAINEE COMMITTEE

United Kingdom

@ARampotas

Candice Hendricks

VICE CO-CHAIRPERSON TRAINEE COMMITTEE

South Africa

Luca Vinci

VICE CO-CHAIRPERSON TRAINEE COMMITTEE

Germany

Members

Adrian Matthew Maraj, Educational taskforce, CMWP, UK
Akshay Deshpande, Organisation of events, HWP, UK
Aleksandra Oszer, Educational taskforce, Organisation of events, PDWP, Poland
Ana Carolina Lemos Freitas, Educational taskforce, SAAWP, Portugal
Ana Zelić Kerep, Communication, Educational taskforce, ALWP, Croatia
Angeliki Georgopoulou, Educational taskforce, ALWP, Greece
Andrés Vásconez, Educational taskforce, Communication, HWP, USA
Beatrice Araújo Duarte, IEWP, Brazil
Benedetta Elena Di Majo, Organisation of events, PDWP, Italy
Bianca Constantin, Educational taskforce, LWP, Romania
Catherine Samwel Mhando, Educational taskforce, HWP, Tanzania
Céline Grégoire, Communication, CTIWP, Belgium
Daniel Angelov, Communication, PDWP, Ireland
Dinesh Viruvanti, Educational taskforce, Communication, TCWP, India
Domas Vaitiekus, Educational taskforce, Organisation of events, TCWP, Lithuania
Edoardo Muratore, Educational taskforce, Communication, PDWP, Italy
Emine Merve Savas, Educational taskforce, TCWP, Türkiye
Fabio Andreozzi, Trainee Committee Research portfolio, ALWP, Belgium
Giorgio Orofino, Organisation of events, ADWP, Italy
Giuliano Velasquez, Educational taskforce, Communication, CTIWP, Germany
Héctor Alejandro Vaquera Alfaro, Educational taskforce, TCWP, México
Jorge Illarramendi, Communication, ALWP, France
Juhi Mehrotra, Communication, India
Katherine Colman, Organisation of events, PDWP, Australia
Kiavasch Farid, Educational taskforce, Communication, CTIWP, Germany
Kyriaki Paschoudi, Organisation of events, HWP, Greece
Linda Rossini, Educational taskforce, IEWP, Italy
Mane Gizhlaryan, Educational taskforce, PDWP, Armenia
Maria Ebbesen Sørum, Educational taskforce, IEWP, Denmark
Mi Zhou, Educational taskforce, China
Miriam Sánchez Escamilla, Educational taskforce, CTIWP, Spain
Mohammad Tarek Mansour Ahmad Aly, Educational taskforce, CTIWP, Egypt
Mustafa Güven, Educational taskforce, TCWP, Türkiye
Nerses Ghahramanyan, Educational taskforce, Armenia
Saad Nasir, Educational taskforce, LWP, Pakistan
Samantha Fierro Saenz, Educational taskforce, PDWP, México
Sara Vallejo Diez, Educational taskforce, CTIWP. Spain
Suyanee Thongchot, Communication CTIWP, Thailand
Thays Araújo Freire de Sá, Educational taskforce, LWP, Brazil
Virginia Meda Spaccamela, Communication, Switzerland

Increase quality of training and education across EBMT centres
Formalize translational training in BMT and cellular therapy
Increase awareness and establish the role of the EBMT Exam and the EBMT International Transplant Course
Encourage medical students and young haematologists to consider a career in BMT and cellular therapy
Address inequalities in BMT and cellular therapy exposure and education amongst medical students and trainees internationally
Promote and advise about the needs of trainees in EBMT Working Parties and Committees

Organisation of the Trainee Day at the Annual Meeting of the EBMT
Co-organisation of the EBMT International Transplant and Cellular Therapies Course
Co-organisation of the EBMT/EHA European CAR-T Meeting
The EBMT E-Learning Taskforce
The EBMT Mentorship Programme
The EBMT Fellowship Programme
Chimera, an e-Learning platform from trainees to trainees
The Graft
Trainee Pearls
Clinical case series
The EBMT Trainee Committee research activities & projects
Collaborations with The EBMT Working Parties
Promotion of the EBMT Exam
Communication through Social Media Networks

Increase awareness and representation of the needs of trainees among the EBMT Society by establishing a close collaborative working relationship with the EBMT Board, task forces, Committees, and Working Parties
Provide a platform for trainees to establish themselves within the EBMT community and encourage EBMT centres to communicate available positions
Committee members meet face-to-face at least yearly at the Annual Meeting and through teleconferences on a monthly basis

The Graft Podcast Series

A podcast by the EBMT Trainee Committee exploring the latest in stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy, hematologic malignancies, and cutting-edge medical research, plus burden of disease, and humanity. Each episode features in-depth conversations with an esteemed guest from a range of different disciplines, backgrounds and hospitals across the world.

Trainee Pearls Podcast Series

An initiative of the EBMT Trainee Committee designed to highlight key insights (“the pearls”) from high-impact research in haematology and bone marrow transplantation. In each episode a selected research article will be discussed directly with young authors who have been involved with the published work. Topics will span from classical hematology to more focused bone marrow transplant research.