Awards at the 51st Annual Meeting of the EBMT

OPENING CEREMONY

HONORARY MEMBERS: 

In recognition of their invaluable and exceptional contributions to haematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapy, as well as their dedicated service to EBMT.

EBMT PHYSICIANS AWARDS

VAN BEKKUM AWARD to Gunjan L. Shah (United States) for the abstract INITIAL RESULTS OF THE LUMINICE-203 STUDY INVESTIGATING ACIMTAMIG WITH OFF-THE-SHELF ALLOGENEIC NATURAL KILLER CELLS (ALLONK®) IN RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

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BASIC SCIENCE AWARD to Konradin Müskens (The Netherlands) for the abstract PREVALENCE AND ORIGIN OF CLONAL HEMATOPOIESIS IN LONG-TERM SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION

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JIAN-JIAN LUAN AWARD FOR LYMPHOMA TRANSPLANT RESEARCH to Magdalena Corona (United States) for the abstract COMPREHENSIVE GENOMIC AND PHENOTYPIC PROFILING OF CD19 IN LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA PATIENTS RECEIVING CAR-T THERAPY

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JON J. VAN ROOD AWARD to Janaki Manoja Vinnakota (Germany) for the paper Targeting TGFβ-activated kinase-1 activation in microglia reduces CAR T immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome

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JON J. VAN ROOD AWARD to Nicoletta Cieri (United States) for the paper Systematic identification of minor histocompatibility antigens predicts outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

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DIETRICH NIETHAMMER AWARD to Peter Bader (Germany)

CONTEST SESSION WINNER: Cristobal Frutos-Ortiz (Paraguay) for his essay and presentation titled: AI (Artificial Intelligence) vs RI (Real Intelligence): WHERE DO WE MEET?

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BEST YOUNG ABSTRACTS AWARDS

11 BEST YOUNG ABSTRACT AWARDS

1. Jonathan Bordat (France) for the abstract NSAIDS: A SIMPLE THERAPY FOR MANAGING GHOSAL HEMATODIAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA, A RARE BONE MARROW FAILURE DIAGNOSIS WORTH CONSIDERING
2. Magdalena Corona ((United States of America)) for the abstract COMPREHENSIVE GENOMIC AND PHENOTYPIC PROFILING OF CD19 IN LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA PATIENTS RECEIVING CAR-T THERAPY
3. Konradin Müskens (The Netherlands) for the abstract PREVALENCE AND ORIGIN OF CLONAL HEMATOPOIESIS IN LONG-TERM SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION
4. Yeqian Zhao (China) for the abstract IMPACT OF TP53 VARIANTS AND GERMLINE MUTATIONS ON ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOMES IN AML/MDS PATIENTS: A MULTI-CENTER COHORT STUDY
5. Nico Gagelmann (Germany) for the abstract CILTA-CEL OR IDE-CEL AND RESPONSE DYNAMICS IN RELAPSED REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA: A REAL-WORD ANALYSIS OF DRST/DSMM/GMMG
6. Fabian Freitag (Germany) for the abstract DISTINCT PREFERENCES OF CD8+ AND CD4+ CAR-T CELLS FOR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENHANCEMENT
7. Yishan Ye (China) for the abstract SUPERIOR GRFS FOR HAPLOIDENTICAL TRANSPLANT WITH PTCY THAN MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR FOR AML PATIENTS TRANSPLANTED IN CR2: A STUDY FROM THE ALWP OF THE EBMT
8. Mathias Schäfersküpper (Germany) for the abstract RECONSTRUCTING SKELETAL HOMEOSTASIS THROUGH ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN MYELOFIBROSIS
9. Houli Zhao (China) for the abstract LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF CAR-T THERAPY FOLLOWED BY HAPLOIDENTICAL HSCT FOR RELAPSED/REFRACTORY ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: A MULTI-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
10. Jan Robert Heusel (Germany) for the abstract TBI/ETOPOSIDE VS. CHEMOCONDITIONING FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS (AYAS) WITH HIGH-RISK ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL): WEIGHING THE RISKS OF INCREASED TOXICITY
11. Benedetta Elena Di Majo (Italy) for the abstract SINGLE UNRELATED CORD-BLOOD VERSUS UNMANIPULATED HAPLOIDENTIAL HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION USING PT-CY IN PEDIATRIC AML: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON BEHALF OF THE EBMT-PDWP AND CTIWP

7 BEST YOUNG POSTER AWARDS

1. Giulia Losi (Italy) for the abstract THE ROLE OF FUNCTIONAL RESPIRATORY TESTS IN PRE-CAR T-CELL THERAPY SCREENING: NECESSITY OR REDUNDANCY?
2. Ping Wang (China) for the abstract HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR VERY EARLY-ONSET INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE CAUSED BY INTERLEUKIN-10 RECEPTOR DEFICIENCY
3. Xiaoying Zhang (China) for the abstract LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF NONREMISSION RELAPSED/REFRACTORY DLBCL WITH CAR T-CELL COCKTAIL THERAPY ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ASCT
4. Luxiang Wang (China) for the abstract MYELODYSPLASIA-RELATED GENETIC MUTATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURVIVAL FOLLOWING HMA MAINTENANCE TREATMENT AFTER ALLO-HSCT IN ADULT AML PATIENTS WITH ADVERSE-RISK
5. Karima Al-Akioui Sanz (Spain) for the abstract ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY WITH MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTES TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN IMMUNCOMPROMISED PATIENTS
6. Yuhua Ru (China) for the abstract HAPLOIDENTICAL VERSUS MUD HCT FOR ADULT PATIENTS WITH R/R ALL: A STUDY FROM THE GLOBAL COMMITTEE AND THE ALWP OF THE EBMT
7. Yuhua Ru (China) for the abstract ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOMES OF MDS/AML: A MULTICENTER STUDY OF RISK VERIFICATION AND MATCHED ANALYSIS

SPRINGER NATURE POSTER AWARDS

Best Clinical Poster Award to Meghan Chafee (United States) for the poster INVESTIGATIONAL LIVE BIOTHERAPEUTIC SER-155 : BIOMARKER INSIGHTS FROM A PHASE 1B STUDY IN ADULTS UNDERGOING ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION (ALLO-HCT) 

Best Basic Science Poster Award to Evelyn Ullrich (Germany) for the poster EDITED ALLOGENEIC BCMA-CAR NK CELLS AS INNOVATIVE THERAPEUTIC CONCEPT FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA

EBMT NURSES GROUP AWARDS

17^th DISTINGUISHED MERIT AWARD to Stefano Botti (Italy), in recognition of his invaluable and exceptional contributions to nursing and patient care in the fields of haematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapy, as well as his dedicated service to the EBMT Nurses Group.

BEST ADULT ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACT AWARD to Chiara Visintini (Italy) for the abstract ADHERENCE TO IMMUNOSUPPRESSORS AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A SUB-ANALYSIS OF THE NURSING INTERVENTION TO STRENGTHEN MEDICATION ADHERENCE AFTER ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANTATION (NISMAT) TRIAL 

BEST PAEDIATRIC ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACT AWARD to Andy Gooding (United Kingdom) for the abstract DRESS FOR SUCCESS: POST THIOTEPA CENTRAL LINE CARE IN CHILDREN, WHAT DO WE DO? 

BEST RESEARCH ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACT AWARD to Anja Schmid (Germany) for the abstract SYMPTOM DISTRESS EVOLUTION OVER THE FIRST YEAR AFTER ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION — A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL SUBSTUDY OF THE SMILE PROJECT 

BEST ADULT POSTER PRESENTATION ABSTRACT AWARD to María Soledad Jiménez Picazo (Spain) for the abstract SCHOOL OF HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS BASED ON PEER-TO-PEER EDUCATION METHOD

BEST PAEDIATRIC POSTER PRESENTATION ABSTRACT AWARD to Johanna Lee (United Kingdom) for the abstract ESCAPING THE FEAR OF SIMULATION - UTILISING ESCAPE ROOMS IN BMT NURSING EDUCATION AND TEAM BUILDING 

EBMT PHARMACISTS AWARDS

BEST PHARMACISTS' ABSTRACTS AWARD to Janine Nijhuis (The Netherlands) for the abstract REAL-WORLD EVALUATION OF ISAVUCONAZOLE IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CANCER AS PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPY FOR INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASE

BEST PHARMACISTS' ABSTRACTS AWARD to Brijesh Gautama (United Kingdom) for the abstract THE IMPACT OF LYMPHODEPLETING CHEMOTHERAPY DOSE MODIFICATIONS ON AXICABTAGENE CILOLEUCEL EXPANSION AND TREATMENT OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY CD19-POSITIVE DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA

BEST PHARMACISTS' ABSTRACTS AWARD to Claudia Langebrake (Germany) for the abstract BUSULFAN PHARMACOKINETICS IN ADULTS – REAL-WORLD DATA

EBMT QUALITY MANAGEMENT AWARD

BEST QUALITY MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT AWARD to Anna Sargent (United Kingdom) for the abstract QUALITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH DIGITISING EXCEPTIONAL RELEASE: STANDARDISATION FOR UNPREDICTABILITY