The day had a focus on translational haematology with talks on wide-ranging topics such as transfusion medicine and big data, systematic review and meta-analysis, lymphoma clinical trials, organoids and their applicability across haematology, paediatric haematology, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, immune microniches, and the Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre.
The day was finished with a talk from Dr Sue Pavord, President of the British Society for Haematology (BSH), with a talk on future plans for BSH research in the UK.
This year the OCH Doug Higgs Poster Prize was won by Zoë Wong (pictured above, receiving her award from Dr Nikki Curry) who presented her winning scientific abstract on 'Implementing human bone marrow organoids to interrogate microenvironmental influences on the efficacy of blood cancer immunotherapies'.
Well done Zoe, and congratulations also to the runner-up, Stephanie Taylor, who presented her clinical abstract on “Using evidence-based co-design to develop a virtual based exercise intervention that aims to increase confidence to exercise in persons with haemophilia”.