A clinician’s guide to building meaningful media relationships
We often focus on clinical excellence, but spend less time developing broader skills that could help us better lead with purpose and build more fulfilling, impactful careers.
In this episode, part of a mini-series in partnership with LEADderm, Dr Jennifer Soung and Denise Mann explore how clinicians can engage with the media to educate, empower and extend their impact beyond the clinic.
ASH25: Top abstracts in non-malignant haematology
The 67th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition spotlighted many pivotal trial results across non-malignant haematology including immune thrombocytopenia, bleeding disorders, iron deficiency, von Willebrand disease, cancer-associated hematologic complications and more. We break down some of the most important abstracts presented, and what this might mean for future clinical practice.
Frontline immunotherapy: Treating older adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
In this edition of Haematology Horizons, we speak with Dr Hannah Levavi about the transformative role of immunotherapy in ALL. Dr. Levavi highlights how agents such as blinatumomab, inotuzumab and CD19-directed CAR-T therapies are reshaping frontline approaches, particularly for older or unfit patients traditionally unable to tolerate intensive chemotherapy.
EBMT 2026: Advancing gene therapy in primary immunodeficiencies
At EBMT26, Prof Claire Booth presented a plenary session on gene therapy in primary immunodeficiencies. In this interview, she reflects on the field’s most important milestones, how gene therapy compares with allogeneic transplantation, and the critical challenge of ensuring patients can actually access these transformative treatments.
01. A clinician’s guide to building meaningful media relationships
02. ASH25: Top abstracts in non-malignant haematology
03. Frontline immunotherapy: Treating older adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
04. EBMT 2026: Advancing gene therapy in primary immunodeficiencies
Your clinical career is shaped not only by what you know, but by who helps you navigate what comes next. Join us for the final episode in our mini-series exploring non-clinical skills that can help you thrive in your clinical ...
We often focus on clinical excellence, but spend less time developing broader skills that could help us better lead with purpose and build more fulfilling, impactful careers. In this episode, part of a mini-series in partnership with LEADderm, Dr Jennifer Soung and Denise Mann explore how clinicians can engage with the media to educate, empower and extend their impact beyond the clinic.
Whether you’re working in an agency, in a clinical role, or in academia, many healthcare professionals wonder what lies behind the doors of the pharmaceutical industry. In this episode, Gina is joined by Sian Kneller, Director of Global Content Design at GSK and Founder of The Agency Advantage, to unpack exactly what it takes to make the leap. With over 20 years’ experience, from medical writer to leading global medical affairs strategy, Sian now helps others make a successful move into pharma. In this episode she shares what the transition really looks like, which transferable skills matter most, and how you can stand out in a competitive field.
Isatuximab is a CD38-receptor targeted monoclonal antibody approved as a combination therapy for the treatment of RRMM in patients who have received 1 to 3 lines of prior therapy.
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Few alliances have impacted patient care as significantly as the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Research Consortium (MPN-RC). Established in 2006, the MPN-RC is an international group dedicated to advancing research and developing innovative treatment strategies for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). In this episode, we speak with John Mascarenhas, MD, about the coalition's founding, operational mechanics and how their efforts have led to paradigm-shifting therapies in the field.
“We are facing an exciting era of fast-paced drug development in acute myeloid leukaemia” writes Gianfranco Bittar and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, in a review published in touchREVIEWS in Oncology & Haematology. In 2020, there were ...
Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2A rearrangements (KMT2Ar) and mutant nucleophosmin 1 (mNPM1) occur in approximately 5–10% and 30% of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), respectively.1,2 Both mutations are associated with the founding events in the development of leukaemia.1 In particular, KMT2Ar functions ...
Frontline treatment with azacitidine plus venetoclax (AZA/VEN) significantly improved remission rates and survival duration for older, frail and high-risk patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in the pivotal VIALE-A trial.1 The combination is approved for use in this setting,2 ...
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Introducing the Expert Faculty of touchHEMATOLOGY, who support our mission to advance medical knowledge and practice by ensuring the integrity, relevance, and impact of the content we publish. Together, we strive to foster a vibrant academic community and contribute to the continuous improvement of healthcare worldwide.
Jorge Cortes
Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
Leukaemia
Martin Hutchings
Advisory Board Member
Martin Hutchings
Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lymphoma
Biography
Dr Hutchings has been the Chairman of the EORTC lymphoma group since 2013 and a faculty member for the EHA Clinical Research Training in Haematology programme.
He is a member of the scientific committee for the European Haematology Association National and has been principal investigator or sub-investigator for >25 solid tumour and haematology phase I trials and >20 lymphoma and myeloma phase II and phase III trials. He is the national principal investigator for three mantle cell lymphoma trials (one ongoing and two planned) and three Hodgkin lymphoma trials.
He is the co-author of the international response criteria and guidelines for the use of imaging in lymphoma and the European society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines for Hodgkin lymphoma and ’ultra high-risk’ lymphomas.
Jorge Cortes
Advisory Board Member
Pinkal Desai
Advisory Board Member
Pinkal Desai
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Leukaemia
Biography
Pinkal Desai MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Physician at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
After obtaining her MBBS at Byramjeejeebhoy Medical College in India in 2005, Dr. Desai obtained an MPH at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. Following her residency at Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, she underwent fellowship training in Hematology-Medical Oncology at Providence Hospital Medical Center, serving as Chief Fellow from 2012-2013. Dr. Desai was recruited to serve in our Leukemia Program to develop a clinical practice devoted to leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). She will be developing clinical and translational research protocols and projects in the areas of leukemia, MDS and MPN.
Dr. Desai is published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention and International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics. She is the lead author and co-author on numerous WHI (Women’s Health Initiative) paper proposals and has presented abstracts at national meetings. She is a member of American Society of Hematology (ASH) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and has served on the ASCO University Committee.
Martin Hutchings
Advisory Board Member
John Mascarenhas
Faculty member
John Mascarenhas
New York, USA
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Biography
Dr John Mascarenhas is a Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and a member of the Tisch Cancer Institute in New York City. Dr Mascarenhas is the Director of Center of Excellence in Blood Cancers and Myeloid Disorders, Director of the Adult Leukemia Program, and Leader of Clinical Research within the Myeloproliferative Disorders Program at Mount Sinai. As a clinical investigator in malignant hematology with a focus in translational research involving MPNs, he is primarily responsible for the clinical trials portion of the Myeloproliferative Disorders Program at ISMMS. Dr Mascarenhas is also the Principal Investigator (PI) of the clinical trials project within the National Cancer Institute sponsored Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Research Consortium (MPN-RC). He has served as PI or Study Chair of multiple investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored early and late phase clinical trials evaluating innovative approaches to the treatment of MPNs and secondary acute leukemia.
Pinkal Desai
Advisory Board Member
Jorge Cortes
Advisory Board Member
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