The Royal College of Pathologists and British Society for Haematology are delighted to announce their joint session for the BSH Annual Scientific Meeting which will be held in Glasgow 27-29 April 2025.
The annual John Dacie Lecture will take place on Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 13.30, in honour of Sir John Vivian Dacie, 1912-2005. ‘JV’, as he was respectfully and affectionately known, is considered the forefather of laboratory haematology. His research and education in critical assessment of laboratory data, to obtain diagnoses and solve complex clinical problems, contributed significantly to our understanding of the pathophysiology of blood.
A fitting candidate for this year’s lecture is Professor Andreas Greinacher, at Universitätsmedizin Greifswald in Germany. Through development of techniques in laboratory investigation, Andreas has made significant scientific breakthroughs. These include identifying the genetic basis of the HNA-3a antigen responsible for TRALI, pioneering an immune-based treatment for hemolytic uremic syndrome during the E- coli outbreak in 2011, and advancing the understanding of platelet factor 4 immunothrombotic disorders. These advances have been life-saving and it is the latter topic that Andreas will be talking about; how developments in laboratory technique enabled the understanding, diagnosis and management of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this field has progressed since then.
Sue Pavord, President of BSH
