International Journal of Hematology

ISSN 2997-1036

Editor-in-Chief

  • Prof. Olivia Vance, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Hematologic Malignancies and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy
    • Affiliation: Department of Hematology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

Deputy Editors

  • Prof. Kazuo Tanaka, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Hematopoiesis, Molecular Leukemogenesis, and Stem Cell Biology
    • Affiliation: Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • Prof. Elena Rostova, PhD
    • Specialization: Red Blood Cell Disorders, Erythropoiesis, and Thalassemia Genomics
    • Affiliation: Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Prof. Marcus Dubois, MD
    • Specialization: Clinical Hemostasis, Thrombosis Risk Factors, and Novel Anticoagulants
    • Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France

Senior Editors

  • Prof. Amara Okafor, MBBS, MD
    • Specialization: Hemoglobinopathies, Sickle Cell Disease Management, and Public Health Hematology
    • Affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Prof. Benjamin Neumann, MD
    • Specialization: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance
    • Affiliation: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Prof. Santiago Morales, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
    • Affiliation: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Assoc. Prof. Linette Zhao, PhD
    • Specialization: Bioinformatics in Hematology, Single-Cell RNA Sequencing, and Lymphoma Genomics
    • Affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Prof. David O'Connor, MBChB, MD
    • Specialization: Pediatric Hematology, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and Late Effects of Chemo
    • Affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • Prof. Beatriz Silva, MD
    • Specialization: Transfusion Medicine, Blood Banking Safety, and Apheresis Technologies
    • Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Associate Editors

  • Assoc. Prof. Aris Papadopoulos, MD
    • Specialization: Multiple Myeloma, Proteasome Inhibitors, and Bone Disease in Myeloma
    • Affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Dr. Sarah Jenkins, PhD
    • Specialization: Platelet Physiology, Megakaryopoiesis, and Von Willebrand Disease
    • Affiliation: Platelet Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Assoc. Prof. Rahul Nair, MD, DM
    • Specialization: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD)
    • Affiliation: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Dr. Chloe Dupont, MD
    • Specialization: Lymphoma Pathology, Hodgkin Lymphoma Microenvironment, and Immunotherapy
    • Affiliation: Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
  • Assoc. Prof. Hans-Dieter Weber, MD
    • Specialization: Coagulation Disorders, Hemophilia Gene Therapy, and Rare Bleeding Diatheses
    • Affiliation: University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Dr. Mei-Ling Wu, PhD
    • Specialization: Epigenetics of Leukemia, Histone Modifications, and Targeted Therapeutics
    • Affiliation: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Fraser, MD
    • Specialization: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), JAK2 Inhibitors, and Polycythemia Vera
    • Affiliation: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, United States
  • Dr. Fatima Al-Sayed, MD
    • Specialization: Iron Metabolism Disorders, Hemochromatosis, and Hepcidin Regulation
    • Affiliation: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Alessandro Rossi, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Microenvironment and B-Cell Receptor Signaling
    • Affiliation: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
  • Assoc. Prof. Ingrid Lindstrom, PhD
    • Specialization: Flow Cytometry in Hematology, Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Detection
    • Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Editorial Board Members

  • Dr. Alexei Voronov, MD
    • Specialization: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Induction Therapy and Relapse Mechanisms
    • Affiliation: Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Dr. Sunita Deshmukh, MD, DM
    • Specialization: Aplastic Anemia, Immunosuppressive Therapy, and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
    • Affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Assoc. Prof. Richard Vance, PhD
    • Specialization: Artificial Intelligence in Hematopathology and Digital Image Analysis
    • Affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
  • Dr. Sophie Maes, MD
    • Specialization: Geriatric Hematology, Myeloma in the Elderly, and Frailty Indices
    • Affiliation: KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Dr. Tariq Mansoor, PhD
    • Specialization: Nanotechnology in Hematology, Targeted Drug Delivery for Lymphoma
    • Affiliation: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Assoc. Prof. Yuki Saito, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Cord Blood Transplantation, Hematopoietic Niche Biology, and Engraftment Kinetics
    • Affiliation: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Dr. Rachel Green, PhD
    • Specialization: Neutrophil Biology, Innate Immunity in Hematology, and Neutropenia
    • Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Carlos Mendez, MD
    • Specialization: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism, and Thrombophilia Screening
    • Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Dr. Agnieszka Kowalski, PhD
    • Specialization: MicroRNAs in B-cell Malignancies and Biomarker Discovery
    • Affiliation: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Ibrahim Diallo, MD
    • Specialization: Tropical Hematology, Nutritional Anemias, and Malaria-Induced Hemolysis
    • Affiliation: Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
  • Dr. Fiona Gallagher, MBChB
    • Specialization: Obstetric Hematology, Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy, and Pre-eclampsia Coagulation
    • Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • Dr. Kim Ji-Hoon, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: T-Cell Lymphomas, Natural Killer (NK) Cell Malignancies, and Targeted Immunotherapy
    • Affiliation: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  • Assoc. Prof. Mariana Costa, PhD
    • Specialization: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging, Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP)
    • Affiliation: University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Dr. Christopher Miller, MD
    • Specialization: Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP), and Rituximab Protocols
    • Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
  • Dr. Anita Novak, MD
    • Specialization: Pediatric Hemostasis, Neonatal Thrombosis, and Inherited Platelet Disorders
    • Affiliation: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • Dr. Chen Wei, PhD
    • Specialization: CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing in Hematopoietic Cells, Beta-Thalassemia Gene Correction
    • Affiliation: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Assoc. Prof. Lars Erikson, MD
    • Specialization: Myelofibrosis Pathology, Splenomegaly Management, and JAK Inhibitor Combinations
    • Affiliation: University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  • Dr. Maria Dumitru, MD
    • Specialization: Secondary Malignancies after Hodgkin Lymphoma Therapy and Long-term Survivorship
    • Affiliation: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Dr. Samuel Mensah, PhD
    • Specialization: Phytomedicine in Sickle Cell Management and Anti-sickling Agent Screening
    • Affiliation: University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
  • Dr. Isabella Ricci, MD
    • Specialization: Plasma Cell Leukemia, High-Risk Myeloma, and Minimal Residual Disease Tracking
    • Affiliation: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • Assoc. Prof. Thomas Wright, PhD
    • Specialization: Erythropoietin Signaling pathways, Hypoxia-Inducible Factors (HIF) in Anemia
    • Affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Dr. Noha El-Shamy, MD
    • Specialization: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), Arsenic Trioxide Protocols, and Differentiation Syndrome
    • Affiliation: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Dr. Jan De Vries, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Quality Control and Graft Processing
    • Affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Assoc. Prof. Sandra Gaviria, MD
    • Specialization: Lymphopressive Disorders, Castleman Disease, and Histiocytic Neoplasms
    • Affiliation: Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Dr. Oliver Davies, PhD
    • Specialization: Thrombus Biomechanics, Shear Stress in Platelet Activation, and Microfluidic Models
    • Affiliation: Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Park Min-Soo, MD
    • Specialization: Large Granular Lymphocytic (LGL) Leukemia and Pure Red Cell Aplasia
    • Affiliation: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  • Assoc. Prof. Eleni Georgiou, MD
    • Specialization: Transfusion-Transmitted Infections, Pathogen Reduction Technologies
    • Affiliation: University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Dr. Robert Szabo, PhD
    • Specialization: Proteomics in Hematology, Plasma Biomarkers for Early Lymphoma Detection
    • Affiliation: Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr. Emily Watson, MD
    • Specialization: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and Non-Heparin Anticoagulation Strategies
    • Affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States
  • Assoc. Prof. Kwamena Appiah, PhD
    • Specialization: G6PD Deficiency Epidemiology, Hemolytic Triggers, and Global Health Hematology
    • Affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  • Dr. Luciana Moreira, MD
    • Specialization: Burkitt Lymphoma, Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and Viral Oncogenesis
    • Affiliation: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Dr. Andreas Keller, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Mastocytosis, Systemic Mast Cell Activation Syndromes, and KIT Mutation Targeted Therapy
    • Affiliation: LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
  • Assoc. Prof. Zara Khan, PhD
    • Specialization: Hematopoietic Microenvironment, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, and Leukemic Niche Protection
    • Affiliation: Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Dr. William Turner, MD
    • Specialization: Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitors, and Resistance Mechanisms
    • Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
  • Dr. Nicole Bonnet, MD
    • Specialization: Cryoglobulinemia, Waldenström Macroglobulinemia, and Cold Agglutinin Disease
    • Affiliation: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
  • Assoc. Prof. Hiroshi Yamamoto, PhD
    • Specialization: Megakaryocytic Polyploidy, Platelet Production In Vitro, and Bioreactor Scaling
    • Affiliation: Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
  • Dr. Carmen Ortiz, MD
    • Specialization: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), Macrophage Activation Syndrome
    • Affiliation: Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
  • Dr. Joseph Ndlovu, MBChB
    • Specialization: HIV-Associated Lymphomas, Cytopenias in Antiretroviral Therapy
    • Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Assoc. Prof. Rachel Levin, PhD
    • Specialization: Coagulation Factor Structure, FVIII Inhibitor Formation, and Epitope Mapping
    • Affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • Dr. Daniel Taylor, MD
    • Specialization: Chronic Neutropenia, Cyclic Neutropenia Mechanisms, and G-CSF Therapy Optimization
    • Affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, United States
  • Dr. Veronique Dubois, MD
    • Specialization: Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, Blood-Brain Barrier Drug Penetration
    • Affiliation: Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Assoc. Prof. Sanjay Gupta, MD, DM
    • Specialization: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Minimal Residual Disease Testing, Flow Cytometry Panels
    • Affiliation: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
  • Dr. Lin Wei-Chun, PhD
    • Specialization: Long Non-Coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in Hematopoiesis, Post-Transcriptional Regulation
    • Affiliation: National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Dr. Alice Møller, MD
    • Specialization: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), Triple-Positive APS Management, and Pregnancy Outcomes
    • Affiliation: Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Assoc. Prof. George Brooks, MD
    • Specialization: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Subtyping, R-CHOP Resistance Mutations
    • Affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States
  • Dr. Elena Popova, PhD
    • Specialization: Iron Overload Kinetics, Cardiac T2* MRI Mapping, and Chelation Therapy Safety
    • Affiliation: Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Dr. Mateo Silva, MD
    • Specialization: Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD), EBV-Driven Lymphomagenesis

* Affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  • Assoc. Prof. Karen Thompson, PhD
    • Specialization: Platelet-Leukocyte Aggregates, Vascular Inflammation, and Atherothrombosis Kinetics
    • Affiliation: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Dr. Yusuf Al-Mansoori, MD
    • Specialization: Hereditary Spherocytosis, Elliptocytosis Diagnostics, and Splenectomy Indications
    • Affiliation: United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
  • Dr. Maria Hansen, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Eosinophilic Leukemia, Hypereosinophilic Syndromes, and FIP1L1-PDGFRalpha Diagnostics
    • Affiliation: Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Assoc. Prof. Peter O'Brien, PhD
    • Specialization: Heme Biosynthesis Pathways, Porphyria Molecular Genetics, and Enzyme Replacement
    • Affiliation: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Dr. Anna Weber, MD
    • Specialization: Essential Thrombocythemia (ET), Calreticulin (CALR) Mutations, and Interferon Therapy
    • Affiliation: University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Dr. Jiang Yue, PhD
    • Specialization: Zebrafish Models of Hematopoiesis, Vascular Development, and Chemical Genetic Screens
    • Affiliation: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • Assoc. Prof. Luis Torres, MD
    • Specialization: Marginal Zone Lymphoma, MALT Lymphoma Antibiotic Eradication Therapy
    • Affiliation: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Dr. Katherine Foster, MD
    • Specialization: T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL), NOTCH1 Pathways, and Gamma-Secretase Inhibitors
    • Affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, United States
  • Dr. Michal Lewandowksi, PhD
    • Specialization: Fibrin Clot Structure, Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays (TEG/ROTEM), and Trauma Coagulation
    • Affiliation: Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
  • Assoc. Prof. Jeanne Mwamba, MD
    • Specialization: Pediatric Anemias, Severe Malarial Anemia Pathophysiology, and Micronutrient Deficiency
    • Affiliation: University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dr. Sophia Castiglione, MD
    • Specialization: Polycythemia Vera Cytoreduction Strategies, Phlebotomy Target Parameters, and Thrombotic Events
    • Affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • Dr. David Kim, PhD
    • Specialization: DNA Methylation Profiling in Leukemia, Ten-Eleven Translocation (TET2) Mutations
    • Affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Assoc. Prof. Fatima Al-Jamil, MD
    • Specialization: Neonatal Isoimmune Thrombocytopenia, Maternal Alloantibody Screening, and IVIG Treatment
    • Affiliation: Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  • Dr. Robert Vance Jr., MD
    • Specialization: Follicular Lymphoma Transformation Risk, Histological Upgrading, and Targeted Biopsies
    • Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
  • Dr. Laura Engel, PhD
    • Specialization: Complement-Mediated Hemolytic Anemias, C5 Inhibitors, and Proximal Complement Blockade
    • Affiliation: Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Assoc. Prof. Kenji Takahashi, MD, PhD
    • Specialization: Systemic Amyloidosis, Light Chain Deposition, and Autologous Transplant Conditioning
    • Affiliation: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Dr. Alexandra Mureșan, MD
    • Specialization: Transfusion Reaction Surveillance, Hemovigilance Network Setup, and TRALI Prevention
    • Affiliation: Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Dr. James Harrison, PhD
    • Specialization: Extracellular Vesicles in Hemostasis, Microparticles as Procoagulant Markers
    • Affiliation: University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Assoc. Prof. Nina Petrova, MD
    • Specialization: Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) Epigenetic Therapy, Hypomethylating Agents
    • Affiliation: Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
  • Dr. Hassan El-Khoury, MD
    • Specialization: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy Endpoints
    • Affiliation: Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Dr. Elisabeth Fischer, PhD
    • Specialization: Natural Anticoagulant Pathways, Protein C and Protein S Structural Deficiencies
    • Affiliation: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
  • Assoc. Prof. Charles Nwosu, MBBS
    • Specialization: Burkitt Lymphoma Treatment Protocols in Resource-Limited Settings, Low-Toxicity Chemo
    • Affiliation: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
  • Dr. Rachel Stone, MD
    • Specialization: Large B-Cell Lymphoma CAR-T Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) Grading and Tocilizumab Timing
    • Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, United States