HSANZ Presidential Symposium
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HSANZ
| Monday, October 19, 2026 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Theatre 1 |
Speaker
Prof Daniel Thomas
Consultant Haematologist
Adelaide University
Durable efficacy of lenzilumab plus azacitidine in newly diagnosed proliferative CMML patients: Interim analysis after four years of study commencement
10:30 AM - 10:45 AMBiography
Prof. Dan Thomas is a Stanford trained physician scientist and clinical haematologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. His research is focussed on targeted therapy for myeloid malignancies. He leads the Blood Cancer Program at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
Ms Alia Cibich
Bmt Data Manager
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Clonal architecture and microenvironmental drivers of donor-derived haematological neoplasm after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant
10:45 AM - 11:00 AMBiography
Alia Cibich is the Data Manager for the BMT Unit at Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. She plays an active role in clinical research, with a special interest in late complications of transplant. Alia is currently completing a PhD investigating subsequent cancers after transplant, supported by the CALHN Dawes Scholarship.
Dr Criselle D'Souza
Postdoctoral Researcher
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Development of an allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy for mature T cell Lymphomas
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Dr D'Souza is a senior research fellow in the cancer immunology research program at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. She is an immunologist and leads projects to develop new CAR-T cell therapies for T-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
Dr Ally Choi
Research Fellow
University of Auckland
Matrix stiffness drives dysfunctional megakaryopoiesis in a novel human 3D model of primary myelofibrosis
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Dr Ally Choi is a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland working under the mentorship of A/Prof Maggie Kalev. Ally completed a PhD in bioengineering at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, before returning to Auckland to apply advanced biomaterial approaches to myeloproliferative neoplasm research.
Dr Jeremy Hu
Haematology Registrar
Northern Health
Real-world application of the IMS/IMWG consensus genomic staging criteria for high-risk multiple myeloma: a report from the Australia and New Zealand Myeloma and Related Diseases Registry
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Jeremy is a haematology registrar at the Northern Hospital Melbourne.
Dr Joanne Tan
Consultant Haematologist
Alfred Health
A cytokine-based biomarker model to predict the onset of moderate to severe chronic graft-versus-host disease
11:45 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Jo Tan is a haematologist researching ways to improve outcomes for patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. She has received several awards, including an NHMRC PhD Scholarship supporting her work. Jo values compassionate communication and believes strong relationships with patients and colleagues are central to better care.
Dr Adam Bryant
Haematologist
Liverpool Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
Adam is a Senior Staff Specialist Haematologist at Liverpool Hospital in South Western Sydney (SWS) and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer with the University of New South Wales. He is the current President and NSW Councillor of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand.
At Liverpool Hospital, Adam leads the Myeloma and Plasma Cell Disorders Unit and serves as Deputy Director of the Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, where he is overseeing the development of the hospital’s standard-of-care CAR-T cell program for myeloma.
Through the SWS Local Health District’s Haematology Clinical Research Unit, Adam has been Principal Investigator for numerous myeloma clinical trials, both industry-sponsored and collaborative. He is also a member of the Myeloma Working Party of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group and the Medical and Scientific Advisory Group (MSAG) of Myeloma Australia.
Assoc Prof Andrea Henden
Haematologist
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
A/Prof Andrea Henden is a clinician-scientist with appointments as a senior staff specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and as a senior research officer at QIMR Berghofer. A/Prof Henden's translational research program seeks to address complications of transplantation and cellular therapy.
