Dr. Paola Bianchi - Fondation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milan – Italy Head Biologist at the Physiopathology of Anemias Unit, and Clinical Pathology Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milan,Italy. Diagnosis and translational research on hemolytic anemias, both congenital and acquired and mieloproliferative disorders. She shared National and International projects on molecular characterization and genotype – phenotype correlation, and on the epigenetic factors that might influence clinical phenotype. By NGS approaches she identified new genes responsible for rare forms of hemolytic anemia. 2018-2023 Member of EHA Guidelines steering committee 2017-present ERN-EuroBloodNet (member of RADeep Steering Committee, Member of Guidelines committee) 2023- present Substitute representative European Reference Network for Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico 2020-present Member of Steering committee International PK deficiency Peak Registry, and Italian ISS PNH registry. 2022-2024 Co-chair of the European Red cell Society. 2025-pres. President of STEM Association (Studio e Trattamento del Malato Ematologico) Author and co-authors of more than 140 papers on peer-review international journals and of book chapters on rare anemias.