Society of Hematologic Oncology Insider news

Gloria Iacoboni, MD, PhD, a hematologist at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, spoke with Dr. James Day, a clinical research training fellow at UCL in London, during this SOHO Insider podcast episode recorded at the inaugural SOHO UK 2026 meeting. The meeting was held in London March 3 and 4 at the Royal College of Physicians in London.  

Dr. Iacoboni discussed strategies to improve outcomes in high-grade lymphoma, focusing on improved patient selection, the emergence of dual-targeted CAR T-cell products (CD19/CD20), and how circadian rhythms might impact infusion efficacy. 

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Prof. Amanda Goodall, director of the Executive Master’s in Medical Leadership (EMML), a specialized MSc degree from Bayes Business School offering advanced leadership training to medical doctors, joined SOHO Insider podcast host Prof. Christopher Fox, a professor of hematology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, for a discussion on expert leadership in healthcare.

According to Prof. Goodall, expert leadership is the idea that organizations perform best when leaders are experts in the core work of the institution. As part of this work, she runs an executive master’s program in medical leadership, designed to help physicians develop the skills needed to lead healthcare organizations while maintaining credibility as clinicians.

Her research argues that in healthcare this means placing experienced, high-performing physicians in leadership roles rather than relying primarily on generalist managers. Many doctors, she noted, are interested in leadership because they want to drive meaningful change and improve patient care, but historically they have had limited access to formal leadership training.

The podcast was taped during the inaugural meeting of SOHO UK, where Prof. Goodall gave a talk after dinner on the topic.

Learn about the Executive Master’s in Medical Leadership (EMML) program.

Prof. Kate Cwynarski, MD, PhD, joined SOHO Insider podcast host Megan Melody, MD, for a discussion previewing lymphoma sessions she will lead at the inaugural SOHO UK meeting, scheduled for March 3–4, 2026, in London.

Prof. Cwynarski will chair a “Meet the Expert” roundtable on challenges and controversies in managing central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. The session will include a seven-year update of the MARIETTA study, which examined treatment strategies for secondary CNS lymphoma, as well as findings from a large real-world evidence study of secondary CNS lymphoma.

She will also lead a session on peripheral T-cell lymphoma focused on the shift toward biologically informed therapy. The presentation will highlight the TERZO study and explore how emerging biologic insights may guide treatment decisions in this heterogeneous group of lymphomas.

The sessions are part of the program for the first SOHO UK meeting, which will bring together global clinicians and researchers to discuss advances in the treatment of blood cancers.

The second session of the Community Oncology Brown Bag Series, hosted by SOHO Insider, held on February 11, 2026, and featured guest speaker Tara Graff, DO, MS, at Mission Cancer + Blood and director of their clinical research program. Dr. Graff discussed “Moving CAR T-cell therapies into the community setting.”

This program is led by Loretta Nastoupil, MD, the SOHO Insider community oncology section editor.

To register for the series, go to https://soho.click/community-oncology-series

John DiPersio, MD, PhD, current president of SOHO and director of the Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, discusses the need for public-private partnerships to move novel therapies forward in the treatment of blood cancers. He also speaks about how cross-sector collaboration can create better research paths for the future.

For SOHO 2026, Dr. DiPersio chose the theme “Advancing care through collaborative science,” a timely topic as NIH funding continues to decline.

“SOHO 2026 will explore how public-private partnerships can sustain discovery, preserve basic research, and ensure access to innovation for patients around the world,” Dr. DiPersio said in a recent interview with SOHO Insider.

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