Update 15 September: winners of the competition 1st Prize: Charmaine Matthews She will receive a free registration for the NAFLD Summit + a 1-year EASL membership 2nd Prize: Alina Demyanova She will receive a free registration for the NAFLD Summit 3rd prize: Mico Price She will receive a 1-year E…
Dear reader, Since its launch, EASL’s Liver Matters blog has been offering you content that veers away from the strictly scientific aspects of hepatology. We’re bringing you voices and views. We’re paying particular attention to varied voices, stories, and paths of our members, those which can he…
26 August 2021 On 10 July 2021, the Journal of Hepatology published a new free-access EASL Position Paper, titled, “Systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma”, by Jordi Bruix et al. This Position Paper provides recommendations that complement previous EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines publi…
18 August 2021 The International Liver Congress™ gives EASL a golden opportunity to engage with international journalists, reaching media in multiple languages, all over the world. This year was no exception. At ILC 2021, EASL issued press releases over three consecutive days with embargos…
MICROB-PREDICT and DECISION are inviting the liver community to attend their half-day online symposium, Management of Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure, on 2 September 2021. This event is timed to precede EASL’s School of Hepatology, taking place 3–4 September, in Frankfurt, Germany, addressing the …
9 August 2021 EASL’s monothematic event, Bleeding, Thrombosis, and Vascular Liver Diseases, is coming up soon, 7–9 October 2021. This meeting of blood-meets-liver enthusiasts has a fascinating grassroots history, which EASL member, Dr Stephen Caldwell, has been part of from the start. He told…
30 July 2021 On 26 July 2021, EASL submitted its views to a public consultation held by the European Commission (EC) on the establishing of the future European Health Data Space (EHDS). Because it is a priority for the EC to optimise digital health to provide high-quality healthcare and reduce in…
28 July 2021 Every year, on 28 July, World Hepatitis Day brings the world together to focus on the theme of raising awareness about the global burden of viral hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), and to advocate for real change. World Hepatitis Day gathers us…
In early 2016, the EASL Governing Board initiated a new format for its Schools of Hepatology. In September of the same year, the first pilot of this new format was executed successfully and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from participants. The EASL Schools of Hepatology have been runni…
An Annual Report with a difference, for a year like none other The year 2020 was an extraordinary one, causing major disruption to medical associations and society all around the world. Consequently, our Annual Report 2020 simply cannot be presented in the usual way. We need to tell the story of …
