Subcommittees and Working Parties

The Global Partnerships Subcommittee aims to improve outcomes of patients with CLL globally by increasing the reach of the iwCLL and supporting: clinical training and mentorship, local research capacity building, training of the future academic leaders in CLL research, raising awareness of CLL with patients, policy makers, funders and industry.

The Guidelines Subcommittee is responsible for identifying the needs for modifications; generate the areas that require more evidence; define the timelines for the delivery of the updated guidelines. Ensure consistency with lymphomas guidelines where overlaps. Continuously surveys the emerging literature and pinpoints the unsolved issues in staging and restaging criteria for which there is no supporting data.

The Meeting Subcommittee is responsible for the process of the biennial meeting organization; consolidating the link with the cwCLL and the LAG-CLL Group; interacting with new national/regional groups.

The Nominations Subcommittee is responsible for generating the procedure for electing new members and defining the number of members of the association.

The Science Subcommittee is responsible for generating a list of research priorities.

The Working Party is responsible for developing a position/perspective paper for publication on cure which would cover various related topics.

The Working Party is responsible for generating the list of criteria for a Center of Excellence.