Advances in Clinical and Basic Science of Coagulation: Illustrated abstracts of the 9th Chapel Hill Symposium on Hemostasis

Abstract

This 9th Symposium on Hemostasis is an international scientific meeting held biannually in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The meeting is in large measure the result of the close friendship between the late Dr. Harold R. Roberts of UNC Chapel Hill and Dr. Ulla Hedner of Novo Nordisk. When Novo Nordisk was developing the hemophilia therapy that would become NovoSeven, they sponsored a series of meetings to understand the basic biology and clinical applications of factor VIIa. The first meeting in Chapel Hill was held April 4‐6, 2002 with Dr. Roberts as the organizer. Over the years, the conference emphasis has expanded from discussions of factor VIIa and tissue factor to additional topics in hemostasis and thrombosis. This year's meeting includes presentations by internationally renowned speakers that discuss the state‐of‐the‐art on an array of important topics, including von Willebrand factor, engineering advances, coagulation and disease, tissue factor biology, therapeutic advances, and basic clotting factor biology. Included in this review article are illustrated abstracts provided by our speakers, which highlight the main conclusions of each invited talk. This will be the first meeting without Dr. Roberts in attendance, yet his commitment to excellent science and his focus on turning science to patient care are pervasively reflected in the presentations by our speakers.

Short and sweet science

“…With the conference shifting to annual meetings in 2019, an updated approach to presenting attendees with concise and functional information on SOA presentations at the Congress, and using a format suitable for longer‐term referral and evaluation of core themes and messages, is now warranted. Based on recently discussed rationale and successful application at a previous conference, in 2019 RPTH is publishing an open‐access Illustrated Review article consisting of “capsules” of the SOA presentations.…”

Advancing a new journal: Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

“…The two types of illustrated reviews, conference/symposium reviews and thematic reviews, were described in a previous editorial . They both contain vivid images or "Capsules" including minimal text to convey information in a novel way . This issue includes a State‐of‐the‐Art Illustrated Review article including over 50 Capsules from ISTH 2019 Melbourne Congress speakers.…”

Illustrated review article: A new format for disseminating scientific progress

“…Multimedia formats will help us accomplish this . The most recent of these is a new article type, the “Illustrated Review Article,” the first of which is featured in this issue …”

“…RPTH 's inaugural Illustrated Review Article is a symposium‐centered one, developed in collaboration with organizers of the 9th Annual Symposium on Hemostasis: Advances in the Clinical and Basic Science of Coagulation that took place in April, 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the United States . Several months in advance of the Symposium, the 20 conference speakers were each invited to submit a single three‐component capsule with an image (containing no more than two panels) illustrating the central concepts of their planned presentation, a 150‐word summary, and up to three references.…”

“…The article underwent traditional peer review and a revision was ultimately accepted. It was then published online to coincide with the start of the conference . Consequently, all content in the Illustrated Review Article was immediately freely available for download from the RPTH journal webpage.…”