Advisory Committees

B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Sub-Committee

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Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore. Her academic and research interest is in myeloid malignancies, both acute and chronic, and specifically the progression of dysplastic, “preleukemic” marrow to overt leukemia, and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms. Her clinical and research interest is multiple myeloma and the development of secondary myeloid neoplasms occurring in the context of prior therapy for myeloma. She is interested in the genetic abnormalities and specifically in the advances in the techniques employed in evaluation of these abnormalities at the chromosome and gene level.

Dr. Singh attended The University of Chicago for her residency in Anatomic Pathology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology. 

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Sub-Committee

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Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore. Her academic and research interest is in myeloid malignancies, both acute and chronic, and specifically the progression of dysplastic, “preleukemic” marrow to overt leukemia, and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms. Her clinical and research interest is multiple myeloma and the development of secondary myeloid neoplasms occurring in the context of prior therapy for myeloma. She is interested in the genetic abnormalities and specifically in the advances in the techniques employed in evaluation of these abnormalities at the chromosome and gene level.

Dr. Singh attended The University of Chicago for her residency in Anatomic Pathology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology. 

Multiple Myeloma Sub-Committee

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Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Zeba Niazi Singh, MBBS is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore. Her academic and research interest is in myeloid malignancies, both acute and chronic, and specifically the progression of dysplastic, “preleukemic” marrow to overt leukemia, and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms. Her clinical and research interest is multiple myeloma and the development of secondary myeloid neoplasms occurring in the context of prior therapy for myeloma. She is interested in the genetic abnormalities and specifically in the advances in the techniques employed in evaluation of these abnormalities at the chromosome and gene level.

Dr. Singh attended The University of Chicago for her residency in Anatomic Pathology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology. 

Patient Advocacy Partner

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Nikki Yuill, LCSW
Director, Information Resource Center
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Office
Rye Brook, NY

Nikki Yuill is a bilingual (Spanish) Clinical Oncology Social Worker with more than 25 years of healthcare and oncology experience. She attended Purdue University in Indiana for her undergraduate degrees, and she completed her graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin.

Yuill has experience in blood cancers, solid tumors, andhematopoietic stem cell transplantation. She has extensive knowledge of and experience in advocacy, education, and support of blood cancer patients and their families. Yuill has a particular interest in adolescent and young adult cancer care, healthcare disparities, and serving the Latinx community.

Yuill is the director of the Information Resource Center at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a global leader in the fight against cancer. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care. Yuill is a proud member of the AOSW (Association of Oncology Social Workers). In 2020 she was awarded the AOSW LLS Oncology-Hematology Lifetime Achievement Award because of her longstanding efforts on behalf of cancer patients.