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Aura Ramos, RN, BSN, is a leukemia research nurse at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston for the past 6 years. Aura has over 16 years of nursing experience caring for oncology patients in the ambulatory and inpatient setting. Prior to becoming a research nurse, she worked as a staff nurse on the leukemia and bone marrow transplant unit. She had the opportunity to travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh and educate nurses on caring for bone marrow transplant and leukemia patients. As a research nurse, she continues to educate staff on the administration of new research oral and

Leigh has dedicated more than a decade to serving patients, families, and loved ones in the rare bone marrow failure disease sector for AAMDSIF. In this role, her reach spreads across the nation to points across the globe. Leigh helps coordinate all of the AAMDSIF Patient & Family Conferences, webinars and support groups as well as providing direct assistance via the Helpline and Chat. Her previous experience includes working as a patient advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities. She currently holds an Associate of Arts in Psychology and is currently working on a Bachelor of

Amit K. Verma, MBBS, is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine (Oncology) and Development & Molecular Biology at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Dr. Verma is the Director of the Division of Hemato-Oncology, Montefiore Department of Oncology. His primary area of research is in MDS.

Holly Comer, BSN, ANP-BC, has been an oncology nurse for 30 years and has been a nurse practitioner for the last 14 years. Ms. Comer is with Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital & Washington University School of Medicine where she has been part of the Bone Marrow Transplant team for the last 26 years. She also served as a nurse during the Gulf War. Ms. Comer is actively involved in clinical research, most recently serving as the principal investigator for "Bone Loss in Allogeneic Transplant Patients".

Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhD, serves as the Executive Director of the BBCIC who provides post-market surveillance of biosimilars and their corresponding novel biologics.

Bhavisha Patel, MD, is a Staff Clinician at the National Institutes of Health, working under Neal Young, MD on the Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Failure team.

Jenny Finkel is a certified yoga instructor and trainer. She has earned a 200 hour certificate from YogaWorks, Barre and Core Fusion certifications, AFAA group fitness certification and 500 hour yoga teaching certificate.