Amy Burd, Ph.D., is vice president of research strategy for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Dr. Burd first began working with LLS in 2009 as senior director of LLS’s Therapy Acceleration Program. In her current role, Dr. Burd provides strategic planning and oversight for mission special initiatives. She also leads LLS’s Beat AML initiative, a significant multi-institution collaboration to change the paradigm of treatment and improve outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).