Dr. Zulfa Omer is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Cincinnati and serves as the Disease Research Group Leader for Malignant Hematology at the UC Cancer Center. She completed her medical degree at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and her Internal Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical Center and her Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Omer’s research focuses on developing innovative early-phase clinical trials, with an emphasis on investigating small molecule inhibitors and T-cell therapies, aiming to improve outcomes and enhance the quality of life for CLL and lymphoma patients. She currently leads multiple investigator-initiated and industry clinical trials.