Erin Parry, Principal Investigator Dr. Parry received her undergraduate degree from Colby College and attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she earned an MD and a PhD in the MSTP program. Her thesis research was completed in the laboratory of Dr. Mary Armanios and focused on the genetics of telomere-mediated disease. Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Parry completed residency training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital followed by medical oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, where she conducted research in the laboratory of Dr. Catherine Wu. In 2023, the Parry lab opened in the Division of Hematologic Neoplasia.
As a physician-scientist, Dr. Parry spends time conducting laboratory-based research and caring for CLL and Lymphoma patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. When not in the lab or clinic, Erin can be found chasing after her kids, reading a book or spending time outside.
Young Rock Chung, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Young Rock received his B.S. in biochemistry from Stony Brook University, SUNY, and got an M.S. in biology from New York University. He joined the Levine lab and subsequently the Abdel-Wahab lab as a technician and a lab manager at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Then he moved to Chicago to earn a Ph.D. in Life Sciences under Dr. Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster at Northwestern University where he studied the effect of B cell therapy in chronic viral infection and the antitumoral effect of LCMV in murine melanoma model. He joined the Parry lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a postdoctoral research fellow and is co-mentored by Dr. Erin Parry and Dr. Catherine Wu. His work focuses on molecular mechanisms in immune response, specifically on the regulation of transcription factors in T-cell differentiation after antigen stimulation.
Naz Cemre Kalayci, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Naz obtained an MD/PhD degree from Hacettepe University in Turkey through the medical scientist training program. She completed her PhD experiments as a postgraduate associate at the Eric Meffre Laboratory, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine. She also engaged in oncology and hematology clerkships at the Yale School of Medicine. She later joined Dr. Parry's laboratory to examine the underlying genetic and epigenetic factors that cause the transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia into Richter's syndrome. She is passionate about hematology/oncology. She loves swimming, traveling, dancing, and doing pilates outside of the lab.
Santiago Rivero, Research Technician
Santiago studied Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 2023. He joined Dr. Parry’s lab to study drivers of lymphoma transformation and learn model systems in cancer immunology. In the future, he plans to pursue a PhD and continue to combine bioinformatics with wet lab techniques in his research.
Outside of the lab, he enjoys bikepacking, inline skating, embroidery, and reading.
Zach Leibowitz, Research Technician
Zach graduated from Bowdoin College in 2024, where he majored in Biochemistry. After conducting organic chemistry research at Bowdoin, he is excited to learn more about molecular biology and immunology in the Parry Lab as he studies the transformation of indolent lymphoma to aggressive lymphoma. In the future, he hopes to pursue MD/PhD training and a career as a physician-scientist.
Outside of the lab, Zach enjoys running, surfing, and playing guitar, bass & drums.
Parry Lab Alumni
Stephanie Deng, Research Technician - MD/PhD Program, Yale School of Medicine
Stephanie graduated from Cornell University in 2021, majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society. She enjoyed studying lymphoma transformation the past few years, working first as a research technician in Dr. Catherine Wu's lab and then in the Parry lab. She is currently pursuing MD/PhD training at Yale School of Medicine.