Katelyn Byrne, PhD Parker Senior Fellow Biography Katelyn T. Byrne, Ph.D., is a newly appointed Parker Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and an Instructor of Medicine in the Hematology/Oncology Division in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. She received her B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Boston University and her Ph.D. in Immunology from Dartmouth College, where she trained with Dr. Mary Jo Turk, Ph.D., studying T cell memory against shared tumor-/self-antigens in melanoma. Dr. Byrne completed her post-doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Robert Vonderheide, M.D., D.Phil., investigating the mechanism of T cell activation with combined chemotherapy/CD40 stimulation in pancreatic cancer. Her interests in cancer immunotherapy include identifying the repertoire of antigens targeted by the anti-tumor T cell response and the mechanisms by which cancer-specific T cells access immune-privileged tumor sites. Dr. Byrne’s current research utilizes a genetically engineered mouse model of pancreatic cancer to investigate the dichotomy between treatment responders and non-responders, including alterations in T cell trafficking to tumors and changes in tumor-antigen presentation after therapeutic intervention. Education & Training 2007: Boston University, Boston, MA, B.A., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2012: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Ph.D., Tumor Immunology 2012-2016: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Tumor Immunology 2016-present: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Instructor in Medicine and Parker Senior Fellow Awards & Honors 2019: Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Inaugural Women in Cancer Immunotherapy Network Leadership Institute Attendee 2016: Parker Senior Fellow, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy 2014: American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2013: National Institutes of Health Hematology Training Grant 2012: Dartmouth College Office of Graduate Studies Award 2011: Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation Research Scholar Award 2011: Dartmouth Immunology Program Funding Award 2010: National Institutes of Health Immunology Training Grant