Aram Lyu, PhD Parker Scholar Biography Aram Lyu earned his PhD in immunology from The University of Texas at Austin. While studying in the laboratory of Lauren Ehrlich, PhD, he investigated how myeloid cells in the leukemic microenvironment support survival and progression of pediatric cancer T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Following his graduate studies, Dr. Lyu joined the lab of Lawrence Fong, MD, as a postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, where Dr. Lyu examines the myeloid landscape in prostate cancer at single-cell resolution using both patient samples and mouse models with a goal of understanding the response and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors. View Dr. Lyu’s YouTube Short. Education & Training 2021-Present: University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Scholar 2014-2021: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Research Assistant 2020: The University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Immunology 2011: Korea University, BS, Life Sciences Awards & Honors 2023: Parker Scholar