People

Our team is a fun and collaborative group

The Chung Lab is looking for highly motivated individuals

Join us in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to study in vitro and in vivo models of hematopoiesis, with extensive use of mouse models of disease and stem cell transplantation assays.

Meet the Principal Investigator

Stephen Chung, M.D.

Stephen Chung, M.D.

Dr. Chung earned his medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital followed by a medical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where he remained as a faculty member of the Leukemia Service for six years before joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018. His clinical interests include myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, as well as clonal hematopoiesis.

Lab Members

Elaine Huang, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

Elaine Huang, Ph.D.

Ben Kroger

Medical Student
Dean's Scholar

Ben Kroger

Nesli Kalkan, M.D.

Pediatric Research Fellow

Nesli Kalkan, M.D.

Jebrail Dempsey

Research Technician II

Jebrail Dempsey

Helen Stephens

Research Technician II

Helen Stephens

Yuanyuan Ji, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yuanyuan Ji, Ph.D.

Toby Thomas

Research Assistant II

Toby Thomas

Crystal Mason

Sr. Administrative Assistant II

Crystal Mason

Lab Alumni

Karin Mims – Research Technician I