URMC / Labs / Carpizo Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal Investigator Darren Carpizo, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Surgery and Oncology Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Vice-Chair of Basic/Translational Research Email Darren Research Staff Wade Narrow Technical Associate I Email Wade Faculty Chris R. Harris, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor,Department of Surgery Email Chris Research Interest: I use mouse genetics to identify pharmacologically actionable weaknesses of metastatic and dormant tumors. This approach has led to clinical trials for patients with pancreatic, neuroendocrine and breast cancer. Research Fellow Orjola Prela, M.D. General Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery Email Orjola Research Interest: Investigating the role of circadian rhythm genes in promoting tumor growth and metastasis in pancreatic cancer. Graduate Students Muhammad. Sadeqi Nezhad Ph.D. program in Translational Biomedical Science (TBS), Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Email Muhammead Research Interest: I study cellular plasticity and metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to develop novel therapeutic and preventive approaches for tumor metastasis in PDAC patients. Lan (Amber) Wang Ph.D. Program in Pathology, Cell Biology of Disease Email Lan (Amber) Research Interest: Investigating the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer dormancy.