Dr Helen Parry MBChB, MSc, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath

Dr Helen Parry

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Associate Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 44477
Email
h.m.parry@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Cancer Sciences Building
Mindelsohn Way
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Helen Parry is an Associate Professor at The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é and honorary consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. She has received funding from The Wellcome Trust (PhD fellowship), Academy of medical sciences, and British Society of Haematology. Since completing her NIHR academic clinical lecturership in 2021, she has been funded by the UKRI and Blood Cancer UK as a Clinician Scientist.

Her current research areas include secondary immunodeficiency in haematological malignancies, focussing on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) and lymphomas. Her work involves studying patient immunity and the impact of novel therapies used to treat CLL and she has recently led the national NIHR-funded . She co-authors the British Society for Haematology (BHS) guidelines and is also interested in optimising the delivery of haematology services within a primary care setting. She has an interest in medical education, being the co-founder of Blooducation. 

Qualifications

  • FRCPath 2018
  • PhD, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 2016
  • MRCP (UK) 2009
  • MBChB (Hons) Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 2006
  • MSc (Distinction) in pathological studies, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 2005

Teaching

  • MBChB programme – Immunology and infection module; cancer module
  • Supervisor for intercalating BSc students;
    • Masters in Research (MRes)
    • PhD students (she currently supervises 2 PhD students)

Research

Research themes:

  • Optimising vaccination strategies and minimising infection risk in patients with blood cancer
  • Investigating immunity in the setting of novel therapeutic agents, including CAR-T.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Cook, JA, Patten, PEM, Peckham, N, Moss, P, Phillips, N, Abhishek, A, Roberts, T, Hodges, M, Talbot, G, Barber, V, Francis, A, Shields, AM, Duley, L, Hoogeboom, R, Willett, BJ, Scott, S, Parry-Jones, N, Eyre, TA, Plested, G, Vandici, G, Wandroo, FA, Hutchinson, C, Paneesha, S, Murray, DJ, Martinez-Calle, N, Jenkins, S, Heartin, E & Parry, HM 2025, '', The Lancet Haematology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. e294-e303.

Shen, Q, Wang, H, Roco, JA, Meng, X, Bosticardo, M, Hodges, M, Battaglia, M, Feng, ZP, Talks, BJ, Powell, J, Shanmugiah, VBM, Chu, J, Rahman, NM, Elsheikh, A, Chakravarty, P, Grenov, A, Emmerich, M, Delmonte, OM, Freeman, AF, Keller, MD, Belaid, B, Papa, I, Lee, JC, Cañete, PF, Gonzalez-Figueroa, P, Zhang, Y, Xue, HH, Turajlic, S, Notarangelo, LD, Haniffa, M, Garrett-Sinha, LA, Parry, HM, Kanellakis, NI & Vinuesa, CG 2025, '', Nature.

Dallan, B, Parry, H, Moss, P & Nicoli, F 2024, '', Nature Aging, vol. 4, pp. 1121-1136.

OCTAVE-DUO investigators & Parry, H 2024, '', The Lancet Rheumatology, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. E339-E351.

Loke, J, Upasani, V, Gaskell, C, Fox, S, Fletcher, R, Thomas, C, Hopkins, L, Kumari, A, Tang, T, Yafai, E, Boucher, R, Homer, V, Toth, A, Chan, YLT, Randall, K, Rider, T, O'nions, J, Drew, V, Pillai, A, Dungarwalla, M, Murray, D, Khan, A, Wandroo, F, Moore, S, Krishnamurthy, P, Huang, YJ, Knapper, S, Byrne, J, Zhao, R, Craddock, C, Parry, H, Moss, P, Stanworth, SJ & Lowe, DM 2023, '', British Journal of Haematology, vol. 202, no. 3, pp. 498-503.

Barber, VS, Peckham, N, Duley, L, Francis, A, Abhishek, A, Moss, P, Cook, JA & Parry, HM 2023, '', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 9, e077946.

Parry, H, Moss, P, Stephens, C, Bentley, C, Brown, K, Amirthalingam, G, Hallis, B, Otter, A, Zuo, J & Moss, P 2022, '', NPJ vaccines, vol. 7, no. 1, 14.

Walewska, R, Parry-Jones, N, Eyre, TA, Follows, G, Martinez-Calle, N, McCarthy, H, Parry, H, Patten, PEM, Riches, JC, Hillmen, P & Schuh, AH 2022, '', British Journal of Haematology, vol. 197, no. 5, pp. 544-557.

Parry, H, McIlroy, G, Moss, P, Damery, S, Tyson, G, Logan, N, Davis, C, Willett, B, Zuo, J, Ali, M, Kaur, M, Stephens, C, Brant, D, Otter, A, McSkeane, T, Rolfe, H, Faustini, S, Richter, A, Lee, S, Wandroo, F, Shafeek, S, Pratt, G, Paneesha, S & Moss, P 2022, '', Journal of Hematology and Oncology, vol. 15, no. 1, 3.

Tye, E, Jinks, E, Haigh, T, Kaul, B, Patel, P, Parry, H, Newby, M, Crispin, M, Kaur, N, Moss, P, Drennan, S, Taylor, G & Long, H 2022, '', Nature Immunology, vol. 23, pp. 1726–1734.

Shields, AM, Venkatachalam, S, Shafeek, S, Paneesha, S, Ford, M, Sheeran, T, Kelly, M, Qureshi, I, Salhan, B, Karim, F, De Silva, N, Stones, J, Lee, S, Khawaja, J, Kaudlay, PK, Whitmill, R, Kakepoto, GN, Parry, HM, Moss, P, Faustini, SE, Richter, AG, Drayson, MT & Basu, S 2022, '', Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 207, no. 1, pp. 3-10.

Letter

Roberts, T, Uwenedi, G, Bruton, R, McIlroy, G, Damery, S, Sylla, P, Logan, N, Scott, S, Lau, M, Elzaidi, A, Plass, S, Mallick, S, Spencer, K, Stephens, C, Bentley, C, Pratt, G, Zuo, J, Paneesha, S, Willett, B, Moss, P & Parry, H 2024, '', Blood Cancer Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 22.

Farhat, M, Croft, W, Parry, HM, Verma, K, Kinsella, FAM, Xu, J, Bone, D, McSkeane, T, Paneesha, S, Pratt, G, Moss, P & Zuo, J 2024, '', Leukemia, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1813-1817.

Parry, H, Moss, P, Uwenedi, G, Roberts, T, Sylla, P, Cook, J, Elzaidi, A, Lau, M, Drury, T, Bray, A, Mallick, S, Spencer, K, Bentley, C, Mcilroy, G, Scott, S, Logan, N, Zuo, J, Willett, B & Moss, P 2023, '', Journal of Infection.

Parry, H, Bruton, R, Roberts, T, Mcilroy, G, Damery, S, Sylla, P, Dowell, AC, Tut, G, Lancaster, T, Bone, D, Willett, B, Logan, N, Scott, S, Hulme, S, Jadir, A, Amin, U, Nicol, S, Stephens, C, Faustini, S, Al-taei, S, Richter, A, Blakeway, D, Verma, K, Margielewska-davies, S, Pearce, H, Pratt, G, Zuo, J, Paneesha, S & Moss, P 2022, '', Cancer Cell, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 584-586.

Expertise

Immunocompromised immunity; vaccine responses; clinical haematologist; blood cancer

Media experience

Expertise

Health policy; health management; primary care; general practice; NHS; National Health Service