Eric Eymard
Mentors: Drs. Charles Wood and John West
Graduate Assistant
Department of Genetics Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA 70112
Email: eeymar@lsuhsc.edu
Eric Eymard is in his second year of graduate school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans under the mentorship of Drs. Wood and West. He earned a Master’s Degree in Immunology, where he studied the epigenetics of memory T cells and used CRISPR-Cas9 to modify Th2 T cells for the treatment of atopic diseases. Prior to beginning his MD/PhD training, Mr. Eymard gained industry experience at Century Therapeutics, contributing to two patents involving CAR-T cell therapies for blood cancers. These experiences solidified his interest in translational immunology and cancer research. At LSUHSC, he currently studies immune responses to Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), focusing on the humoral response to childhood KSHV infection, T cell responses within and around Kaposi sarcoma tumors, and the impact of HIV co-infection on these processes. His current future career plans are focused on continuing research in the field of cancer immunology while practicing as a radiation oncologist.