Edward Roy

Edward Roy

Professor Emeritus, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Areas of Research

Brain Cancer

Research

Edward Roy’s lab is developing immunotherapies for brain tumors that are effective and selective, focused on T cell mediated immune responses. Using animal models, Roy’s lab explores the immune system, and how their murine system closely parallels the human immune system. With proper activation, the immune system has the characteristics of an ideal cancer therapy: the potent, precise killing of altered cells. But there is much to be learned about how to activate, direct, and control the immune response, particularly against tumors within the brain.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1976