Eric J. Vick is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with research interests in innate immunity, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and T cell lymphoma. He received his M.D. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2018 and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences from Middle Tennessee State University in 2014, where he studied the human inflammatory response to Gardnerella vaginalis. He has published peer-reviewed articles, presented his research at several conferences, and received honors including a Medical Student Research Fellowship.