Graduate Programs

St. Jude provides opportunities for selected graduate students in both foreign and domestic educational programs to study with faculty mentors at both the master and doctoral levels. Academic credit is optional.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences

Graduate students may pursue a Ph.D. at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through the Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences based at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. (Apply to UTHSC Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program.) Students perform their course work at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and may undertake laboratory rotations and doctoral research at St. Jude, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, or the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The degree is awarded by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

International Research Scholars

International Research Scholars are graduate students from institutions outside of the United States who perform their thesis research at St. Jude under the guidance of a St. Jude faculty mentor. They typically receive a stipend from St. Jude that is approved annually by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital administration.

The PhD is awarded by the home institution. Scholars have already been formally accepted into an accredited graduate program and must adhere to the regulations and requirements of that program. The Graduate Education Oversight Committee (GEOC) provides supervision for acceptance, policies, and procedures for the International Research Scholars.

Experiential Learning Internships

Scientific inquiry and translational research along with related support areas lend themselves extremely well to this pedagogical model of instruction. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital along with the Academic Programs Office is committed to developing and supporting Experiential Learning Internships that are clearly defined as learning strategies, have an emphasis on defined experience, reflection, and application stages and contain some form of review or assessment by an appropriately credentialed advisor.

For more information regarding a specific program, an experiential learning internship, or for setting up an affiliation agreement with a college or university, contact: APO.Predoctoral.Programs@stjude.org

STUDENT PROFILES

Rhonda Perciavalle “The UTHSC/St. Jude IBSP is an exceptional interdisciplinary graduate program. I have received rigorous training, cultivating creative thinking, and allowing me to answer critical biological questions, using cutting-edge technologies.”

Thomas Fabrizio “The St. Jude/UTHSC partnership has allowed me to conduct graduate studies in one of the most prestigious influenza laboratories in the world.”

Hannah Henson "Working towards my Ph.D. as a UTHSC student at St. Jude has allowed me to accomplish goals I never would have thought possible as a graduate student. It is very rewarding to know that the research performed at St. Jude benefits not only patients here, but also worldwide.”

Tyler Sanford "The partnership between St. Jude and UTHSC offers graduate students an exciting avenue to participate firsthand in cutting-edge research; it couples my love of science with St. Jude’s inspiring and rewarding mission."