The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.
Seeking treatment?
Our approach makes us different from most children’s hospitals. Learn more about seeking treatment for your child at St. Jude.
Our history
Founder and entertainer Danny Thomas opened the doors to St. Jude in 1962 with the dream that “no child should die in the dawn of life."
Why support us?
Unlike any other hospital, the majority of our funding comes from individual contributions. And thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude.
No child should die in the dawn of life.
Cost to family: $0
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Saving kids worldwide
St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world.
Our goal: 100% survival
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago.
Our stories
Meet our patients, families, supporters, and staff and experience the innovative research, pioneering treatments and inspirational stories that happen at St. Jude every day. Experience our stories.
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News & Highlights - Spring 2021
Explore some of the latest clinical and scientific research from St. Jude, including medulloblastoma, COVID-19 and data sharing.
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Life after St. Jude: Faith, Life, Laughter
Cancer survivor John Rose offers support and advice.
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HPV: Prevention is Key
The new St. Jude HPV Cancer Prevention Program seeks to increase HPV vaccination rates to help reduce the number of deaths from six types of cancer.
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The Global Alliance: Family, Home and Hope
The St. Jude Global Alliance empowers its members to improve care worldwide.
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Our St. Jude App: St. Jude at Your Fingertips
The Our St. Jude mobile phone app guides patients and families, easing their load.
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Biostatistics: Power Behind the Protocol
Who provides fuel for the engine of medical research — helping design studies, analyze data and report results? Biostatisticians.
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Portrait of a Scientist
Molecular oncologist Martine Roussel, PhD, is the first woman to receive the honor of being part of a venerable portrait gallery at St. Jude.
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In Search of Hidden Gems: Data-Driven Discovery
With the world’s top talent and technology in place, St. Jude is using data-driven discovery to better understand childhood cancer and to identify promising drug targets.
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Science of Childhood Cancer: Conversations that Connect
Scientists at St. Jude haven’t allowed the pandemic to keep the cancer research community apart. Instead, they are using technology to find ways to connect virtually.
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Neurological Disorders: A New Direction
The Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative (PTNI) at St. Jude joins basic and clinical research, hospital collaborations, and pharmaceutical partnerships to bring treatments to children with neurological diseases.
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Out of this world: Physician assistant takes her St. Jude perspective to space
Physician assistant Hayley Arceneaux is a childhood cancer survivor at the hospital that saved her life. Now she’s on her way to space. Read her story.
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Doctors’ Day: St. Jude physicians share common goals
Read how St. Jude physicians are able to provide the best care for their patients.
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Meet Imani
Imani was diagnosed with cancer at 5 weeks old. Her family feared the worst. But at St. Jude, there was hope for her future.
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Meet Leah
Leah is a big sister who loves dresses, shopping, singing and helping in the kitchen. In March 2019, she was referred to St. Jude for acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment, which included a transplant with her mother as her donor.
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Meet Elliott
Elliott is social and loves the outdoors. He also loves St. Jude, where he's being treated for leukemia.