Read the latest news and stories from the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
12/07/2020
St. Jude scientists identified genetic variants in African American childhood cancer survivors that have implications for up-front care and long-term surveillance.
12/02/2020
Liliana Vasquez, MD, pediatric oncologist and global health student, is helping Peru adopt universal coverage for early cancer diagnosis and treatment for children.
12/02/2020
Scientists at St. Jude have shed light on the mechanisms that underlie how Aspergillus fumigatus activates the inflammasome, with implications for therapeutic development.
11/18/2020
Immunologists have determined the process driving life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients with COVID-19, sepsis and other inflammatory disorders suggesting possible treatment using existing drugs.
11/17/2020
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified how metabolic signaling pathways influence key immune cells with implications for treating autoimmune disorders and cancer.
10/28/2020
St. Jude researchers are studying the Siah2 protein to determine how brain cells mature.
10/28/2020
Preclinical studies are underway at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to develop small molecule inhibitors to prevent deadly inflammation and lung damage following respiratory infections and asthma.
10/22/2020
Two oncologists enrolled in the Global Child Health MSc program at St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognized for clinical research from SIOP. Learn more.
10/14/2020
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists lead genome analysis to better understand one of the most common childhood solid tumors.
09/16/2020
St. Jude researchers capture the structure of PARP enzymes at work, leading to a new understanding of DNA repair that may aid cancer treatments targeting the process.
09/15/2020
To celebrate the 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month, the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognizes a few of our students in the Global Child Health Master’s program.
05/20/2020
COVID-19 reduces the most important meeting of a young scientist’s career to screen time. Read about these second-year grad students and their successful strategies for taking qualifying exams virtually.
04/17/2020
Find out how a graduate student became a first author on an innovative immunology research paper on T-cell memory and type 1 diabetes.
10/11/2019
Let Assistant Dean Racquel Collins walk you through the application checklist, how to tell your story and the importance of explaining your science to 7th graders.
10/04/2019
Douglas R. Green, Ph.D., is one of four recipients of the 2019 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal for Alumni Achievement from the Yale Graduate School.
09/20/2019
New biomedical PhD students and Global Child Health master’s students were officially welcomed at Convocation for the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
08/19/2019
View photos from the 4th annual NSUR event, in which the St. Jude Graduate School welcomed 47 undergraduate, masters, and postbaccalaureate students.
08/02/2018
Faculty and staff welcomed 13 new PhD students with a convocation ceremony and reception. View images from the event and find out more about the graduate school.
08/29/2018
Learn about the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in this Q&A with dean Stephen White, D.Phil, including some words of advice for first-year PhD students.
08/08/2018
Get tips on starting your research experience, getting funding, and establishing yourself in the industry before you start grad school.
08/08/2018
A PhD student shares key advice for first-year students: sharpen your analytical skills, unchain your curiosity, reframe failure, embrace opportunity—and don’t do it alone.
07/30/2018
Receiving dedicated advising and mentorship by world-class biomedical researchers has inspired the inaugural class of the graduate school to become more than just students.
06/09/2020
Kiri Ness, Ph.D., is the 2020 recipient of the Helen J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature.
06/12/2020
Research sheds light on cytokine storm syndromes and how ruxolitinib may benefit patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
04/17/2020
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed software to identify cancer-causing mutations lurking in vast regions of the human genome.
07/15/2020
Rogers replaces the retiring longtime Department Chair Mary Relling.
09/09/2020
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists report that respiratory bacteria aid spread of flu virus .
09/11/2020
St. Jude researchers showed that an inherited variant of the GATA3 gene is tied to minimal residual disease levels and response to therapy for ALL