Meet Our Alumni

After graduation, our students join scientific researchers, clinicians and leaders in their chosen career paths.

  1. PhD in Biomedical Sciences

    PhD in Biomedical Sciences

    • Alexandra Beckett, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation:Targeting the CD47/SIRP⍺ axis for the improvement of adoptive T cell therapy for solid tumors

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego

    • Matthew Bell, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Engineered cytokine signaling enhances CAR T cells for the treatment of solid tumors

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hendrix College

    • Brennan Bergeron, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Cis-regulatory disruptions impacting canonical WNT signaling promote glucocorticoid resistance in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology, University of Louisiana-Lafayette. 

    • Mackenzie Bloom, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: The effect of pathogenic germline ETV6 variants on normal and malignant hematopoiesis

      Additional Credentials: 
      BS, Biology (Genetics), University of Kansas
      MS, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2018)

    • Kaitlin Budd, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2025, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Dissecting the regional selectivity of oncohistone H3.3 K27M

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biomedical Science, Oakland University

    • Madeline Bush, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Developmental hijacking and cellular transformation in rhabodmyosarcoma

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology, Texas Christian University

    • Christina Daly, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Sonic hedgehog signals through coreceptors BOC and CDON to induce cytoneme formation

      Additional Credentials:
      BS Cellular/Molecular Biology, Appalachian State University
      MS, Cellular/Molecular Biology, Appalachian State University 

    • Jessica Gaevert, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2025, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Characterizing CD8+ T cell receptor cross-reactivity in influenza A virus: implications for T cell specificity and immunity

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Microbiology, Colorado State University

    • Rebecca Florke Gee, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Investigating the regulation of PXR protein abundance by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway 

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology and Chemistry, Bemidji State University
      MS, Biology, Bemidji State University

    • Liam Hallada, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: The Role and Regulation of Junctional Adhesion Molecule (JAM) cell recognition in the developing cerebellum: establishing methods to investigate dynamics of the subcellular organization of molecularly-defined neuronal contacts 

      Additional Credentials:
      BS,. Biology and Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
      MS, Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    • Victoria Honnell, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: The Role of the Vsx2 Super-enhancer in Retinal Development 

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Neuroscience, Rhodes College

    • Alex Hughes, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Determining a Role for Dynorphin-producing Neurons Within the Locus Coeruleus

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biomedical Engineering, (Chemistry minor), Mississippi State University 

    • Christina Kackos, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Investigating mRNA vaccines for prevention and mitigation of influenza.

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Mathematics and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Clarkson University
      MS, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

    • Allison Kirk, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Defining T cell responses to DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion neoantigens in fibrolamellar carcinoma

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Chemistry and Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    • Rahul Kumar, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2020, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Applied multi-dimensional genomics of relapsed medulloblastoma

      Additional credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
      MS, Physics, University of Pennsylvania
      MS, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      Medical Student, UT Center for the Health Sciences

    • Ramon Misla David

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2025, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Malformations of Cortical Development: Understanding Disease  Mechanisms through Genetics 

      Additional credentials:
      BS, Biomedical Sciences (Minor in Psychology), Liberty University
      MD Candidate, Ponce Health Sciences University

    • Sarah Moore

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2025, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Developing immunocompetent models to address the challenges of AML-directed CAR T cells 

      Additional credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of California, San Diego

    • Gregory Phelps, PharmD, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Conquering resistance, a chemical biology approach to combating an antibiotic nightmare

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University
      BA, Chemistry, Arkansas State University
      PharmD, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

    • Sandi Radko-Juettner, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Mechanistic Studies of a Novel Vulnerability in Pediatric Cancer 

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology, University of Western Ontario
      MS, Microbiology, University of Manitoba

    • Isaiah Reeves, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: MYC Inhibition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Utilizing an AAV Vector 

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

    • Jordan Roach, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2025, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Clinicopathological features and transcriptional vulnerabilities underlying H3 G34-mutant diffuse hemispheric glioma

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
      2nd year medical student, University of Tennessee College of Medicine

    • Maria Smith, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: The β6 integrin: regulator of epithelial immunity

      Additional Credentials:
      BS. Biotechnology, Molecular Bioscience,  Rochester Institute of Technology

    • Ana Vazquez-Pagan, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Impact of influenza A virus infection and vaccination during pregnancy

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology, Northeastern University

    • Elizabeth Wickman, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Tenascin C-targeted cell therapy for pediatric cancer

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biochemistry, North Carolina State University

    • Kristin Wiggins, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Developing a novel influenza vaccine platform using recombinant adenovirus-associated virus vectors

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biomedical Science and Chemistry Northern Arizona University
      MS, Biology, Northern Arizona University
      Graduate Certificate Applied Statistics, Northern Arizona University

    • Benjamin Wilander, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Impact of DRAK2 on T cell function and development

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biology, Bemidji State University

    • Stephen Winston, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Rational engineering of the AAV2 P5 promoter improves vector purity

      Additional Credentials:
      PhD, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Northeastern University

    • Tristen Wright, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Non-apoptotic roles of MCL-1 in regulating mitochondrial metabolism

      Additional Credentials:
      BS, Biotechnology, Arkansas State University

    • Caitlin Zebley, MD, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2020, PhD in Biomedical Sciences
      Dissertation: Investigation of Specificity Determinants for CD8 T Cell Epigenetic Reprogramming

      Additional credentials:
      BS, Chemistry and Biology, Iona College
      MD, Chicago Medical School 

  1. MS in Biomedical Sciences

    MS in Biomedical Sciences

    • Portrait of Caroline Gilmore

      Caroline Gilmore

      St. Jude Degree(s): MS Biomedical Sciences (2021)
      Additional credentials: BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Math minor), University of Richmond
      Hometown: Denver, Colorado

    • Adriana Ramirez Negron

      St. Jude Degree(s): MS, Biomedical Sciences
      Additional credentials: BS, Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
      Hometown: Caguas, Puerto Rico

    • Andrea Lee

      St. Jude Degree(s): MS, Biomedical Sciences (2019)
      Additional Credentials: BS, Neuroscience, Washington State University
      Hometown: Munich, Germany

    • Morgan Sutton

      BS,  Biology (Minors in Chemistry, Psychology, Childhood Studies), Case Western Reserve University

  1. MS in Global Child Health

    MS in Global Child Health

    • Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD, Gazi University, Ankara, Republic of Turkey
      Specialist Certificate, General Pediatrics - Hacettepe University, Ankara, Republic of Turkey

      Head, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana

      Hometown:  Tamale, Ghana

    • Caetano de Aguirre Neto, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      MD      , Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2001)

      Head of pediatric oncology, Santa Casa De Belo Horizonte

      Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    • Alia Ahmad, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      MD (2014), King Edward Medical College/Punjab University Lahore
      Diploma (1998) The Post Graduate Medical Institute Lahore/Punjab University

      Children's Hospital Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

      Hometown: Lahore Punjab Pakistan

    • Ana Patricia Alcasabas, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD       (1994), University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

      Head, Section of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
      Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

      Hometown: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

    • Ahmad Moussa Alokl, MBBCh, MBA, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MBBCh (2001) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
      MBA (2010) University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

      Health Management and Research Unit Manager, Center for Development Services, Cairo, Egypt 

      Hometown: Cairo, Egypt

    • Jiaoyang Cai, MD, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2023, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials
      MD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (2013)
      PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (2017)

      Attending physician, pediatric oncology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center (SCMC) /National Children’s Medical Center–Shanghai (NCMCS) 

      Hometown: Shanghai, China

    • Rosdali Diaz Coronado, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Pediatrics training       (2012 and 2014),  Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru 
      MD (2007), Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Lambayeque, Peru

      Pediatric Oncologist, National Cancer Institute (INEN), Lima, Peru

      Hometown: Lima Peru

    • Mae Dolendo, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      BS      , Medical Technology, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City, Philippines (1986)
      MD, West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, Philippines (1991)

      Head, Children’s Cancer Institute at Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City, Philippines

      Hometown: Davao City, Philippines

    • Pablo M. González-Montalvo, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Pediatric Oncology Degree      : Hospital Infantil de México/ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2003)
      Pediatrics Degree: Hospital Infantil de México/ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2001)
      Medical Degree: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (1997)
      Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán and a pediatric oncologist at Hospital General O’Horán; member, MAS steering committee and St. Jude Global Alliance Regional Advisory Committee for Latin America.

      Hometown: Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

    • Sanjeeva Gunasekera, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MBBS (2006), University of Colombo
      MD (2011), Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

      National Cancer Institute, Sri Lanka

      Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka

    • Wendy C. Gómez García, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials
      MD, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2004)

      Oncology Unit coordinator and head of Onco-Pediatric Palliative Care program, Dr. Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 
      Pediatric Center Director of the National Cancer Institute Rosa Emilia Sánchez Pérez de Tavares (INCART)

      Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    • Pascale Yola Heurtelou Gassant, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD      , Carlos J Finlay University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey, Cuba

      Head, Pediatric Oncology Department, Saint-Damien Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

      Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    • Diriba Fufa Hordofa, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Diploma       (2014), Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
      MD (2009), Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

      Head, Pediatric Oncology, Jimma Medical Center

      Hometown: Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia 

    • Yusuf Danasabe Jobbi

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MS       (2019), Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
      BS  (2014), Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria

      Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

      Hometown: Kano Nigeria

       

    • Roman Kizyma, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials:
      Fellowship - The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      MS (2009), Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
      MD (2007), Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

      Hometown: Lviv, Ukraine

    • Arturo Zapata López, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      MD      , Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru (2010) 

      Pediatric oncologist at the National Cancer Institute (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas)
      Pediatric Leukemia Committee Coordinator for Peru

      Hometown: Lima, Peru

    • Mora Mel, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD       (2012), University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

      Radiation Oncologist, University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

      Hometown: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    • Claudia Pascual Morales, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MSc:       Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (2015)
      Medical degree: Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, La Habana, Cuba (2007)

      National Consultant, Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer at the Pan American Health Organization in Peru

      Hometown: Lima, Peru

    • Doreen Terry Karimi Mutua, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery       (MBCHB) – University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (2005)
      Masters of Medicine, Pediatrics and Child Health – University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (2012)

      Consultant Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

      Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya

    • Mariam Ndagire, RN

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Post Graduate Diploma Hospital and Healthcare Management:       Uganda Management Institute (2020)
      BSc Nursing: The Aga Khan University, Uganda (2017)
      Diploma Nursing: Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery, Uganda (2011)

      Senior Pediatric Oncology Nurse and Deputy Patient Manager, Uganda Cancer Institute

      Hometown: Seeta, Mukono Uganda 

    • Yuliya Nogovitsyna, MA, LLM, PhD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      MA      , Public International Law, Kyiv National University, Institute of International Relations, Kyiv, Ukraine (2003)
      PhD, Public International Law, Kyiv National University, Institute of International Relations, Kyiv, Ukraine (2006)
      LLM, Business Law, University of London, London, United Kingdom (2009)
      MA, Nonprofit Management, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine (2020)

      Program Director, Tabletochki

      Hometown: Kyiv, Ukraine

    • Hovaire Nsabimana, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      ISQua Fellowship:       Dublin 2/ Ireland (2021)
      Master of Pediatrics and Child Health: University of Rwanda, Kigali /Rwanda (2016)
      MD, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery: University of Rwanda, Kigali/Rwanda (2012)
      Pediatric Consultant, Doctors with Africa CUAMM

      Hometown: Kigali, Rwanda

    • Liezl du Plessis, MD, MMD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MMed       in Pediatrics: University of the Free State, RSA, 2012
      Medical Degree: University of the Pretoria, RSA, 2003 
      Consultant Pediatric Oncologist for the Northern Cape, South Africa, University of the Free State.

      Hometown: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

    • Adriana María Porras Moreno, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      BS (2013), Universidad de Costa Rica

      General Medical Doctorm, National Children Hospital, San Jose, Costa Rica

      Hometown: San Jose, Costa Rica

    • Rehana Punjwani

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      BS       (2014), The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
      BSN (1994), The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

      Head, Pediatric Nursing Department, Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

      Hometown: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

    • Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, MBBS, FCPS

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      FCPS       (Radiotherapy): College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (2014)
      MBBS: Dow Medical College (2007)

      Assistant Professor, Head of Radiation Oncology, The Aga Kahn University, Karachi, Pakistan

      Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan

    • Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD (2003), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
      DM (2011), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

      Professor, Medical and Pediatric Oncology, Chennai Cancer Institute, Chennai, India

      Hometown: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    • Revathi Rajagopal, MD, MMed

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Pediatric Neuro-oncology Fellowship: Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Australia (2017)
      Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship: Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (2016), University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia (2012-2015)
      Master of Pediatrics (MMED, Paeds): University Malaya, Malaysia (2006 and 2010)
      Medical Degree (MD): University Science Malaysia, Malaysia (2002)

      Pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Malaysia. 

      Hometown: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

    • Kirtikumar J Rathod, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MS (2008), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
      BS (2002), Shree Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule, India

      Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India

      Hometown:  Dhule, Maharashtra, India

       

    • Rafie Raza, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      MD      , Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan (1997)

      Senior Consultant, Head of Department of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Indus Hospital & Health Network

      Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan

    • Rawad Rihani, MD, MS


      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD, MSc (2000), University of Jordan
      Pediatric Hem/Onc & HSCT Fellowship (2004), Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales

      Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

      Hometown: Amman, Jordan

    • Jocelyn Rivera, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD (2008), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

      Coordinator of Pediatric Emergency Room, Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología, Teletón México

      Hometown: Queretaro, Mexico

    • Juan Pablo Rodriguez-Auad, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2022, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MSc       (2011), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
      MD (2004), St. Andrew Major University, La Paz, Bolivia

      Head, Infectious Diseases Unite, Hospital del Niño Ovidio Aliaga Uria in La Paz, Bolivia.

      Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia

    • Abideen Olurotimi Salako , MBBS, FWACP

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Global Child Health 

      Additional Credentials
      MBBS      , Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State, Nigeria (2007).

      Consultant Paediatrician (Haematology/Oncology) and Research Fellow at the Clinical Sciences Department of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research

      Hometown: Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria

    • Lily J. Saldaña Gallo, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Master’s International Senior Management:       Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (2021)
      Master’s Endoscopic Surgical Techniques: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2012)
      Pediatric Surgery: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (2005)
      Medical Degree: Universidad San Martin de Porres, Lima (2001)

      Member, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN); lead, Peruvian Pediatric Surgical Oncology Committee of the national Ministry of Health; pediatric surgery professor, Universidad Ricardo Palma in Peru.

      Hometown: Lima, Peru

    • Liliana Vasquez Ponce, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD (2006), National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru

      National Consultant, Global Initiative of Childhood Cancer, PAHO Peru

      Hometown: Lima, Peru

    • Thelma Velasquez Herrera, MD, MS

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2021, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      MD (2008), University San Carlos De Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

      Pediatric Hemato-Oncologist, Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica, Guatemala City, Guatemala

      Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala

    • Mulugeta Ayalew Yimer, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year:       2024, MS in Global Child Health

      Additional Credentials:
      Fellowship      : Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology – Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, Haryana, India (2019)
      Specialty Certificate: Pediatrics and Child Health – University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia (2015)
      Medical Degree: University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia (2010)

      Pediatric hematology oncology consultant at the University of Gondar Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.

      Hometown: Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia 

  1. MS in Clinical Investigations

    MS in Clinical Investigations

    • Md Zahangir Alom, PhD

      Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Tarun Aurora, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MD - Medical College of Geogia (2016)
      Assistant Professor, Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital and Children’s Hospital Atlanta

    • Elspeth (Ellie) Bittle, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MD - St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's Grenada (2018)
      Clinical Fellow, Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    • Kristine R. Crews, PharmD

      Director of Research Operations, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Margaret Cupit-Link, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MD - Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota (2018)
      Assistant Professor of Oncology, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, St. Louis University

    • Angela Edwards, BHS, RT(R)(MR)

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      BHS - Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis TN (2005)
      Advanced Image Processing Specialist, Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    • D. Andrew Elliott, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
      Director, Psychiatry Division, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Rebecca Epperly, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2024, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MD - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2014)
      Instructor, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    • Seth Karol, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials
      MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
      Assistant Member, Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Nidhi Mali, PhD

      Clinical Research Associate/Research Manager-III, Quality of Life and Palliative Care Division, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Soniya Naomi Pinto, MBBS

      Instructor, Neuroradiology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Parul Rai, MD

      Assistant Member, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Kate Shapiro, MD

      Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

    • Akshay Sharma, MBBS

      St. Jude Degree(s)
      Year: 2023, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional Credentials:
      MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, India
      Assistant Member, Bone Marrow Transplant, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Melissa A. Shenep, MD

      St. Jude Degree(s):
      Year: 2023, MS in Clinical Investigations

      Additional credentials:
      MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
      Postdoctoral Fellow, Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Elena Valencia-Barbosa

      Clinical Research Assistant, Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    • Whitney Ziegenhorn

      Contractor, Global Infectious Disease Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital