St. Jude hosts the Childhood Cancer Survivors Study the largest long-term, follow-up clinic for childhood cancer patients in the United States, and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study, one of the world’s largest and longest-running studies on the long-term effects of cancer. Researchers also work to provide the best possible care for survivors of blood disorders and neurological diseases.
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Cancer Survivorship Experts
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Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE
Armstrong
Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE, St. Jude Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control chair, leads research on the long-term outcomes of childhood cancer survivorship. His research focuses on the genomic, socio-economic, lifestyle and other factors contributing to childhood cancer survivors’ health concerns. He is the principal investigator for the Childhood Cancer Survivorship Study and co-chairs the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (St. Jude LIFE) Cardiopulmonary Working Group.
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Joshua Burns, PhD
Burns
Joshua Burns, PhD, is director of the St. Jude Human Performance and Gait and Mobility Laboratories. He has devoted his career to exploring gait deficits and other movement disorders in children, leveraging the most recent technology for 3D modeling and analysis.
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Stephanie Dixon, MD, MPH
Dixon
Stephanie Dixon, MD, MPH, St. Jude Departments of Epidemiology & Cancer Control and Oncology, studies ways to improve the health and lifespans of childhood cancer survivors such as decreasing the toxicity of childhood treatments, encouraging healthy lifestyle behaviors after treatment and increasing access to treatments for modifiable health conditions.
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Melissa M. Hudson, MD
Hudson
Melissa Hudson, MD, is director of the St. Jude Division of Cancer Survivorship in the Department of Oncology and co-leader of the After Completion of Therapy (ACT) Clinic. She is an expert in pediatric cancer survivorship, monitoring complications, providing screening and prevention plans and integrating the cancer experience with health care needs.
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Kirsten Ness, PT, PhD, St. Jude Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control, focuses on recognizing, describing and remediating functional limitations in childhood cancer survivors. As principal investigator of the Human Performance Lab at St. Jude, Ness collaborates with other investigators to understand physiological impairments and problems with movement and physical function in patients and survivors of childhood cancer.
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Yadav Sapkota, PhD
Sapkota
Yadav Sapkota, PhD, St. Jude Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, leads research to assess childhood cancer survivors’ risk of developing health conditions and illnesses later in life. Sapkota builds models to better understand the risk of developing toxicities based on patients’ characteristics, cancer treatments and genetic profiles.
