St. Jude is committed to leveraging its assets to accelerate progress and maximize impact for children in Memphis and around the globe with an acute focus on fundamental science, childhood cancer, pediatric catastrophic disease, global impact, and workforce and environment. St. Jude has, and will continue to, significantly influence the way the world understands and treats childhood cancer, sickle cell disease, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases.

Explore our research

The St. Jude environment facilitates interaction among laboratory scientists and clinical investigators, promoting the translation of new findings from the lab to the clinic and communicating clinical problems to laboratory scientists for further investigation. Our 22 academic departments are home to more than 120 fundamental and translational research labs that bring the ‘bench to the bedside,’ ensuring that patients treated at St. Jude benefit fully from advances in our understanding of pediatric catastrophic diseases and their treatment.

Explore the work of our lab-based investigators by searching for a PI/Faculty name.

What sets St. Jude apart?

Careers & training

Answer your calling at St. Jude

St. Jude is a community of diverse faculty, staff, and trainees who strive to ask bold questions, create innovative solutions, and strengthen the robust scientific enterprise. St. Jude investigators have the freedom to focus on making big discoveries, backed by extraordinary resources and support teams. 

Progress: A Digital Magazine

Sharing stories of impact and discovery across the St. Jude research enterprise.

Research

Like kisMET: targeted therapy and radiation synergize in pediatric high-grade glioma

Erin Podolak, MA

Translational research from Suzanne Baker, PhD, and colleagues shows that targeted MET inhibitor capmatinib effectively crosses the blood-brain-barrier, synergizing with radiation to treat pediatric high-grade glioma.

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Innovation and collaboration in drug development helps combat antibiotic resistance

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Explore how St. Jude researchers are tackling the silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance and pioneering the development of new drugs to address the growing threat.

Outreach

St. Jude BioHackathon solves complex research problems and advances participants careers

Alex Generous, PhD

See how the St. Jude BioHackathon solves research problems and builds community. 

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Continuing a legacy of preventing and managing infections in children with catastrophic illnesses

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore how St. Jude has and continues to lead infectious diseases research to prevent infections in children with compromised immune systems. 

An extraordinary academic institution

Learn how a degree from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences can help you further your science and make a difference.

With world-class basic and translational research, mentorship from internationally renowned faculty and exceptional support and resources, our degree programs offer a unique experience for all our students.

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