About Linda M. Hendershot
Dr. Hendershot earned a BS from Eastern Kentucky University and a PhD in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham before beginning her longstanding research career with St. Jude. Since 1987, she has led a robust laboratory-based research program that explores protein folding in the cells and the biological impact of protein misfolding, including how the accumulation of unfolded proteins may contribute to disease.
Meet the Team
Linda M. Hendershot, PhD
Principal Investigator
- Member, St. Jude Faculty
- Lana Elkins, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Ashley Florey, MS
- Senior Researcher
- Melissa Mann
- Lab Operations Manager
- Chris Melendez-Suchi
- Researcher