2019 Archive

Outreach

St. Jude Science Scholars of Tomorrow symposium: A learning experience

Aaron Hervey

Learn about science and medicine, but read how this teen’s experience made a real difference in how he looks at his future.

Research

Cell Seek provides a path to understanding the cellular origins of pediatric brain tumors

Lee Morgan

What if scientists shared data about brain development to find the origins of brain tumors and disorders? These scientists did, and it changed everything.

Research

10,000 reasons St. Jude Cloud can help advance science

Chris Pennington

10,000 reasons St. Jude Cloud can help advance science

Clinical

Bereaved parents reflect on difficult conversations

Keith Crabtree, PhD

Remember these three things when you’re about to have a conversation with parents of a sick or dying child.

Clinical

Bereaved parent mentors use their past to assist patients, parents and clinical team

Chris Pennington

Read how surviving parents are working with St. Jude to help guide health care and quality of life for future St. Jude patients.

Clinical

Sleep is the third pillar of health — stop overlooking its importance

Valerie Crabtree, PhD

Read how parents and officials are neglecting one of the most important aspects of teenage health – and it happens almost every day.

Clinical

Obesity: the side effect of therapy we don’t consider

Emily Browne, DNP

Cancer drugs can make pediatric cancer patients gain weight. Read how researchers found the key to helping ensure children-survivors live healthier lives.

Outreach

HPV vaccination begins with family health care providers

Melissa Hudson, MD

HPV cancer prevention begins with you.

Research

Medulloblastoma therapy may get better thanks to ‘key’ technology

Martine F. Roussel, PhD

In testing a new treatment for a deadly brain tumor, read what these researchers did to figure out how to make exact duplicates of the cancer.

Investigator Insights

‘There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes’

Keith Crabtree, PhD

It wasn’t that big of a culture shock to come from Sweden to Memphis, and then she experienced the heat and humidity and reconsidered everything.