2020 Archive

Investigator Insights

Deanna Tremblay credits mother with inspiration to pursue scientific career

St. Jude Progress

Women in science and clinical care offer insights and tips for those interested in pursuing a scientific or clinical career.

Research

Word to the wise: Don’t let the genomic data fool you

Mary Powers

In the world of genomics, this computational biologist recommends these simple things before interpreting the data.

Clinical

Sickle cell disease and COVID-19: What we’re telling patients

Jane Hankins, MD

Sickle cell disease patients face additional dangers if they become infected with COVID-19. Here’s what this physician specialist is telling her patients.

Clinical

Clinical hypnosis: the mind’s suggestion box

Elyse Heidelberg, PsyD

St. Jude psychologists use clinical hypnosis to help children and adolescents manage pain, nausea and distress during and after cancer treatment.

Outreach

Communicating science to tell the story of discovery

Kate Ayers

Teaching science can create scientists of the future. But communicating science can be difficult unless you remember these things.

Investigator Insights

The enhanced role of an infectious disease specialist

Diego R. Hijano, MD, MSc

The pandemic has highlighted the critical role of these physicians – and how there is a critical need for more.

Clinical

It’s time for patient guidelines for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Hiroto Inaba, MD, PhD

Leukemia patients and families can get the information they need through this new publication that breaks down diagnosis and treatment.

Research

How to calm the cytokine storm in COVID-19 and beyond

Rebecca Tweedell, PhD

Some COVID-19 infections can create a molecular storm inside your body that can be fatal. This research team may have found a way to stop it.

Clinical

Producing the cancer reference book for central nervous system tumors

Chris Pennington

Read what this physician-researcher does to set the standard for central nervous system cancers and treatments.

Research

New clues about the machinery of brain development

David J. Solecki, PhD

The nature of brain development reveals that these two things are key – and also may hold clues to fighting childhood brain cancers.