2021 Archive

Meet postdoctoral researcher Jingjing Chen, PhD, Department of Hematology, and learn about her research.

Learn more about how mentorship at St. Jude prepares future leaders in research and medicine.

Discover how mitochondria help stem cells re-establish the blood system at the cost of accelerated aging.

See how new research is guiding the best treatment strategies to improve outcomes in pediatric diffuse hemispheric glioma.

Meet postdoctoral researcher Sarada Achyutuni, PhD, Center of Excellence for Leukemia Studies, and learn about her research.

See how an artificial intelligence single-cell microfluidics pharmacotyping tool helps identify drugs for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines is growing trust to improve pediatric cancer treatment in Zambia

Watch St. Jude experts discuss how qualitative research is shaping the future of pediatric medicine and improving patient-centered care.

Learn how the Center for Infectious Diseases Research is facilitating collaborations across departments at St. Jude.

Learn how the Global Disease Burden and Simulation Unit at St. Jude is making efforts to improve childhood cancer care worldwide.

Researchers are focusing on treatment-related pain as another way to reduce the risk of learning and memory problems in survivors of childhood leukemia.

The Rising Stars of Cancer Research program is a new to the Science of Childhood Cancer lecture series. The program highlights the work of emerging leaders in the cancer research community.

Empower Everyone was the theme of the St. Jude Global Alliance Convening, a virtual meeting that attracted participants from around the world.

St. Jude scientists have created an algorithm to help group T-cells by their function by evaluating two different types of data, T-cell receptor sequences and gene expression.

Walter Hughes, MD, who established the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases and initiated pediatric AIDS research at the hospital, has died.

St. Jude biostatisticians have developed a new method for designing phase 2 clinical trials with a small sample size. The approach uses a mathematical model called Bayesian probability . The researchers created free software to implement the process.

St. Jude will host the virtual Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium July 22–23. The inaugural event in 2020 prompted a researcher in India to become a visiting scientist at St. Jude. Register for the event.

St. Jude researchers looked at burnout and perceived work demands among St. Jude physicians and found that emotional exhaustion and time demands are key factors in a problem that affects both provider and patient.

A pediatric psychologist expresses gratitude for interdisciplinary collaboration, which elevates patient care and provider well-being.

Martine Roussel, PhD, faculty member and endowed chair in molecular oncogenesis, shares how early work on oncogenes led to her lab’s discovery of new oncogenes.