2021 Archive

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.

Meet Joshua Burns, PhD, and learn about his work on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT).

See how a patient-derived xenograft library is shaping Wilms tumor treatments.

See how clinicians are working to bring the best SMA treatment to more patients.

Discover how the Books on Wheels initiative at St. Jude is bringing comfort and connection to patients through the power of reading.

Kristin Lyons, director of Rehabilitation Services, and Jessica Sparrow, Lead Occupational Therapist, worked as part of a team of oncology rehabilitation providers from pediatric institutions across the country to co-author a recent Seminars in Oncology Nursing article, which provides a comprehensive overview of rehabilitation screening, assessment, and intervention for children with cancer.

Posterior fossa syndrome develops in some children following surgery for the brain tumor medulloblastoma. St. Jude research offers fresh insight into the mysterious syndrome and advice on how to avoid it.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recently published treatment guidelines for children diagnosed with nephroblastoma. Two St. Jude physicians collaborated on the project.

As cancer survivorship changes, new benchmarks must be set to redefine survivorship research and treatment success.

It’s essential to provide an accurate, science-based website for vaccine information. The St. Jude Global COVID-19 Working Group plans to provide accurate COVID-19 information, including answering questions and providing vaccine news as it emerges.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is launching the largest strategic investment in its nearly 60-year history, committing $11.5 billion during the next six years to accelerate research and treatment globally for children with catastrophic diseases.

Cancer treatments can result in damage to the heart both during treatment and years following completion of therapy. As many cancer survivors are now living longer into adulthood, we’re gaining a better understanding of some of the late effects of cancer treatments that we weren’t able to observe before.

Scientists are learning more about antibody production in response to flu, including how they develop from helper T cells and monocytes.

The pandemic exposed shortcomings in health care. But this study revealed more than expected in this type of children’s treatment.

Tangie Thomas, MPH, is vice president of Clinical Trials Operations at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.