2021 Archive

Learn how St. Jude hospitalists ensure consistent, high-quality care for patients around the clock.

Find out how epigenetics research is revealing vulnerabilities that can be used to treat disease.

Learn how St. Jude is preparing students for future careers in data science.

Learn how the epigenetic landscape plays a role in pediatric brain tumors.

Learn how a St. Jude graduate student navigated confusing results.

Discover how St. Jude scientists are leveraging epigenetic programming to better understand leukemia.

Meet Kim Nichols, MD, and learn about her work in cancer predisposition research.

Explore St. Jude research using epigenetic regulation to find new therapeutic opportunities.

Learn how St. Jude researchers are addressing sleep disruptions in survivors of childhood cancer.

St. Jude scientists are leading research to understand how epigenetics works, and the impact the field can have on disease.

For Jasmine Turner, resilience and tenacity were required to enter a field with very few Black women. There weren’t many women or teachers of color in her scientific courses—no one with similar experiences to help guide her or focus her talents. She turned to her mother for encouragement and inspiration.

This study, to our knowledge, is the first to objectively measure hearing and neurocognitive function in a large cohort of long-term survivors of childhood cancer stratified by treatment exposures.

Andrea Stubbs shares her experiences that shaped her career in community outreach to raise awareness for both HIV and HPV.

Women of St. Jude highlights the influences and events that shaped the career of Pat Keel, who shares lessons she’s learned about teamwork and leadership.

Survival and quality of life for many with sickle cell disease depends upon where they live. Here’s what a doctor wants to do to fix that.

Fathers express grief through keeping busy or focusing on work – different than a mother’s grief. But fathers may not be getting the support they need after the loss of a child.

Nehali Patel, MD, grew up helping those in need. Read how working with HIV-infected children has shaped her medical career.

There’s a global push to increase HPV vaccination rates, and if successful, there are these future benefits everyone can enjoy.

St. Jude highlights Jane Hankins, who offers insights into how the artistic side of medicine shaped her education to become a hematologist.

Genetic changes in the biology of blood cells can lead them down a path to cancer. This researcher is figuring out how that happens.