2024 Archive

Sickle Cell

Shortening the gap between pediatric and adult care improves sickle cell outcomes

Alex Generous, PhD

Closing the time gap between pediatric and adult care could have significant benefits for patients.

St. Jude On

Behind the curtain: the key role of biostatistics in advancing clinical trials

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Explore how biostatistics drives the design and implementation of clinical trials at St. Jude.

Profiles

5 Questions for Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD

Brian O'Flynn, PhD and Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD

Learn how Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD, has developed the Office of Strategy & Alliances as the hub of harmonization for the Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative.

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Translating lab discoveries to clinical trials in the age of personalized medicine

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how research is translated to clinical impact in addressing the most challenging ALL cases

Outreach

Study explores emotional entanglement and belonging in a research immersion program

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Learn about a study exploring emotions and belonging in STEMM research immersion programs

Developmental Biology

The long and the short of the cell antenna

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore the pathway linking Sonic Hedgehog signaling with cilium length

Sickle Cell

Bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease improves myocardial fibrosis

Erin Podolak, MA

St. Jude scientists have found for the first time that myocardial fibrosis caused by sickle cell disease can actually be improved by bone marrow transplantation.

Research

Exploring biomolecular condensate networks’ internal structure

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how molecular dynamics revealed the inhomogeneous nature of biomolecular condensates

Survivorship

Uncovering the source of a “silent” syndrome

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Discover the neuronal interactions at the center of posterior fossa syndrome

Profiles

5 Questions for J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD and Brian O'Flynn, PhD and Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD

Learn how J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD, leveraged the unique infrastructure at St. Jude to launch the Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative