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Alex Generous, PhD

Alex Generous, PhD

Senior Scientific Writer

Alex Generous, PhD, is a Senior Scientific Writer in the Strategic Communications, Education and Outreach Department at St. Jude.

Stories by Alex Generous

Clinical

Supporting mental health may improve hydroxyurea adherence in sickle cell disease

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore new research uncovering the connection and how it may help patients break out of negative cycles.

Research

Mentorship guides a PhD student from puzzling result to RSV discovery

Alex Generous, PhD

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

St. Jude On

Countering epigenetic control of cell identity gone awry

Alex Generous, PhD

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

Clinical

Helping craniopharyngioma survivors dream well and dream big

Alex Generous, PhD

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

Outreach

Global Platform builds momentum for improving childhood cancer care

Alex Generous, PhD

Find out how the Global Platform is forming the foundation of systemic improvements in multiple countries.

Research

Death-defying mechanism drives premature aging in blood stem cells after transplant

Alex Generous, PhD

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

Outreach

Access to childhood cancer medicines grows trust and security in Zambia

Alex Generous, PhD

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

Investigator Insights

5 Questions for Joshua Burns, PhD

Joshua Burns, PhD and Alex Generous, PhD

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

Research

Peripheral blood tests aid leukemia surveillance for bone marrow failure

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn how a simple test could detect leukemia at an earlier stage and improve outcomes.

Research

Parallel analysis method cracks scalable single-molecule imaging

Alex Generous, PhD

Clever engineering widens researchers’ view of the single-molecule scale.