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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

Outreach

St. Jude BioHackathon solves complex research problems and advances participants careers

Alex Generous, PhD

See how the St. Jude BioHackathon solves research problems and builds community. 

St. Jude On

Continuing a legacy of preventing and managing infections in children with catastrophic illnesses

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore how St. Jude has and continues to lead infectious diseases research to prevent infections in children with compromised immune systems. 

Artistic rendering showing calendar months going by from left to right, with three versions of a person with sickle cell disease experiencing worse outcomes the longer they take to transition to adult care.
Artistic rendering showing calendar months going by from left to right, with three versions of a person with sickle cell disease experiencing worse outcomes the longer they take to transition to adult care.
Clinical

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.

Planet Earth in front of a galaxy background with circles surrounding the planet
Planet Earth in front of a galaxy background with circles surrounding the planet
Outreach

Global peer community sets standards to save vulnerable children from infectious diseases

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude is helping train and make guidelines to prevent and treat infections during pediatric cancer treatment worldwide.

Doctor talking to patient in hospital room
Doctor talking to patient in hospital room
Clinical

Boot camp trains sickle cell disease ‘pain crises champions’ to improve patient care

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude and UTHSC are training nurses worldwide how to better care for people with sickle cell disease.

Clinical

Long-acting injectable HIV drugs safe for treating adolescents

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn how long-lasting drugs offer hope for adolescent with HIV.

Research

Influenza virus provides first evidence of bats’ potential as an intermediate host

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore research showing bats may be an intermediate influenza host.

Clinical

Preventing sepsis during treatment for pediatric cancer might prevent neurocognitive problems decades later in survivors

Alex Generous, PhD

Childhood sepsis during cancer treatment appears to have a lasting impact on only one organ.

St. Jude On

Expanding access to genetic research and care

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude is leading more inclusive genetic studies and translating them to better care.

Clinical

St. Jude investigator led multi-center effort to define Diamond Blackfan anemia syndromes’ guidelines

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore the newly published guidelines for Diamond Blackfan anemia syndromes.