Author Profile

Destiny Hinton

Destiny HInton

Destiny Hinton is a communications intern in the Department of Communications & Scientific and Medical Content Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Destiny Hinton

Research

Genomic Medicine Initiative (GEMINI) targets unmet needs in rare disease treatment

Jake Hopkins, MBA and Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Learn how GEMINI addresses the challenges of rare genetic diseases

Investigator Insights

Navigating a non-traditional path to becoming a scientist

Matthew Fisher

Meet graduate student Matthew Fisher to learn about his atypical scientific career progression.

Clinical

St. Jude calculators crunch the numbers to empower survivors of childhood cancer

Alex Generous, PhD

Find about these free resources, which scientists keep current with the most current survivorship research.

Investigator Insights

Finding my path from baseball to biomedical science

Jordan Bondrowski

A chance encounter at a baseball game as a child set Jordan Bondrowski on the path toward becoming a student in the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Research

Demystifying a methylation mystery at the fetal hemoglobin gene promoter

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn how St. Jude scientists answered a decades-old mystery with implications for sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia treatment.

Clinical

Harnessing the power of PET to diagnose infectious disease

Kathryn J. McCullough, MA

In a first-in-human trial, investigators at St. Jude are using the power of PET paired with novel radiotracer, [18F]fluoromannitol, to diagnose bacterial infections in patients.

Investigator Insights

5 Questions for Vivian Lawrence, RN

Vivian Lawrence, RN and Kathryn J. McCullough, MA

Meet Vivian Lawrence, RN, Department of Pediatric Medicine, and learn about her career path in clinical research at St. Jude.

Research

Center of Excellence in Pediatric Immuno-Oncology fast-tracks progress from the lab to the clinic

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn how St. Jude is accelerating immunotherapy research through communication.

St. Jude On

Overcoming the medical communication ‘telephone game’ for patients with sickle cell disease

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore how St. Jude researchers are listening to patients to learn how to improve outreach.

Investigator Insights

Going the distance to advance lifesaving leukemia discoveries

Nicole Michmerhuizen, PhD

Meet former postdoctoral researcher Nicole Michmerhuizen, PhD, and learn how her research drives advances in leukemia.