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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

Outreach

Promoting Cervical Health Awareness at St. Jude

Brittney Becton

The Living Well program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the HPV Cancer Prevention Program are working together to promote cervical health, including HPV vaccination.

Outreach

Promoting HPV vaccination among childhood cancer survivors

Emily Browne, DNP

The Transition Oncology Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the HPV Cancer Prevention Program are working together to promote HPV vaccination for childhood cancer survivors.

Outreach

Are HPV cancer prevention messages reaching their target audiences?

Katherine Knapp, MD

January is Cervical Health Awareness, so help spread the word about HPV vaccines as a way to improve cervical health and prevent cancer.

Outreach

Vaccination is prevention: The HPV vaccine is effective against cancer

Julia Neely

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Read about the important role HPV vaccination plays in cervical health and cancer prevention.

Outreach

Building a platform to bring cancer drugs to children worldwide

Mary Powers

St. Jude and WHO announce plans to dramatically improve global access to pediatric cancer drugs

Research

Pain may be a risk factor for learning problems in childhood cancer survivors

Mary Powers

Researchers are focusing on treatment-related pain as another way to reduce the risk of learning and memory problems in survivors of childhood leukemia.

Investigator Insights

Rising Stars of Cancer Research lectures to bring fresh insights

Mary Powers

The Rising Stars of Cancer Research program is a new to the Science of Childhood Cancer lecture series. The program highlights the work of emerging leaders in the cancer research community.

Outreach

St. Jude Global Alliance holds third annual convening

Lance Wiedower

Empower Everyone was the theme of the St. Jude Global Alliance Convening, a virtual meeting that attracted participants from around the world.

Research

CoNGA: Deciphering the dance of T-cell differentiation

Stefan Schattgen, PhD

St. Jude scientists have created an algorithm to help group T-cells by their function by evaluating two different types of data, T-cell receptor sequences and gene expression.

Investigator Insights

St. Jude mourns the death of infectious diseases pioneer Walter Hughes, MD

Mike O’Kelly

Walter Hughes, MD, who established the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases and initiated pediatric AIDS research at the hospital, has died.