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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

A global alliance to take the care of St. Jude to the world

Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

Danny Thomas’ believed no child should die in the dawn of life – that means no child, anywhere in the world.

Research

Translational research: Finding the connection between what we do and who we help

Himy Muniz-Talavera, PhD

It's a rare day you get to see translational research benefit others—I've spoken to cancer patients and seen first-hand how research saves children's lives.

Research

Computational algorithm fix restores power to research

Jiyang Yu, PhD

A computational algorithm helps analyze large data sets at the expense of computing power. This small fix to a free program brings big data back to small labs.

Research

Neural development: Unlikely partners work together to make your brain: when they don’t get along, it could lead to rare and devastating disease

Jamy Peng, PhD

In neural development, two essential molecules partner to build the human brain — but when things go awry, it could lead to brain cancer.

Outreach

Assessing global pediatric cancer: Finding out what we don’t know and reaching more children

Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH

To improve the survival rate of global pediatric cancer, we must first find out how to reach many children who aren't a part of a national or regional registry.

Research

Learn the basics of CAR T-cell therapy and how it is being used in the SJCAR19 clinical trial at St. Jude

Aimee Talleur, MD

Learn the basics of CAR T-cell immunotherapy and how it is being used in the SJCAR19 clinical trial for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Clinical

Managing pain without enabling opioid addiction

Doralina Anghelescu, MD

How do physicians manage their patients’ pain in the context of the current opioid crises? Read how this physician helped a patient.

Research

A moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses

Daniel Darnell

How close are we to a flu pandemic? Read how it could happen and what researchers are doing to prevent it.

Research

Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease

St. Jude Communications Department

Read how researchers have found a path to control coenzyme A and possibly prevent a devastating neurodegenerative disease.

Outreach

Why I strive to be like my mentor

Dillon Robinson

Read how mentoring transformed a small-town college student into an epidemiologist.