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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

Latin American clinicians attend global medicine course

Mike O’Kelly

The St. Jude Global program hosted clinicians from 17 Latin American countries to enhance the quality of pediatric cancer care around the world.

Research

Rigor, reproducibility and resources take center stage

Clay Christian, PhD

NIH seminar elucidates new guidelines for grant-funded research as well as allocation of monies to more labs.

Research

Childhood cancer survivorship gains offers GWAS opportunities for researchers

Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE

Find out how to access GWAS data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, to help answer how genetics.

Investigator Insights

Stewart receives 2017 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Award

Keith Crabtree, PhD

Dr. Beth Stewart studies specific pediatric cancer mutations. Read how she’ll use an NCCN Young Investigator Award to improve cancer treatment outcomes.

Research

Zebrafish teach us how to make blood stem cells

Wilson Clements, PhD

Zebrafish and humans are surprisingly alike when it comes to blood stem cells. Find out how studying zebrafish led to advancements in treating blood disorders.

Research

AACR, St. Jude highlight collaboration and resources for pediatric cancer researchers

Michael Dyer, PhD

Learn how AACR and St. Jude offer opportunities for pediatric cancer researchers to collaborate and share resources.

Outreach

St. Jude hosts National Graduate Student Symposium

Clay Christian, PhD

PhD students presented original research at this year’s NGSS. A former participant and current St. Jude postdoc gives his perspective on the experience.

Research

Status update for a nasty oncogene: It’s complicated

Carole Weaver Clements, PhD

Recent research uncovers new information regarding the role Ezh2 plays in medulloblastoma development. Learn more about the study results.

Research

Why does the risk of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse vary by race?

Mary Powers

These inherited gene variations may help explain why the risk of relapse for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia varies by race.

Outreach

Students explore STEM opportunities as Science Scholars

Chris Pennington

High school students explore research career opportunities during Science Scholars of Tomorrow. View photos from the event.