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Erin Podolak, MA
Managing Editor
Erin Podolak, MA, is Managing Editor, Scientific Communication in the Strategic Communication Education and Outreach Department at St. Jude.
Stories by Erin Podolak
T cells are key to maintaining cancer remissions from chemotherapy
Stimulating the adaptive immune response can improve outcomes for ALL treated with chemotherapy.
St. Jude researchers answer COVID questions
St. Jude research has advanced understanding of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination. Here is what the findings mean for you.
SAFER Ukraine: a framework for responding to global conflicts
What lessons can be learned from the remarkable success of SAFER Ukraine?
Research points to a way to reduce cachexia, a cancer-induced muscle wasting disorder
Muscle signaling provide clues for treatment of the muscle-wasting disorder cachexia, which affects cancer patients.
Reflecting on nearly 40 years of progress against pediatric brain tumors
May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month and a good time to learn more about the diverse group of diseases that make up the most common childhood solid tumor.
Polish roots led Marta Salek, M.D., to a leading role in SAFER Ukraine effort
Dr. Marta Salek of St. Jude was in Poland visiting family when Russia invaded Ukraine. She jumped in to help launch the humanitarian effort SAFER Ukraine.
Metabolic processes may yield a new therapeutic window for hard-to-treat brain tumors
In his laboratory at St. Jude, Stephen Mack, PhD, is researching how metabolic and epigenetic pathways might be perturbed to help treat DIPG, a lethal childhood brain tumor.
Lessons from Lebanon: St. Jude Global reacts to war in Ukraine
Lessons learned from previous global crises inform the St. Jude Global response to childhood cancer patients displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Getting to the bottom of a medulloblastoma mystery
Posterior fossa syndrome develops in some children following surgery for the brain tumor medulloblastoma. St. Jude research offers fresh insight into the mysterious syndrome and advice on how to avoid it.
Blocking the progression of pre-leukemic disorders
Genetic changes in the biology of blood cells can lead them down a path to cancer. This researcher is figuring out how that happens.