Investigator Insights

Meet the people who conduct research at St. Jude as they share their stories of life in science.

5 Questions for Lisett Contreras, PhD

Erin Podolak, MA and Lisett Contreras, PhD

Meet postdoctoral researcher Lisett Contreras, PhD, Department of Pathology, and learn about her research.  

5 Questions for Renato Umeton, PhD

Renato Umeton, PhD and Alex Generous, PhD

Meet St. Jude Chief of AI Renato Umeton, PhD, Office of Data Science.

5 Questions for Anand Kulkarni, PhD

Erin Podolak, MA and Anand Kulkarni, PhD

Learn what associate scientist Anand Kulkarni, PhD, thinks makes doing research at St. Jude different from anywhere else.

5 Questions for Janeala Morsby, PhD

Erin Podolak, MA and Janeala Morsby, PhD

Meet postdoctoral researcher Janeala Morsby, PhD, Department of Oncology and learn about her research.

5 Questions for Priyanka Dogra, PhD

Priyanka Dogra, PhD and Erin Podolak, MA

Meet postdoctoral researcher Priyanka Dogra, PhD, Department of Structural Biology, and learn about her research.  

5 Questions for Maowei Hu, PhD

Maowei Hu and Erin Podolak, MA

Meet postdoctoral researcher Maowei Hu, PhD, Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics and learn about her research.  

Alexandra Boyd’s journey from open heart surgery to clinical research nursing

Alexandra Boyd, RN

Join Alexandra Boyd, RN, as she shares her story of overcoming health challenges, pursuing a nursing career, and advancing clinical research in pediatric oncology at St. Jude.

The core of palliative care is connection with Deena Levine, MD

Deena Levine, MD

A palliative care expert explains the often misunderstood discipline.

Pioneering single-molecule imaging

Scott Blanchard, PhD

Read how necessity was the mother of invention for Scott Blanchard, PhD.

Where physics phenomena and biology breakthroughs meet

Tanja Mittag, PhD

Hear from Tanja Mittag, PhD, about the importance of biophysics in understanding biological processes and disease