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St. Jude Family of Websites
Explore our cutting edge research, world-class patient care, career opportunities and more.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Home
At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, our PhD in Biomedical Sciences program attracts both top students from undergraduate science and promising young clinicians. By the time our students graduate, they will have joined the ranks of scientific researchers and begin careers in academia, industry or government.
Our doctoral students form the backbone of the research being conducted at St. Jude.
Experienced clinicians and administrators from around the world choose the Master’s in Global Child Health program at St. Jude because it offers a unique skillset at the juncture of public health and pediatrics.
Health professionals who choose the Master’s in Clinical Investigations program at St. Jude have the unique opportunity to expand their knowledge of clinical trial design, while conducting and reporting concepts contextually in a pediatric and young adult research setting.
Meet the members of our programs below.
BS, Biology, Northeastern University
BS, English, Northeastern University
Fulbright Scholar
MD – College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (2008)
Neurosurgery Residency – Philippine General Hospital (2014)
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship – The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Phiippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
Hometown: Manila, Philippines
Pediatric Neuro Oncology: St Jude Children’s Research Hospital (2015)
Pediatric Hematology Oncology: University of Lille 2, France and American University of Beirut, Lebanon (2011, 2013)
Pediatrics: MGH-American University of Beirut, Lebanon (2009)
Medical Degree: Belarussian State Medical University, Belarus (2004)
Pediatric hematology-oncology and neuro-oncology consultant, director of pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship program at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, Lebanon.
Hometown: Saida, Lebanon
MBBS - Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Fellow - College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan
Fellowship - Pediatric Hematology Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant, Birmingham Children Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Associate Professor & Head of Department (HOD) of Pediatric Hematology Oncology at The Children’s Hospital, University of Child Health Sciences (UCHS), Lahore, Pakistan
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
MS, Molecular Oncology – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain (2018)
Pediatric Oncology Degree – Institute Materno Infantil de Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, Brasil (2008)
Medical Degree – Universidad Nacional de Asunción (2001)
Member, Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción.
Hometown: Asunción, Paraguay
Pediatric Critical Care Degree – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (2016)
Pediatrics Degree – Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (2009)
Medical Degree – Universidad Central del Ecuador (2004)
Pediatric critical care consultant at Hospital de los Valles, head of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Solca Hospital, and Professor of Pediatric Critical Care at Universidad Central del Ecuador and Universidad San Francisco de Quito all in Ecuador
Hometown: Quito, Ecuador
BSc. Human Biology – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. (1996)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery (MB CHB) – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. (1999)
Fellowship in Pediatrics, West African College of Physicians. (2016)
Fellowship in Pediatrics and Child Health, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (2019)
Certificate in Paediatric Oncology, African Paediatric Fellowship Program (2013)
Senior lecturer at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Head of Paediatric Oncology at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.
Hometown: Akyem Kwabeng, Ghana
Professor of Medicine, Universidade Estadual Santa Cruz (UESC); president, National Confederation of Support and Assistance Institutions for Children with Cancer (CONIACC); director, Support Group for Children with Cancer Sul Bahia (GACC Sul Bahia), and member, Sickle Cell Disease Reference Center of Itabuna and Ilhéus.
Hometown: Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
BS, Biology, Northeastern University
BS, English, Northeastern University
Fulbright Scholar
Hometown: Merrimack, New Hampshire
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Pediatric Emergency Specialists, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
BS, Biology, Northeastern University
BS, English, Northeastern University
Fulbright Scholar