St. Jude is committed to leveraging its assets to accelerate progress and maximize impact for children in Memphis and around the globe with an acute focus on fundamental science, childhood cancer, pediatric catastrophic disease, global impact, and workforce and environment. St. Jude has, and will continue to, significantly influence the way the world understands and treats childhood cancer, sickle cell disease, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases.

Explore our research

The St. Jude environment facilitates interaction among laboratory scientists and clinical investigators, promoting the translation of new findings from the lab to the clinic and communicating clinical problems to laboratory scientists for further investigation. Our 22 academic departments are home to more than 120 fundamental and translational research labs that bring the ‘bench to the bedside,’ ensuring that patients treated at St. Jude benefit fully from advances in our understanding of pediatric catastrophic diseases and their treatment.

Explore the work of our lab-based investigators by searching for a PI/Faculty name.

What sets St. Jude apart?

Careers & training

Answer your calling at St. Jude

St. Jude is a community of diverse faculty, staff, and trainees who strive to ask bold questions, create innovative solutions, and strengthen the robust scientific enterprise. St. Jude investigators have the freedom to focus on making big discoveries, backed by extraordinary resources and support teams. 

Progress: A Digital Magazine

Sharing stories of impact and discovery across the St. Jude research enterprise.

Research

Protein turnover information provides new insights and may guide researchers to more accurate Alzheimer's disease models

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how a collaborative effort in proteomics produced a comprehensive turnover atlas and sparked discovery in Alzheimer’s disease research.

Outreach

Chennai registry bridges gaps in reliable childhood cancer data

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan MD, MS, led the creation of India’s first childhood cancer registry to improve data collection and care in resource-limited regions.

Alexandra Boyd
Investigator Insights

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.

Alejandro Gutierrez
Research

Unassuming enzyme adds fuel to the fire in liposarcoma

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Discover methyltransferase’s sarcoma side-gig

An extraordinary academic institution

Learn how a degree from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences can help you further your science and make a difference.

With world-class basic and translational research, mentorship from internationally renowned faculty and exceptional support and resources, our degree programs offer a unique experience for all our students.

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