2020 Archive

image of Nobel medal
image of Nobel medal
Investigator Insights

Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier's major impact on science and medicine

Mike O’Kelly

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has ties to this year’s co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Lennie Lott: Opening Doors, Saving Lives
Lennie Lott: Opening Doors, Saving Lives
Investigator Insights

Lennie Lott: Opening Doors, Saving Lives

Summer Freeman

Read how this African American clinician and researcher has broken medical and community barriers down for the past 40 years.

Let people with sickle cell disease inform clinical trial communication
Let people with sickle cell disease inform clinical trial communication
Clinical

Let people with sickle cell disease inform clinical trial communication

Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB

Read how these clinicians are addressing the serious ethical challenges to accelerating a cure for sickle cell disease.

Surviving the edge of life: My journey with ICU recovery
Surviving the edge of life: My journey with ICU recovery
Investigator Insights

Surviving the edge of life: My journey with ICU recovery

Kristin Canavera, PhD

Read how this psychologist's admission to the ICU after complications from a surgery shaped her work with ICU patients.

Childhood Solid Tumor Network moves to the cloud with additional data and analytic tools
Childhood Solid Tumor Network moves to the cloud with additional data and analytic tools
Research

Childhood Solid Tumor Network moves to the cloud with additional data and analytic tools

Mary Powers

Scientists interested in studying pediatric solid tumors now have this comprehensive, interactive online shop for patient-derived tumor information.

Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors
Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors
Research

Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors

Erin Podolak, MA

Clinical specialists are learning this about the future for childhood cancer survivors and how to help them.

Photo of Brad Heckmann
Photo of Brad Heckmann
Investigator Insights

What I discovered during my postdoctoral fellowship shaped my scientific steps

Brad Heckmann, PhD

After being a part of a significant scientific discovery, this postdoctoral fellow offers these tips for others to succeed in science.

Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia
Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia
Outreach

Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia

Erin Podolak, MA

There are new ways to fight diseases fueled by abnormal transcription and gene regulation. Find out more about it during these two symposia.

BRAVE program helps ICU patients get moving sooner
BRAVE program helps ICU patients get moving sooner
Clinical

BRAVE program helps ICU patients get moving sooner

Mike O’Kelly

This one simple thing gets pediatric ICU patients off ventilators sooner, out of the ICU and back to regular activities more quickly.

Interested in childhood cancer survivorship research? Apply now for support to get started
Interested in childhood cancer survivorship research? Apply now for support to get started
Clinical

Interested in childhood cancer survivorship research? Apply now for support to get started.

Mary Powers

Get your survivorship study funded by applying for this career development award.