2020 Archive

Discovery shows oxygen’s role in neuron development
Discovery shows oxygen’s role in neuron development
Research

Discovery shows oxygen’s role in neuron development

David J. Solecki, PhD

Read how oxygen’s role neuron development is critical for brain health in infants.

Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine
Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine
Clinical

Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine

Kerry Hillis Goff

Clinical research and precision medicine are changing health care, and nursing as a profession can play this critical role with patients and families.

Prehistoric discovery shines spotlight on histiocytosis
Prehistoric discovery shines spotlight on histiocytosis
Clinical

The mission to make a rare disease extinct

Kim E. Nichols, MD

A newly found fossil may help us learn more about histiocytosis, a rare disorder of the immune system. Read how scientists are collaborating on new therapies.

Cancer predisposition: early conversations set expectations for future findings
Cancer predisposition: early conversations set expectations for future findings
Clinical

Cancer predisposition: early conversations set expectations for future findings

Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB

Understanding more about childhood cancer raises ethical issues related to cancer predisposition not just for current patients, but for generations after.

Searching for John Smith: Out of the Shadows
Searching for John Smith: Out of the Shadows
Investigator Insights

Searching for John Smith: Out of the Shadows

Elizabeth Jane Walker

Even though he treated patients and conducted research until 1978, little was known about John W. Smith, the first African American physician at St. Jude.

Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s
Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s
Research

Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s

Mary Powers

Read how a 20-year wait for technology shows key insights in brain proteins’ role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s.

Teens and twenties: St. Jude aims to improve psychosocial well-being of adolescents and young adults with cancer
Teens and twenties: St. Jude aims to improve psychosocial well-being of adolescents and young adults with cancer
Clinical

Teens and Twenties: St. Jude aims to improve psychosocial well-being of adolescents and young adults with cancer

Sarah Daniels

Teens have unique psychosocial needs: Read how clinicians and support staff are meeting those needs for teens and young adults who have cancer.

Ilaria Iacobucci Research Staff of the Year
Ilaria Iacobucci Research Staff of the Year
Investigator Insights

Research Staff of the Year honoree Ilaria Iacobucci loves her work more than she misses Italy

Gary Bridgman

Staff scientist in Charles Mullighan’s pathology lab praised for new experimental approaches to leukemia pathogenesis and for helping others.

Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates
Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates
Clinical

Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates

Kathy Cox

Patient navigators help ease the transition from the familiar hospital to an unfamiliar hospital close to home.

Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution
Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution
Research

Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution

David J. Solecki, PhD

Combining microscopes allows for a resolution that allows scientists to see deep into a cell and how neurons organize gene expression in cell formation.