2021 Archive

Learn about the efforts to address this blood disorder

Learn what St. Jude physicians do when confronted with a new, unknown blood disorder.

Meet Anjana Nityanandam, PhD, founder and director of the Human Neural Organoid Laboratory (HNOL) at St. Jude, a lab that pioneers the use of human brain model systems in research.

Find out what led pediatric hematology-oncology fellow Alexander Ciurej, MD, to St. Jude and how he’s expanding his abilities as a clinical researcher through the Graduate School.

See how the Neuroimaging Laboratory enables St. Jude microscopy.

Meet St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences PhD student Yuliana Díaz Tirado.

Learn about the huge potential of noninvasive microscopy

See how the St. Jude Global Nursing Transversal Program strengthens pediatric oncology nursing and improves care for children worldwide.

Meet Deena Levine, MD, and her son Eli, who are navigating being a patient family at her workplace.

Meet the Center for Bioimaging Informatics staff to learn how they collaborate with scientists to get more from imaging.

Researchers are focusing on treatment-related pain as another way to reduce the risk of learning and memory problems in survivors of childhood leukemia.

The Rising Stars of Cancer Research program is a new to the Science of Childhood Cancer lecture series. The program highlights the work of emerging leaders in the cancer research community.

Empower Everyone was the theme of the St. Jude Global Alliance Convening, a virtual meeting that attracted participants from around the world.

St. Jude scientists have created an algorithm to help group T-cells by their function by evaluating two different types of data, T-cell receptor sequences and gene expression.

Walter Hughes, MD, who established the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases and initiated pediatric AIDS research at the hospital, has died.

St. Jude biostatisticians have developed a new method for designing phase 2 clinical trials with a small sample size. The approach uses a mathematical model called Bayesian probability . The researchers created free software to implement the process.

St. Jude will host the virtual Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium July 22–23. The inaugural event in 2020 prompted a researcher in India to become a visiting scientist at St. Jude. Register for the event.

St. Jude researchers looked at burnout and perceived work demands among St. Jude physicians and found that emotional exhaustion and time demands are key factors in a problem that affects both provider and patient.

A pediatric psychologist expresses gratitude for interdisciplinary collaboration, which elevates patient care and provider well-being.

Martine Roussel, PhD, faculty member and endowed chair in molecular oncogenesis, shares how early work on oncogenes led to her lab’s discovery of new oncogenes.