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Anna Jones, PhD

Anna Jones, PhD

Anna Jones, PhD, is an instructor in the Psychology Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Stories by Anna Jones

HPV vaccination begins with family physicians
HPV vaccination begins with family physicians
Outreach

HPV vaccination begins with family health care providers

Melissa Hudson, MD

HPV cancer prevention begins with you.

Medulloblastoma therapy may get better thanks to key technology
Medulloblastoma therapy may get better thanks to key technology
Research

Medulloblastoma therapy may get better thanks to ‘key’ technology

Martine F. Roussel, PhD

In testing a new treatment for a deadly brain tumor, read what these researchers did to figure out how to make exact duplicates of the cancer.

‘There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes’
‘There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes’
Investigator Insights

‘There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes’

Keith Crabtree, PhD

It wasn’t that big of a culture shock to come from Sweden to Memphis, and then she experienced the heat and humidity and reconsidered everything.

Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus
Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus
Research

Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

Innate immunity is your body’s first line of defense. What happens when it’s weakened? Researchers are using this common fungus to find out how to help.

Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
Research

Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor

Martine F. Roussel, PhD

Medulloblastoma may soon be treated by a microirradiator - a machine the size of two refrigerators that beams radiation down to half the width of a credit card.

A global alliance to take the care of St.Jude to the world
A global alliance to take the care of St.Jude to the world
Outreach

A global alliance to take the care of St. Jude to the world

Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

Danny Thomas’ believed no child should die in the dawn of life – that means no child, anywhere in the world.

Translational research: Seeing what we do and who we help
Translational research: Seeing what we do and who we help
Research

Translational research: Finding the connection between what we do and who we help

Himy Muniz-Talavera, PhD

It's a rare day you get to see translational research benefit others—I've spoken to cancer patients and seen first-hand how research saves children's lives.

Computational algorithm fix restores power to research
Computational algorithm fix restores power to research
Research

Computational algorithm fix restores power to research

Jiyang Yu, PhD

A computational algorithm helps analyze large data sets at the expense of computing power. This small fix to a free program brings big data back to small labs.

Neural development: Unlikely partners work together to make your brain: when they don’t get along, it could lead to rare and devastating disease
Neural development: Unlikely partners work together to make your brain: when they don’t get along, it could lead to rare and devastating disease
Research

Neural development: Unlikely partners work together to make your brain: when they don’t get along, it could lead to rare and devastating disease

Jamy Peng, PhD

In neural development, two essential molecules partner to build the human brain — but when things go awry, it could lead to brain cancer.

Assessing global pediatric cancer: Finding out what we don’t know and reaching more children
Assessing global pediatric cancer: Finding out what we don’t know and reaching more children
Outreach

Assessing global pediatric cancer: Finding out what we don’t know and reaching more children

Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH

To improve the survival rate of global pediatric cancer, we must first find out how to reach many children who aren't a part of a national or regional registry.