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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

Managing pain without enabling opioid addiction
Managing pain without enabling opioid addiction
Clinical

Managing pain without enabling opioid addiction

Doralina Anghelescu, MD

How do physicians manage their patients’ pain in the context of the current opioid crises? Read how this physician helped a patient.

A moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses
A moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses
Research

A moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses

Daniel Darnell

How close are we to a flu pandemic? Read how it could happen and what researchers are doing to prevent it.

Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease
Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease
Research

Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease

St. Jude Communications Department

Read how researchers have found a path to control coenzyme A and possibly prevent a devastating neurodegenerative disease.

Why I strive to be like my mentor
Why I strive to be like my mentor
Outreach

Why I strive to be like my mentor

Dillon Robinson

Read how mentoring transformed a small-town college student into an epidemiologist.

Postdoc survival guide: On the road to discovery, you’re allowed to stumble at first
Postdoc survival guide: On the road to discovery, you’re allowed to stumble at first
Investigator Insights

Postdoc survival guide: On the road to big discovery, you’re allowed to stumble on your first steps

Anthony Zamora, PhD

New lab, new investigators, new personalities, new team – learn how to make it in your first year as a postdoc.

Does obesity give influenza more time to spread and impair flu vaccines?
Does obesity give influenza more time to spread and impair flu vaccines?
Research

Can obesity give influenza more time to spread and make vaccines less effective?

Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD

St. Jude researchers, led by Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry, are asking questions about potential association between flu severity and the obesity epidemic.

Gut microbiome predicts infection risk in leukemia patients
Gut microbiome predicts infection risk in leukemia patients
Research

Gut microbiome sequencing opens new possibilities for predicting infection in leukemia patients

St. Jude Communications Department

Researchers identify intestinal microbiota that may predict infection risk during chemotherapy in pediatric ALL patients. Learn about the gut microbiome.

New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?
New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?
Research

New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?

Melissa Hines, MD

HLH, a rare disorder of the immune system, is caused by a buildup of proteins responding to infection. Read about a new treatment that limits that buildup.

Tumor microenvironment goes from homely to hostile when LAP is turned off
Tumor microenvironment goes from homely to hostile when LAP is turned off
Research

Tumor microenvironment switches from homely to hostile when this process is turned off

Douglas R. Green, PhD

Researchers learn how this housekeeper for cancer cells turns into a cancer house killer. Learn how targeting LAP could promote an anti-tumor response and slow tumor growth.

New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level
New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level
Research

New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level

Xiang Chen, PhD

This new cancer algorithm shows possible precision options for cancer treatment.