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St. Jude Department of Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach

St. Jude Communications Department

The Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach team comprises six dedicated groups with expertise in business support, communication, education, technology and visual arts. The team is guiding efforts to excite, educate and engage people about the St. Jude mission.

Stories by St. Jude Department of Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach

Martine Roussel, PhD, stands for a portrait with her lab blurred out in the background.
Martine Roussel, PhD, stands for a portrait with her lab blurred out in the background.
Investigator Insights

Roussel’s early discovery shaped a career of cancer research

 St. Jude Communications Department

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.

Illustration depicting all the different things that occur during rehabilitation through an arch with symbols representing different rehabilitation ideas. A path goes between many things going on, such as jumping rope, reading and children playing.
Illustration depicting all the different things that occur during rehabilitation through an arch with symbols representing different rehabilitation ideas. A path goes between many things going on, such as jumping rope, reading and children playing.
Research

Identifying risks and restrictions: Rehabilitation and cancer survivorship

 St. Jude Communications Department

Kristin Lyons, director of Rehabilitation Services, and Jessica Sparrow, Lead Occupational Therapist, worked as part of a team of oncology rehabilitation providers from pediatric institutions across the country to co-author a recent Seminars in Oncology Nursing article, which provides a comprehensive overview of rehabilitation screening, assessment, and intervention for children with cancer.

Researchers develop method to dramatically reduce error rate in next-generation sequencing
Researchers develop method to dramatically reduce error rate in next-generation sequencing
Research

Researchers develop method to dramatically reduce error rate in next-generation sequencing

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It’s easier to find a needle in a haystack when you take away the hay – read how this research team is reducing gene sequencing errors.

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

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

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.