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Daniel Blair, PhD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Daniel Blair, PhD, is an assistant faculty member in the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at St. Jude. View full bio.

Stories by Daniel Blair

Marta Salek, M.D., at work at the Unicorn Marian Wilemski Clinic in Poland.
Marta Salek, M.D., at work at the Unicorn Marian Wilemski Clinic in Poland.
Outreach

Polish roots led Marta Salek, M.D., to a leading role in SAFER Ukraine effort

Erin Podolak, MA

Dr. Marta Salek of St. Jude was in Poland visiting family when Russia invaded Ukraine. She jumped in to help launch the humanitarian effort SAFER Ukraine.

Stephen Mack, MD, PhD
Stephen Mack, MD, PhD
Research

Metabolic processes may yield a new therapeutic window for hard-to-treat brain tumors

Erin Podolak, MA

In his laboratory at St. Jude, Stephen Mack, PhD, is researching how metabolic and epigenetic pathways might be perturbed to help treat DIPG, a lethal childhood brain tumor.

Sima Jeha, MD, and colleagues meet around a table
Sima Jeha, MD, and colleagues meet around a table
Outreach

Lessons from Lebanon: St. Jude Global reacts to war in Ukraine

Erin Podolak, MA

Lessons learned from previous global crises inform the St. Jude Global response to childhood cancer patients displaced by the war in Ukraine.

Bright Future campaign logo
Bright Future campaign logo
Outreach

We Envision a Bright Future for Children

Heather Brandt, PhD and Brooke Morgan

St. Jude is strengthening its HPV cancer prevention measures – and calling on partners to join the Path to a Bright Future campaign.

Donald P. Pinkel, MD
Donald P. Pinkel, MD
Investigator Insights

Donald P. Pinkel, MD

Elizabeth Jane Walker

Donald Pinkel, MD, the founding medical director of St. Jude, has died in San Luis Obispo, California.

Photo of Parent holding sick child's hand
Photo of Parent holding sick child's hand
Clinical

The double-edged sword of being both parent and blood stem cell donor

Alex Generous, PhD

What are the potential psychological and emotional risks and rewards for parents who serve as their children’s bone marrow donors?

Hippocampus illustration
Hippocampus illustration
Research

St. Jude symposium to focus on hippocampus imaging in childhood cancer patients and survivors

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Department of Diagnostic Imaging is hosting their 3rd Annual Scientific Symposium, “Imaging Structure and Functions of the Hippocampus” on February 25.

HPV blocks
HPV blocks
Outreach

Promoting Cervical Health Awareness at St. Jude

Brittney Becton

The Living Well program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the HPV Cancer Prevention Program are working together to promote cervical health, including HPV vaccination.

Nurse practitioner Sandra Jones with patient Anna Paula
Nurse practitioner Sandra Jones with patient Anna Paula
Outreach

Promoting HPV vaccination among childhood cancer survivors

Emily Browne, DNP

The Transition Oncology Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the HPV Cancer Prevention Program are working together to promote HPV vaccination for childhood cancer survivors.

Hand holding child's hand
Hand holding child's hand
Outreach

Are HPV cancer prevention messages reaching their target audiences?

Katherine Knapp, MD

January is Cervical Health Awareness, so help spread the word about HPV vaccines as a way to improve cervical health and prevent cancer.