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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

Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage
Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage
Outreach

Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage

Somer Greene

If you could go back and tell your younger self how to get through the most difficult time, what would you say? Read how a cancer survivor would write it.

mTORC1, the ‘Sorting Hat’ of the thymic school
mTORC1, the ‘Sorting Hat’ of the thymic school
Research

mTORC1, the ‘Sorting Hat’ of the thymic school

Daniel Bastardo-Blanco

House of blood or house of guts? Read how this internal Sorting Hat decides where cells go.

Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors
Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors
Clinical

Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors

Mitra Varedi

Think balance is simply staying upright? It’s much more complicated than that, especially if you’re a survivor.

Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats
Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats
Clinical

Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats

Elizabeth Jane Walker

Pediatric cancers cause many problems above the neck. Pediatric otolaryngology seeks to repair cancer’s damage to children’s ears, noses and throats.

Truly exceptional: Ranking reflects commitment to addressing cancer’s questions
Truly exceptional: Ranking reflects commitment to addressing cancer’s questions
Outreach

Truly exceptional: Ranking reflects commitment to addressing cancer’s questions

Charles Roberts, MD, PhD

Read what happens when you get scientists and doctors together to help children.

For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await
For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await
Clinical

For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await

I-Chan Huang, PhD

Overcoming childhood cancer is only the beginning of the journey – a whole new set of problems await.

Parenting teens with chronic illness
Parenting teens with chronic illness
Clinical

Even teens with chronic medical illnesses need to be allowed to be teens

Kendra Parris, PhD

Raising a teen is hard enough without the added stress of a medical condition — here’s nine ways you can help them and foster their development.

Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood
Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood
Clinical

Occupational therapy: how all work and more play restores some “normal” to childhood

Jessica Sparrow, OTD, OTR L, BCP

Making pizza sounds fun, but it’s a practical example of how we help kids regain the skills to do the activities that are important to them.

The SILver Lining: The yin-yang balance of proteins in Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
The SILver Lining: The yin-yang balance of proteins in Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
Research

The SILver Lining: The yin-yang balance of proteins in muscle disease

Viraj Ichhaporia

Ever heard of Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome? A St. Jude lab found the mutation that causes it.

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth
Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth
Clinical

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Josh Wolf, PhD, MBBS

A simple line drawing helped uncover something unexpected about central line infections. Read how it will save lives.