Author Profile

Destiny Hinton

Destiny HInton

Destiny Hinton is a communications intern in the Department of Communications & Scientific and Medical Content Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Destiny Hinton

St. Jude On

Prioritizing psychosocial care in the treatment of pediatric catastrophic disease

Kathryn J. McCullough, MA

Learn how St. Jude is prioritizing psychosocial care in the treatment of pediatric catastrophic disease.

Research

Parallel analysis method cracks scalable single-molecule imaging

Alex Generous, PhD

Clever engineering widens researchers’ view of the single-molecule scale.

St. Jude On

Why biology demands a different playbook for kids with cancer

Kasey Belanger-Mayer, PhD

Hear from Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD, on why pediatric cancers are distinct from their adult counterparts – needing their own research and treatments.

Global Health

Helping childhood cancer go from invisible to a public health priority in Ecuador

Matt Gaschk

The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines is raising the profile of childhood cancer and how best to treat it in Ecuador.

Profiles

5 Questions for Julia Hanebrink, PhD

Taylor Wewel and Julia Hanebrink

Discover how a background in anthropology influences how clinical research scientist Julia Hanebrink, PhD, approaches qualitative research.

Clinical

Collaboration eases the way for immunotherapies to move from lab to clinic

Alex Generous, PhD

A unique St. Jude initiative is accelerating clinical CAR–T cell research in a lab-to-clinic-to-lab loop.

Research

Biostatisticians make clinical trial data more dynamic to gain deeper insights

Alex Generous, PhD

Find how a new statistical package is getting more out of trial analysis.

Outreach

Piecing together sustainable care for children with brain tumors worldwide

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Learn how global partnerships are improving diagnosis, treatment and care for children with central nervous system tumors in resource-limited countries.

Investigator Insights

St. Jude dentists protect patients’ smiles during and after treatment

Martha Wells, DMD, MS

Meet Martha Wells, DMD, MS, Chief of Dentistry at St. Jude, and learn the importance of dental health in cancer treatment

Clinical

Genetic insights advance understanding of pediatric thyroid cancer

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

A new St. Jude study uncovers genetic factors behind pediatric thyroid cancer risk.