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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

Outreach

Kindergarten garden initiative plants seed for the future

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

The St. Jude Kindergarten Garden Initiative helps students learn about food security, sustainability and make a positive impact by growing their own garden.

Clinical

Shared Resources Spotlight: Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory

Heather Johnson

The Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory at St. Jude helps investigators make the most out of the resources and data gathered through clinical research.

Research

A curative gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia nears the clinic

Alex Generous, PhD

Find how St. Jude researchers are pushing forward a potential cure for DBA.

Group of people in red shirts posing for a photo in front of a building
Group of people in red shirts posing for a photo in front of a building
Outreach

Inspiring future data scientists through the legacy of Florence Nightingale

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

St. Jude is using Florence Nightingale’s data science legacy to inspire students to explore careers in STEMM, especially data science and statistics.

Investigator Insights

The core of palliative care is connection with Deena Levine, MD

Deena Levine, MD

A palliative care expert explains the often misunderstood discipline.

Clinical

Space-age lessons could protect childhood cancer survivors’ bone health

Alex Generous, PhD

Identifying how to help survivors that lose bone density during treatment.

Research

St. Jude scientists do more with less using PeCan-Seq liquid biopsy

Alex Generous, PhD

Novel plasma test shows promise.

Outreach

Bridging the gap in access to diagnostic testing for pediatric cancer in Mexico

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

St. Jude Global and Mexico in Alliance with St. Jude are leading the Bridge Project to improve access to crucial diagnostic testing for children with cancer in the region.

St. Jude On

High-performance computing team powers scientific discovery at St. Jude

Alex Generous, PhD

Democratized access to computational power fuels research.

Investigator Insights

Pioneering single-molecule imaging

Scott Blanchard, PhD

Read how necessity was the mother of invention for Scott Blanchard, PhD.