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

Clinical

Weaving palliative principles into sickle cell disease care

Taylor Wewel

St. Jude clinicians collaborate with fellow palliative care experts to advocate for bringing palliative care to patients with sickle cell disease.

Research

Collaborative science fuels innovation in immunotherapy effort to treat brain tumors

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn about how an award-winning scientific collaboration is pushing forward novel cancer therapies.

Profiles

Shaping a legacy of education and training at St. Jude

Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD

Meet Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD, and discover how she built a legacy of education and training at St. Jude.

Outreach

Master’s program helps launch data science careers at St. Jude

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

See how the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences trains students in the Applied Biomedical Data Science MS program.

St. Jude On

Understanding critical pathways drives targeted therapy efforts

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

See how St. Jude scientists turn research into strategies for drugging key cancer pathways.

Solid Tumors

Studies link SMARCAL1 to increased risk for pediatric bone cancer

Alex Generous, PhD

Two St. Jude efforts independently uncovered the predisposition gene’s role.

Pharmaceutical Sciences

The behind-the-scenes chemistry driving drug discovery

Caitlin Deane, PhD

See how St. Jude chemists approach drug discovery and development to make the therapies of tomorrow.

Research

Solving the mysterious case of DICER1 cancer predisposition for pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma

Alex Generous, PhD

Investigate the decades-long cold case that St. Jude researchers finally cracked.

Pharmaceutical Sciences

The turbulent chemistry behind smarter, safer therapeutics

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore the ingenuity behind therapeutic optimization

Clinical Research

Reducing the risk of posterior fossa syndrome: Questions for Paul Klimo, MD

Paul Klimo, MD and Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Neurosurgeon Paul Klimo, MD, explains posterior fossa syndrome, and how surgeons can work to reduce its risk.