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Erin Podolak, MA

Erin Podolak

Science Writer

Erin Podolak, MA, is a science writer in the Department of Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach.

Stories by Erin Podolak

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.

posterior fossa
posterior fossa
Research

Getting to the bottom of a medulloblastoma mystery

Erin Podolak, MA

Posterior fossa syndrome develops in some children following surgery for the brain tumor medulloblastoma. St. Jude research offers fresh insight into the mysterious syndrome and advice on how to avoid it.

Blocking the progression of pre-leukemic disorders
Blocking the progression of pre-leukemic disorders
Research

Blocking the progression of pre-leukemic disorders

Erin Podolak, MA

Genetic changes in the biology of blood cells can lead them down a path to cancer. This researcher is figuring out how that happens.

Why do many promising experimental drugs fail? Data-driven research may hold the answer
Why do many promising experimental drugs fail? Data-driven research may hold the answer
Research

Why do many promising experimental drugs fail? Data-driven research may hold the answer

Erin Podolak, MA

G-protein-coupled receptors are a popular target for drug therapies. This researcher is finding out why some drugs targeting GPCRs fail.

SMARCB1: Genetic ‘canary in a coal mine’ sparks research
SMARCB1: Genetic ‘canary in a coal mine’ sparks research
Research

SMARCB1: Genetic ‘canary in a coal mine’ sparks research

Erin Podolak, MA

Scientist spent more than a decade finding out how this genetic mutation causes different cancers.

Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors
Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors
Research

Unraveling the ambiguity of risk for childhood cancer survivors

Erin Podolak, MA

Clinical specialists are learning this about the future for childhood cancer survivors and how to help them.

Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia
Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia
Outreach

Bringing Chemistry to Medicine: Experts in transcription therapy and chemical biology share research though St. Jude symposia

Erin Podolak, MA

There are new ways to fight diseases fueled by abnormal transcription and gene regulation. Find out more about it during these two symposia.