Heather Mefford, MD, PhD
Faculty, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
Heather Mefford, MD, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Cell & Molecular Biology at St. Jude.
Stories by Heather Mefford
A global resource to learn more about pediatric cancer patients and COVID-19
Little is known about childhood cancer patients who are diagnosed with COVID-19, but a new registry is the first step to finding out.
A neuroscientist finds a niche at St. Jude
A neuroscientist studying the brain’s fight-or-flight response is learning more about developing brains and this about pediatric brain tumors.
Working with parents to better understand how hope and realism coexist
Read how a new model of hope and realism are seen as life-affirming instead of death-denying, strengthening the doctor-patient family relationship.
Researchers take the fight to drug resistance up an octave
Drug resistance is a major reason for treatment failure in children with leukemia, but recent research may have an answer.
Learning more about T cells through studying behavior in Type 1 diabetes
Learning more about how the body attacks itself in Type 1 diabetes offers insights into how to harness the power of T cells to treat cancer.
Discovery shows oxygen’s role in neuron development
Read how oxygen’s role neuron development is critical for brain health in infants.
Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine
Clinical research and precision medicine are changing health care, and nursing as a profession can play this critical role with patients and families.
The mission to make a rare disease extinct
A newly found fossil may help us learn more about histiocytosis, a rare disorder of the immune system. Read how scientists are collaborating on new therapies.
Cancer predisposition: early conversations set expectations for future findings
Understanding more about childhood cancer raises ethical issues related to cancer predisposition not just for current patients, but for generations after.
Searching for John Smith: Out of the Shadows
Even though he treated patients and conducted research until 1978, little was known about John W. Smith, the first African American physician at St. Jude.