Heather Mefford, MD, PhD

Patient family-centered care: Read how this virtual advisory committee will give clinical staff more feedback from cancer patients and families.

Improving understanding of drugs and how the body reacts to them - - Read how science is improving understanding of genes and medication.

Read how clinical experts and researchers are trying to shed some light on histiocytic disorders, which are both extremely rare and difficult to diagnose.

Researchers researching a flu vaccine that lasts longer and protects the most vulnerable patients.

Catherine Lam, MD, of St. Jude Global, has traveled around world to help low- and middle income countries improve children’s access to cancer care.

Read how this group is stepping up to tackle the global problem of pediatric cancer.

Thanks to these efforts, patients with sickle cell disease are transitioning into adulthood and living long, healthy lives.

Read how this protein, called a chaperone, does more than simply monitor the intracellular dance of protein folding – it protects them from going awry.

Read how this pre-clinical research fast-tracked a clinical trial for a diabolical pediatric brain tumor.

Read how the Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri, has grown since becoming a St. Jude affiliate clinic.