Heather Mefford, MD, PhD

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.

Read how extremely rare genetic childhood diseases offer clues about understanding neurodegenerative disorders common with aging.

The rarest pediatric cancers are poorly understood, and more information can inform progress on disorders that plague children.

Medical student and pediatric cancer survivor goes to Washington D.C., to advocate for children’s health.

It may look like some sort of strange modern art – but it’s a simple machine describing a very complicated, and mysterious, process.

Powerful cancer data portal gets an upgrade to identify the genetic culprit for inherited cancer and possibly other genetic diseases.

Learn how psychologists use their clinical and research expertise to help children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.