Author Profile

Laura Jolovic

Radiation Therapist

Laura Jolovic is a radiation therapist in the St. Jude Department of Radiation Oncology

Stories by Laura Jolovic

Ilaria Iacobucci Research Staff of the Year
Ilaria Iacobucci Research Staff of the Year
Investigator Insights

Research Staff of the Year honoree Ilaria Iacobucci loves her work more than she misses Italy

Gary Bridgman

Staff scientist in Charles Mullighan’s pathology lab praised for new experimental approaches to leukemia pathogenesis and for helping others.

Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates
Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates
Clinical

Sailing uncharted waters: Patient navigator helps patients transition to St. Jude affiliates

Kathy Cox

Patient navigators help ease the transition from the familiar hospital to an unfamiliar hospital close to home.

Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution
Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution
Research

Microscopes: Paths and barriers to discovery and super resolution

David J. Solecki, PhD

Combining microscopes allows for a resolution that allows scientists to see deep into a cell and how neurons organize gene expression in cell formation.

The emotional toll of pediatric oncology
The emotional toll of pediatric oncology
Investigator Insights

The emotional toll of pediatric oncology

Dylan Graetz, MD, MPH

Read how this pediatric oncologist describes hers and her patient’s journey through cancer treatment.

Importance of citations in scientific research: More than just bragging rights
Importance of citations in scientific research: More than just bragging rights
Research

Importance of citations in scientific research: More than just bragging rights

Rebecca Tweedell, PhD

Being highly cited means your research gets published in high-impact journals and reaches more people.

Patenting ideas from bench to bedside
Patenting ideas from bench to bedside
Outreach

The agents of discovery: patenting and licensing ideas from bench to bedside

Gary Bridgman

Meet St. Jude’s tech transfer experts who patent and license researchers’ basic science discoveries to help patients worldwide.

Building a global neuro-oncology collaborative for pediatric CNS tumors
Building a global neuro-oncology collaborative for pediatric CNS tumors
Outreach

For new ideas and collaboration, St. Jude Global hosts neuro-oncology training seminar

Lance Wiedower

St. Jude Global Academy hosted a neuro-oncology seminar to generate new ideas for high-impact interventions and share experiences. Read more.

Ending the HIV epidemic: A national plan to reduce HIV infections
Ending the HIV epidemic: A national plan to reduce HIV infections
Clinical

Ending the HIV epidemic: A national plan to reduce HIV infections

Michael Sheffield

Ending the HIV Epidemic is a bold plan to reduce HIV infections by 90 percent nationally. On a local level, St. Jude aims to have no new HIV cases by 2030.

Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure
Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure
Research

Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure

Mary Powers

Read how St. Jude researchers and clinicians used gene therapy to cure the diabolical bubble boy disease.

Proteins: Playing with molecular rubber duckies
Proteins: Playing with molecular rubber duckies
Research

Proteins: Playing with molecular rubber duckies

Marcus Fischer, PhD

Are you a match? Read how this molecule’s affinity to proteins can change according to water.