Author Profile

Sarah Currie, RNC, MSN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Sarah Currie, RNC, MSN, NEA-BC, is a Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Sarah Currie

Sickle cell study on path to improving therapies for children and adults
Sickle cell study on path to improving therapies for children and adults
Research

Sickle cell study on path to improving therapies for children and adults

Jane Hankins, MD

The Sickle Cell Clinical Research and Intervention Program uses data to determine therapies for children and adults. Learn more.

Trio’s award awakens effects of sleep and sleep patterns
Trio’s award awakens effects of sleep and sleep patterns
Clinical

Trio’s award awakens effects of sleep and sleep patterns

Valerie Crabtree, PhD

Find out how poor sleep hampers treatment of young children with cancer

Brain studies provide treatment clues in unexpected fields
Brain studies provide treatment clues in unexpected fields
Research

Brain studies provide treatment clues in unexpected fields

Stanislav Zakharenko, MD, PhD

Research shows possible path to restoring critical regions of the brain involved with hearing loss by limiting a neuromodulator in the auditory thalamus.

Supercharging T Cells to Fight Cancer
Supercharging T Cells to Fight Cancer
Research

Supercharging T cells to fight cancer

Ben Youngblood, PhD

St. Jude researchers are combining therapeutic methods that induce epigenetic reprogramming with immune checkpoint blockade to enhance cancer treatments.

Students learn more about Child Life
Students learn more about Child Life
Outreach

Child Life course offers students first glimpse of the profession

Shawna Grissom

Twice a year, students get a first-hand look into what it means to specialize in child life.

Skipping the flu vaccine? It’s not just about you
Skipping the flu vaccine? It’s not just about you
Investigator Insights

Skipping the flu vaccine? It’s not just about you

Richard Webby, PhD

The flu can be devastating for those most at-risk. It’s also highly contagious. You still think getting the flu is just about you?

A researcher’s look at Rigor Mortis: Are motivators and incentives to find a cure hurting scientific research?
A researcher’s look at Rigor Mortis: Are motivators and incentives to find a cure hurting scientific research?
Research

A researcher’s look at Rigor Mortis: Are motivators and incentives to find a cure hurting scientific research?

Charles Rock, PhD

St. Jude researchers take a look at Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris’ exposé of how the drive to find results hampers scientific progress.

Understanding fatty acids as signaling molecules for virulence factor production
Understanding fatty acids as signaling molecules for virulence factor production
Research

Understanding fatty acids as signaling molecules for virulence factor production

Charles Rock, PhD

Fatty acids are critical in destructive capacity of bacterial infections. Learn more.

Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides
Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides
Research

Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides

Douglas R. Green, PhD

Programmed cell death can affect immune response to diseases such as cancer. Learn how caspase-8 chooses cell death and how that decision can be stopped.

Secrets of aggressive, deadly cancers revealed in African yeast
Secrets of aggressive, deadly cancers revealed in African yeast
Research

Secrets of aggressive, deadly cancers revealed in African yeast

Janet Partridge, PhD

Learn how a deadly pediatric cancer mutates a protein to cause a series of cellular malfunctions.