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St. Jude is committed to leveraging its assets to accelerate progress and maximize impact for children in Memphis and around the globe with an acute focus on fundamental science, childhood cancer, pediatric catastrophic disease, global impact, and workforce and environment. St. Jude has, and will continue to, significantly influence the way the world understands and treats childhood cancer, sickle cell disease, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases.

Explore our research

The St. Jude environment facilitates interaction among laboratory scientists and clinical investigators, promoting the translation of new findings from the lab to the clinic and communicating clinical problems to laboratory scientists for further investigation. Our 22 academic departments are home to more than 120 fundamental and translational research labs that bring the ‘bench to the bedside,’ ensuring that patients treated at St. Jude benefit fully from advances in our understanding of pediatric catastrophic diseases and their treatment.

Explore the work of our lab-based investigators by searching for a PI/Faculty name.

What sets St. Jude apart?

Careers & training

Answer your calling at St. Jude

St. Jude is a community of diverse faculty, staff, and trainees who strive to ask bold questions, create innovative solutions, and strengthen the robust scientific enterprise. St. Jude investigators have the freedom to focus on making big discoveries, backed by extraordinary resources and support teams. 

Progress: A Digital Magazine

Sharing stories of impact and discovery across the St. Jude research enterprise.

Clinical

Giving survivors of childhood cancer a chance at hearing

Alex Generous, PhD

Expanding access to cochlear implants could have large benefits for survivors.

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Turning genetic discoveries into answers for children with epilepsy

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Scientists at St. Jude are utilizing genetic research to transform diagnosis and treatment for children with severe epilepsies.

Research

Fundamental research sets the stage for immuno-oncology collaboration

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn how St. Jude is accelerating immunotherapy’s path to the clinic.

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Putting together the puzzle of effective Ataxia treatment

Heather Johnson

Through the Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative St. Jude investigators are gaining new understanding and learning how to better treat ataxias.

An extraordinary academic institution

Learn how a degree from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences can help you further your science and make a difference.

With world-class basic and translational research, mentorship from internationally renowned faculty and exceptional support and resources, our degree programs offer a unique experience for all our students.

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