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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee, was designated as an NCI cancer center in 1977 and named a comprehensive cancer center in 2008. The mission of the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center is to advance cures for pediatric cancer through research and treatment. St. Jude is the only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center dedicated solely to children.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President and Director
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
(901) 595-7478

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader Title
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD Co-Associate Director, Outreach
Charles Roberts, MD, PhD Director and Principal Investigator
Dana Wallace, MS Associate Director, Administration
Elizabeth Fox, MD Associate Director, Clinical Research
Gerard Zambetti, PhD Associate Director, Education &Training
Heather Brandt, PhD Co-Associate Director, Outreach
Hongbo Chi, PhD Associate Director, Basic Science
Julie Park, MD Associate Director, Translational Research
Melissa Hudson, MD Associate Director, Population Science
Shondra Miller, PhD Associate Director, Shared Resources

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Biology Douglas Green, PhD; Richard Kriwacki, PhD
Cancer Control and Survivorship Kirsten Ness, PT, PhD; Gregory Armstrong, MD
Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Michael Dyer, PhD; Sara Federico, MD
Hematological Malignancies Charles Mullighan, MBBS, MD; Sarah Elitzur, MD
Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Paul Northcott, PhD; Giles Robinson, MD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Cell and Tissue Imaging Camenzind Robinson, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Center for Advanced Genome Engineering Shondra Miller, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Center for In Vivo Imaging and Therapeutics Gregory Turner, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Daniel Vocelle, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Genetically Engineered Mouse Models John Swift, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Spatial Omics (Developing) Jasmine Plummer, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Viral Vector Technology Robert Throm, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Center for Translational Pharmacology Markos Leggas, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Motomi Mori, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Gang Wu, PhD
Last Updated
March 2, 2026