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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Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President

262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-7478

Admin Leader

Dana Wallace, MS
Associate Director of Administration

COE Leader

Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD; Heather Brandt, PhD
Associate Director, Outreach; Associate Director, Outreach

CRTEC Leader

Gerard Zambetti, PhD
Associate Director, Education and Training

PED Leader

Victor Santana, MD
Interim Assoc. Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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; Alberto Pappo, MD
Hematological Malignancies	Charles Mullighan, MBBS, MD; Ching-Hon Pui, MD
Neurobiology and Brain Tumor	Suzanne Baker, PhD; Giles Robinson, MD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cell and Tissue Imaging SR	Camenzind Robinson, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Center for In Vivo Imaging and Therapeutics SR	Gregory Turner, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cytogenetics SR	Steven Burden, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting SR	Hongmei Shen, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Protein Technology SR	Richard Heath, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Transgenic Gene Knockout SR	Shondra Miller, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Pharmacokinetics SR	Markos Leggas, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Biostatistics SR	Motomi Mori, PhD, MBA
Cat 7: Informatics	Bioinformatics and Biotechnology SR	Gang Wu, PhD

Last Updated

June 5, 2024