Clinical

Find out how research at St. Jude underlies clinical progress in the care and treatment of cancer, blood disorders, neurological disease and more. 

Meeting of the minds: Standardizing communication to improve patient handoffs and transitions of care
Meeting of the minds: Standardizing communication to improve patient handoffs and transitions of care

Meeting of the minds: Standardizing communication to improve patient handoffs and transitions of care

James Hoffman, PharmD, MS

These communications programs have a significant impact in helping ensure patient care is consistent across care teams.

Five steps to help your teens make the most of teletherapy
Five steps to help your teens make the most of teletherapy

Five steps to help your teens make the most of teletherapy

Megan Wilkins, PhD

COVID-19 gave rise to a new mental health care option for teens: telehealth video visits. Use these tips to help your teen maximize the benefits.

Nine tips to talk with teens about COVID-19
Nine tips to talk with teens about COVID-19

Nine tips to talk with teens about COVID-19

Jennifer Allen, PhD

Even during a pandemic, teens may avoid discussing feelings with their parents. Use these 9 tips to help your teen open up about COVID-19-related angst.

Helping patients with sickle cell disease take charge of their health
Helping patients with sickle cell disease take charge of their health

Helping patients with sickle cell disease take charge of their health

Jane Hankins, MD

Read how doctors are creating the sickle cell app with the input of sickle cell patients to support patients and their treatment.

Clinical trials in the spotlight
Clinical trials in the spotlight

Clinical trials in the spotlight

Elizabeth Fox, MD, MS

Clinical trials drive new therapies for children with diseases like cancer. Learn how St. Jude and others are making it easier to find open trials and view results.

Music therapy program goes digital to reach quarantined patients
Music therapy program goes digital to reach quarantined patients

Music therapy program goes digital to reach quarantined patients

Gary Bridgman

Read how this music therapist continues to help pediatric cancer patients with music therapy sessions even during quarantine.

A toolkit for guiding your family through uncertainty
A toolkit for guiding your family through uncertainty

A toolkit for guiding your family through uncertainty

Niki Jurbergs, PhD

Read how these St. Jude psychologists recommended ways for families to get through the uncertainty of COVID-19.

Frontline clinicians: How to navigate difficult conversations with your children about COVID-19
Frontline clinicians: How to navigate difficult conversations with your children about COVID-19

Frontline clinicians: How to navigate difficult conversations with your children about COVID-19

Kristin Canavera, PhD

It’s difficult enough as a frontline clinician to care for patients during a pandemic. But what about your children? Here’s how to have that conversation.

Working with parents to better understand how hope and realism coexist
Working with parents to better understand how hope and realism coexist

Working with parents to better understand how hope and realism coexist

Erica Kaye, MD, MPH

Read how a new model of hope and realism are seen as life-affirming instead of death-denying, strengthening the doctor-patient family relationship.

Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine
Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine

Clinical research: Understanding the importance of nursing in precision medicine

Kerry Hillis Goff

Clinical research and precision medicine are changing health care, and nursing as a profession can play this critical role with patients and families.