St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Discoveries made at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have changed the way the world treats children with catastrophic diseases… Treatments that would not be possible without a diverse and highly motivated staff of dedicated individuals.
- Exciting opportunities in basic and clinical areas
- A major commitment to translational research aimed at developing new drugs and testing them in house as well as studying how to use existing drugs more efficiently in children
- Areas of emphasis include gene therapy, stem cell transplantation, immunology and immunotherapy research, chemotherapy, the biochemistry of normal and cancerous cells, radiation treatment, blood diseases, resistance to therapy, viruses, hereditary diseases, influenza, pediatric AIDS and psychological effects of catastrophic diseases
- 300 basic research staff members
- 186 faculty
- 269 postdoctoral fellows
- Only pediatric research hospital to be awarded a National Cancer Institute cancer center support grant
- Extensive expansion program underway includes construction of $114 million, 300,000-square-foot facility for Department of Radiological Sciences, inpatient activities and new research laboratories
- Nation's only pediatric research center to have on-site GMP facility for producing highly specialized medicines and vaccines in accordance with FDA regulations
- Faculty includes one Nobel Prize winner, three National Academy of Sciences members and three Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
- Home of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza Viruses in Animals and Birds
- Ranked among the Top 15 Best Places to Work in Academia by the readers of The Scientist
Employment opportunities at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
An Equal Opportunity Employer
