After leading unprecedented growth of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital over the past 12 years, James R. Downing will step down as president and CEO in late 2026 as part of a planned leadership transition, St. Jude officials said.
W. Kimryn Rathmell, CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, has also been named director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in place of former Director Raphael E. Pollock, who has stepped down from the position he had held since November 2017 to become OSUCCC director emeritus.
