ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL has received a unanimous vote of approval from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission for the opening of a new graduate school of biomedical sciences.
Stephen White, a faculty member in the St. Jude Department of Structural Biology, will serve as dean of the graduate school. The school will be located in the Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration, and will welcome the inaugural class in fall 2017.
“The graduate school will play an important role in our research efforts to advance cures for pediatric catastrophic diseases,” said James Downing, St. Jude president and CEO, “Talented graduate students are a creative and energetic force that will contribute to the kind of innovation required for progress against cancer and other life-threatening diseases. These students will ask the unexpected questions, challenge fundamental assumptions and will help tackle the most difficult scientific problems.”
Students will also interact with the neighboring University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
