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Medindia » Press Release » St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Celebrates 50 Years

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Celebrates 50 Years

2/4/2012 General News

1995	Charles Sherr, M.D., Ph.D., of St. Jude Tumor Cell Biology, is elected into the National Academy of Sciences.
1996	Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D., then chair of the St. Jude Department of Immunology, wins the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work that led to a better understanding of the immune response.
2006	St. Jude is named the No. 1 "Best Place to Work in Academia" by The Scientist magazine.
2007	St. Jude is designated one of six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a part of the National Institutes of Health.
2008	St. Jude is designated as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center, making it the first and only cancer center solely focused on pediatric cancer to receive this distinction.
2009	Parents magazine names St. Jude as the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country, based on the magazine's survey of more than 100 children's hospitals.
2009	St. Jude scientists who represent the interdisciplinary team studying ALL receive the Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research.
2010	Nurses and staff in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Jude are recognized in 2009 and 2010 by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.
2010	St. Jude is named the nation's top children's cancer hospital, according to the 2010-11 Best Children's Hospitals rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.
2012	In 2011 and 2012, St. Jude is named one of the country's "100 Best Companies to Work For," by FORTUNE magazine.

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