Systems

Short Biography

Meghana Avula is the Director of Global Technology for the department of  Global Pediatric Medicine.

In her role she will capture requirements; define, plan and coordinate the execution of the technical projects; administer the project management solution; help with the overall planning and design of the services required to achieve department goals; and lead the design and implementation of the dashboard, reporting and analytical platforms and solutions.

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Yichen Chen, PhD, MSc, is a Senior Biostatistician, Global Analytics for the department of Global Pediatric Medicine. She earned her Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of Florida in 2019 and M.Sc. in statistics in China in 2014.

While a student at Florida, she worked as a statistician and graduate assistant at the Children’s Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center (COG SDC) for 3.5 years. Under the supervision of senior statisticians, she supported clinical trials on acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Her job responsibilities included monitoring the ongoing studies on study accrual, data collection and toxicity, and generating regular study reports to study committee, data safety monitoring committee and institutional review board. In addition, Yichen served as a resource to senior statisticians in data analyses, ad-hoc analysis, protocol amendments, abstracts and presentations at conferences and manuscript preparation.

In her spare time, Yichen enjoys reading, playing music, swimming, cycling and fitness dancing.

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Wendy Archibald is an administrative specialist in Global Pediatric Medicine.

Wendy has been with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2005, serving in Human Resources and Information Services. She’s originally from Louisiana and lived in many states in the southern U.S. until moving to the Memphis area in 1997. Wendy currently lives in Brighton, Tennessee, with her husband, David, their dog Miss Ruby and cat Poppy, both shelter rescues. They have five adult children, four of whom have served or are currently serving in the U.S. military (U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force).

In her spare time, Wendy is an artist. She draws, paints and creates things from cut paper, incorporating fine glitter whenever possible. Other favorite activities include gardening and home decorating.

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Andini Handayani, MPH, MA, is a Program Manager, Asia Pacific Regional Program for the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine

Andini has been instrumental in fostering the growth of the St. Jude Global Alliance in Asia Pacific with partners across 13 countries and 35+ institutions, supporting the 6 Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer focus countries across WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions, and leading the South-East Asia Regional Curing Safely Resource Guide project in collaboration with WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia.

In her new role, Andini will manage the expanding regional network, and the ongoing development and strengthening of multi-site collaborations. She will also focus on program implementation while supporting vital work with collaborators towards the shared St. Jude Global Asia Pacific vision to bridge Asia Pacific and the Global Alliance to improve outcomes for children with cancer and catastrophic diseases in partnership with everyone at GPM.

Andini is a development practitioner passionate about bridging the gap between evidence generation and program implementation. Andini has 6 years of experience coordinating projects in global health, child protection, democracy, and governance to create policies that are inclusive of and safe for the vulnerable and marginalized population in Indonesia.

Andini obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University and a Master of Arts in International Development and Policy from the University of Chicago under the Obama Foundation Scholars Program.