October 17, 2024

The Art of the Sock

Using knitwear to find creativity and innovation in everyday materials.

September 24, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Equity in Liver Transplantation; Immunity in the Eye; Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis

New breakthroughs in understanding gender disparities in liver transplants, the eye’s defenses against disease, and inflammation-related nerve damage in MS.

August 28, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Small RNAs and Tuberculosis; How ALS Develops; Stigma of Hepatitis B

Exploring short noncoding RNAs as targets for tuberculosis, the pathogenesis of ALS, and how stigma affects outcomes of Asian Americans with hepatitis B

August 7, 2024

Period Poverty in Philadelphia and What We’re Doing About It

Understanding the influence of menstruation on women in Philadelphia to remove the negative stigma surrounding menstrual health and wellness.

July 17, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Aging and Chronic Conditions; A New Target for Parkinson’s Disease; Butterfly Disease

Exploring multimorbidity among aging adults in India; targeting a gut protein to prevent neurodegeneration; repurposing existing therapies for butterfly disease

July 12, 2024

Racism in China

Exploring racism that the Black community in China experiences and how Western racial ideology impacts a non-Western part of the globe.

June 27, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Artificial Intelligence and Heart Disease, Prenatal Drug Use and ADHD, and Potassium Channels and Neurological Disease

Exploring how machine learning can be used to predict cardiac damage, studying the link between substance use during pregnancy and ADHD, and targeting potassium channels in the brain.

June 19, 2024

Making Multimedia Communication More Inclusive

Diving beyond the surface of written language and visual media to get messages across.

May 22, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Contaminated Currency, Autism-Inclusive Healthcare Spaces, and Novel Prostate Cancer Treatment

Investigating presence of drugs on American currency, designing sensory-friendly environments for people with autism, and developing new therapies for prostate cancer.

April 30, 2024

How Do Our Physical Surroundings Shape Our Minds?

By adapting to innate human instincts, a well-designed space can impact our learning and stress.

April 17, 2024

“Beyond the Bench” – Striving to Improve Representation in Science

A graduate student who didn’t see herself in science now looks for opportunities to increase awareness among students about what a scientist is and does.