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.

March 29, 2024

Finding Calm in Ocean Waves and Galaxies

Researchers explore whether an immersive environment of calming imagery and sound can reduce stress.

March 13, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: COVID and Platelets, Training for Inclusive Care and Benefits of Safe, Green Spaces

Exploring how COVID can alter the genetic composition of platelets, a training program to improve care for sexual and gender minorities and how safety can influence the health benefits of parks.

February 19, 2024

What Can Sports Reveal About America?

Dr. Kevin Thompson shares the lessons he’s learned by studying the connection between sports, politics and culture in American society.

January 23, 2024

Jefferson Investigates: Fentanyl Test Strips, Liver Transplantation, Trauma and Maternal Mortality

New research on using harm reduction tools in emergency rooms; reassessing liver donors who were on life support; and investigating the impact of trauma in Black maternal mortality.