March 12, 2021

How Can We Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Families?

Combating stigma and fostering promotion and treatment for mental wellness

February 25, 2021

How Do Architects and Their Corporate Clients Influence Branding?

Researching the concept of “branded environments” to promote and market institutions.

February 16, 2021

Patients Get Essential Telehealth Support Through Student-Driven Program

Researchers team up with students on “Digital Onboarding Taskforce” to help patients get comfortable using technology for remote medical care.

February 11, 2021

How Are Architectural Structures and Their Surrounding Communities Connected?

Discovering the heart of an area by studying its architecture

February 2, 2021

To Sleep or Not to Sleep?

Neuroscience researchers study how fruit flies decide between sleep and other behaviors, like mating, and the factors that influence that decision.

January 27, 2021

How Can Researchers Contribute to Designing Cities That Will Be Efficient, Healthy and Resilient?

Designing the future of sustainable architecture today.

January 20, 2021

Communicating Information about COVID-19 Using ‘Entertainment-Education’

Researcher and student team up to explore a strategy that uses storytelling to creatively and effectively communicate about health issues.

January 14, 2021

A Call for Action Against Racism in Medicine

Worn from carrying the burden of fighting against racial injustice, a group of physicians pen a letter titled “Dear White People” asking colleagues and students in medicine to take up the cause of anti-racism.

January 13, 2021

How Can We Better Measure Outcomes for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury?

Developing ways for rehabilitation providers to track and evaluate patients’ gain in function.

December 14, 2020

Our Year in Mental Health

In this collection of stories, The Nexus reflects on how the Jefferson community has come together to cope with the public health crises that upended 2020.

December 7, 2020

Shedding Light on the Experiences Transgender and Non-Binary Patients Face in the Doctor’s Office

Amplifying Voices: A collaborative research team works with the transgender community to gather perspectives on barriers to care, unique health needs, and discrimination.