December 14, 2020

How to Keep Strong While Recovering from COVID-19 at Home

COVID-19 patients can lose muscle mass quickly while staying in bed. Experts demonstrate safe and effective ways to keep muscles and joints flexible and strong throughout recovery.

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.

December 1, 2020

Rock-a-bye Fly: Why Vibrations Lead to Sleepiness

Researchers discover that gentle vibration can induce sleep in flies through a simple form of learning.

November 30, 2020

How Can Researchers Engage with Marginalized Communities to Better Understand Health Disparities?

Creating practices for researchers to include the voices of the communities they work with.

November 20, 2020

Ramily Market Expansion Works to Ease Food Insecurity Burden

Now serving the Center City campus, the pantry helps students in need.

November 9, 2020

JeffSolves MedTech Inspires Next Generation of Innovators

Industrial design and medical students work together to develop healthcare solutions.

November 5, 2020

Canine ‘Chief Compassion Officer’ Maggie Works to Improve Mental Health

The labrador comes to Jefferson from veterans organization Leashes of Valor.

October 26, 2020

Philadelphia Diabetes Prevention Collaborative Seeks to Reverse an Epidemic

Focusing on proactive behavior change, innovative program helps patients stop disease before it takes hold.

October 22, 2020

How Women Runners Can Avoid Stress Fractures

Women are twice as likely to develop stress fractures from running as men. Physicians and runners give tips on how to minimize risks and recover from injury.

October 22, 2020

Dr. Dimitri Papanagnou Wants Med Students to Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

To help address physician burnout, the associate dean is working on a curriculum that focuses on the uncertainty in healthcare.