September 26, 2023

Jefferson Investigates: Kids of Incarcerated Parents, Babies vs. Sleep and Better Asthma Inhalers

New research explores addressing an asthma inhaler’s side effects, mental health access for kids with incarcerated parents, and how fruit flies choose between babies and sleep.

September 21, 2023

Jefferson Researcher Receives Cancer Moonshot Award

Hien Dang, PhD, was one of 11 people awarded the prestigious award aimed at finding therapies for tough-to-treat cancers in patients who have been historically disadvantaged.

September 14, 2023

Saving Sea Turtles, One Paddle at a Time

This summer, Dr. Manuela Tripepi traveled to Curaçao to research the disease ravaging sea turtles across the Caribbean.

August 28, 2023

Jefferson Investigates: Maternal Death, Traumatic Brain Injury and Cellular Identity

How a common antibiotic can reduce sepsis during labor, how confidence can help memory recovery after traumatic brain injury, and how cells pass identity down to daughter cells.

August 10, 2023

Is There a Place for Writing AI in the Classroom?

Writing and rhetoric faculty offer best practices for using the controversial tool.

August 8, 2023

How Can Occupational Therapists Help People With Long COVID?

With a lack of validated rehabilitation interventions for people with long COVID, occupational therapy could help patients get their lives back to normal.

July 18, 2023

Jefferson Investigates: Allergies to Cannabis, Brain Fog in HIV and Anti-Scarring Treatment

How does cannabis cause allergic reactions, why do people with HIV experience cognitive decline, and how can internal scarring be reduced after rotator cuff repair.

July 11, 2023

How Does Light at Night Affect My Health?

Light pollution at night is getting worse. How can people maintain good sleep hygiene when brightness seeps through the windows?

May 23, 2023

Jefferson Investigates: Discrimination’s Impact on Recovery, Cannabis for Chronic Pain, and Cancer’s Blood Supply

Does discrimination slow recovery from brain trauma, can patients with long-term pain use cannabis to reduce opioid use, will blocking blood flow to cancer slow its growth?

May 15, 2023

New Project to Design Building Skins to Retrofit Energy-Inefficient Structures

Researchers will develop prototype modular panels and test for energy savings, resistance to weathering and market feasibility.

May 2, 2023

Celebrating the Class of 2023

New graduates look back at their education and share what lies ahead.