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 28, 2021

A Margin of Error

College of Nursing assistant professor Karen Alexander, PhD, RN, talks candidly and bravely about her unconscious bias that crept into the care she had once provided as a nurse.

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 16, 2020

Top Jefferson Moments of 2020

The Nexus looks back at a year like none other.

December 15, 2020

Jefferson’s Health Design Lab Teams Up With UArts to Study ER Burnout

Amid COVID the pandemic, more than 70 percent of emergency physicians say they’ve experienced the sort of fatigue which can lead to exhaustion and stress.

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 10, 2020

Is “Both-Sides” Journalism Truly Unbiased?

Traditional journalism leaves many stories untold, or incomplete. Researchers investigate alternative models of journalism that aim for inclusivity and combat a legacy of racism in the media.