Science and Technology

A Rugby Player-Turned-Researcher Tackles the Reality of Concussions
Exercise science assistant professor Katie Hunzinger has a personal drive to understand the risks and lifelong impacts of head injuries.
24 Remarkable Jefferson Moments From 2024
Looking back at some of the biggest stories from the past year.
Jefferson Honors Long-Time Employees
Faculty and staff look back at their decades with the University.
Jefferson Investigates: Cannabis and ADHD, Improving Recovery for Opioid Use Disorder, Small RNAs in COPD
Exploring the interactions between cannabis and ADHD, Philadelphia’s treatment system for people with opioid use disorder, and the role of small RNAs in progression of COPD.
Treating Schizophrenia Through Dance Therapy
Schizophrenia is one of the most stigmatized and difficult-to-treat mental illnesses. Jacelyn Biondo is using dance therapy to change that. 
Exploring the Complexity of Protein Structures With Artwork
How a curious chemist turned his love of protein structures into beautiful works of art.
Jefferson Investigates: Barriers to Digital Health; Support for Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder; Effects of Lead Exposure
Exploring how to facilitate digital health with culturally competent tools, to improve outcomes in mothers with opioid use disorder, and to mitigate effects of lead exposure.
The Art of the Sock
Using knitwear to find creativity and innovation in everyday materials.
Jefferson Investigates: Equity in Liver Transplantation; Immunity in the Eye; Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis
New breakthroughs in understanding gender disparities in liver transplants, the eye’s defenses against disease, and inflammation-related nerve damage in MS.
‘You Are Not Alone’: An Interdisciplinary Effort to Tackle Postpartum Depression
A researcher and designer paired up to raise awareness of mothers’ mental health in India.
Jefferson Investigates: Small RNAs and Tuberculosis; How ALS Develops; Stigma of Hepatitis B
Exploring short noncoding RNAs as targets for tuberculosis, the pathogenesis of ALS, and how stigma affects outcomes of Asian Americans with hepatitis B