December 9, 2024
24 Remarkable Jefferson Moments From 2024
Looking back at some of the biggest stories from the past year.
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December 2, 2024Jefferson Honors Long-Time EmployeesFaculty and staff look back at their decades with the University. -
November 25, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Cannabis and ADHD, Improving Recovery for Opioid Use Disorder, Small RNAs in COPDExploring 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. -
September 24, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Equity in Liver Transplantation; Immunity in the Eye; Inflammation in Multiple SclerosisNew breakthroughs in understanding gender disparities in liver transplants, the eye’s defenses against disease, and inflammation-related nerve damage in MS. -
August 28, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Small RNAs and Tuberculosis; How ALS Develops; Stigma of Hepatitis BExploring short noncoding RNAs as targets for tuberculosis, the pathogenesis of ALS, and how stigma affects outcomes of Asian Americans with hepatitis B -
July 17, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Aging and Chronic Conditions; A New Target for Parkinson’s Disease; Butterfly DiseaseExploring multimorbidity among aging adults in India; targeting a gut protein to prevent neurodegeneration; repurposing existing therapies for butterfly disease -
June 27, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Artificial Intelligence and Heart Disease, Prenatal Drug Use and ADHD, and Potassium Channels and Neurological DiseaseExploring how machine learning can be used to predict cardiac damage, studying the link between substance use during pregnancy and ADHD, and targeting potassium channels in the brain. -
May 23, 2024Photos and Recap: Class of 2024 Honored at CommencementThe 2,600-plus graduates will lead with ‘courage, creativity and commitment.’ -
May 22, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Contaminated Currency, Autism-Inclusive Healthcare Spaces, and Novel Prostate Cancer TreatmentInvestigating presence of drugs on American currency, designing sensory-friendly environments for people with autism, and developing new therapies for prostate cancer. -
April 17, 2024“Beyond the Bench” – Striving to Improve Representation in ScienceA graduate student who didn’t see herself in science now looks for opportunities to increase awareness among students about what a scientist is and does. -
April 15, 2024Jefferson Investigates: Scar Tissue, Asthma Control, and Adherence to Diabetes MedicationExploring a new technique to break down scar tissue, a text-message intervention in young asthma patients and how conversations may improve diabetes treatment in African American patients.