Jefferson Humanities & Health

Submissions for Inside Out 2025 are  open until January 10, 2025! All Jefferson students are encouraged to submit prose, poetry, art, and photographs to be considered for Inside Out through Submittable. Maximum of four submissions per person.  Visual art files should be submitted as a PNG at the HIGHEST RESOLUTION possible (minimum of 3MB). Literary submissions should be submitted as .doc files. A committee of Jefferson student editors will judge submissions anonymously. 

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Visit the second floor of Scott Memorial Library to view the exhibition A Disabled Artist's Journey Through Art and Activism by Wendy Elliott-Vandivier. 

Wendy Elliott-Vandivier, an artist and long-time disability advocate, creates paintings and cartoons focusing on disability awareness and microaggressions that disabled people experience as they live their ordinary, “un-inspirational” lives. Her autobiographical paintings explore issues of family, memory, and experiences as a disabled woman, focusing on attitudinal barriers and stereotypes regarding disabilities.

Co-presented by Jefferson Humanities & Health and The Academic Commons.

Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 Asano Humanities & Health Certificate.  The Asano Humanities & Health Certificate is a co-curricular program that rewards sustained engagement in arts and humanities activities throughout the academic year. All Jefferson students are invited to complete the certificate by attending eight Jefferson Humanities & Health events and completing a reflection portfolio of four reflection prompts.

From January 13 to December 31, 2024, visit Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health at Philadelphia's Mutter Museum.

This exhibit confronts the crisis of housing insecurity in America through the lens of public health and features the portraiture of Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok and the artwork of Dallas-based artist Willie Baronet, whose installation is composed of hundreds of cardboard signs the artist has purchased over the past thirty years from people experiencing homelessness. 

This exhibit includes  content expertise of Dr. Rosie Frasso, Professor of Population Health, Program Director, Public Health and Director, Mixed Methods Research, Asano-Gonella Center for Medical Education & Health Care, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.

This exhibit is not sponsored by Jefferson Humanities & Health.

We are excited to share with you a virtual Opioid & Pain Management course. Regardless of the type of provider you are training to become, opioid prescribing and pain management will be relevant parts of your practice. This 1–2-hour course discusses opioid prescribing by going through 8 cases featuring different patient populations. Our goal is to fill a gap in medical education regarding opioid knowledge and prescribing so that we can prepare physicians to responsibly prescribe and manage patients' pain care.

The course does not need to be completed in one sitting and is currently part of an ongoing research study. We would greatly appreciate your participation and feedback. 

On the landing page there is a summary of the curriculum and cases. Scroll to the bottom and click "Enter Course," then click "Enroll for free." Please don't skip the pre- and post test.

This course can be taken for one credit towards the Asano Humanities and Health Certificate. Access the attendance survey for participation credit here.