Recent Research Increasing Social Supports for New Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University, led by Meghan Gannon, PhD, MSPH, investigated how community-based supports, like doulas, can be integrated into health care for mothers who use opioids. Oct 28, 2024 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. Oct 28, 2024 Mitigating the Neurotoxic Effects of Lead Exposure A new study by Thomas Jefferson University neuroscientist Jay Schneider, PhD, suggests that the toxic effects of lead can be mitigated by attentive maternal care and an enriched environment in an animal model. Oct 28, 2024 The Art of the Sock Using knitwear to find creativity and innovation in everyday materials. Oct 17, 2024 Jefferson Health Awarded $2.4 Million in PCORI Funding Comprehensive Education for Weight Loss will be Offered to Patients Across PA and NJ. Oct 03, 2024 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. Sep 24, 2024 Researchers Discover New Role of Immune Cells in Eye Health A new study led by Thomas Jefferson University researchers has revealed insights into how the eye handles inflammation, particularly in autoimmune uveitis, an inflammatory disease that bypasses the eye’s immune privilege and can damage healthy eye tissue. Sep 24, 2024 Striving Towards Equity in Liver Transplantation In their recent study, Danielle M. Tholey, MD and her team at Thomas Jefferson University wanted to identify why men seem to be receiving more liver transplants than women. They looked at race, sex, insurance and education of patients receiving liver transplants. They then grouped the patients by whether they received a liver transplant from a deceased donor or a living donor. Sep 24, 2024 NIH-Funded Researchers Develop Promising Lassa Fever Vaccine Sep 12, 2024 A New Screening Tool to Improve Telehealth Access & Equity Sep 10, 2024 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Next For news not listed on this page view the Jefferson News Archive. Research Resources Labs & Service Centers Clinical Research/Trials (JCRI) Programmatic Research Research Seminars Jefferson Committee on Research