Research Newsletter - December 2020

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December 2020

Dear Research Community,

Just a quick note to highlight our ongoing Science Communications Series. This month’s session focuses on how to make a graphical abstract. Join us Tuesday December 8^th at 1:30pm.

We had an immense number of stories written about Jefferson research over the last month – such as the novel approach for treating MS, research on the impact of expanding our Jefferson student-food pantry from East Falls to Center City, and ways Jefferson is battling health disparities by engaging marginalized communities in the research enterprise. Delve into some of Jefferson’s work below.

As always, please reach out to us with updates on research publications from your department, and your teams. We rely on you to help us shine a light on Jefferson research: Research.News@Jefferson.edu.

Happy Holidays,
Edyta + Karuna
Science Writers, Marketing and Communications

Highlight from Twitter

Andrew South shared his research on a virtual stage this month with celebrities like Eddie Vedder, Billie Eilish, Laura Dern, and others, to benefit patients with Butterfly Disease.

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How Can Researchers Engage with Marginalized Communities to Better Understand Health Disparities?
by Karuna Meda

Creating practices for researchers to include the voices of the communities they work with.

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A Novel Immunotherapy Proves Effective in Animal Models of Multiple Sclerosis
by Karuna Meda

Jefferson researchers develop an approach to specifically impede the autoimmune response that drives the disease, while leaving the rest of the immune system fully functioning.

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