News & Events
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New Score Seeks to Expand Pool of Kidneys Available for Transplant
09/13/16 -
Thomas Jefferson University & Philadelphia University Sign Combination Agreement
The Boards of Trustees of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University announced that they have entered into a Combination Agreement to enable the two universities to become one comprehensive university centered on professional education.
09/08/16 -
A New Study Explores Concerns of African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Researchers study the biggest challenges for African American women after receiving breast cancer treatment
09/01/16 -
Jefferson Receives $1 Million from Businessman and Philanthropist Jamie Maguire and the Maguire Foundation to Endow Professorship in Spine Research
Jamie Maguire, chairman of Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), and the Maguire Foundation, have generously funded a new orthopaedics professorship at Thomas Jefferson University.
08/24/16 -
Non-Profit Provides Free Sports Physicals and Reveals High Rates of Obesity and High Blood Pressure in Student Athletes
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University found similar rates of obesity and high blood pressure readings in student-athletes as would be expected in the general adolescent population, which may suggest that participation in athletics does not protect against these conditions. They published their findings in The Journal of Pediatrics.
08/17/16 -
The Fourth State of Matter, Plasma: A Technology to Improve Bone Healing?
Tuning cold plasma can either promote or inhibit bone formation.
08/11/16 -
Jefferson Health to Serve as the Official Health Care Provider of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and Philadelphia Host Committee
Jefferson Health has been named the official health care provider of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention.
07/21/16 -
Jefferson College of Nursing Slated to Offer BSN Program at Aria Campus in Trevose
The leadership of Thomas Jefferson University’s Jefferson College of Nursing and Aria Health’s School of Nursing are planning to open a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at the Aria Campus in Trevose, Pa., pending approval by the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing.
07/19/16 -
How to Decide if Watchful Waiting is the Right Choice
A new tool helps remove the emotion around choosing the right approach for prostate cancer
07/19/16