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Thomas Jefferson University Research - A Path To Digital Equity

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

Inside this issue:

04 Editorial

05 Leadership Message

06 Global Jefferson

08 Bursts of Power

09 Antitrust Laws Don’t Hinder Foreign Investment Cancer Prediction Model Misses High-Risk Black Patients

10 Enveloping Buildings in Textiles Learning from Drowsy Flies

12 COVID Briefs

13 Jefferson by the Numbers

14 Inflecting the Narrative on African Studies

16 Journey of Adaptation

18 A Path Towards Digital Equity

24 JeffSolves: A New Way of Thinking

30 The Heart’s "Little Brain"

36 RNA like You’ve Never Seen Before

38 Online Content

Thomas Jefferson University Research - Convergent Thinking, Creative Application

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

One way we accomplish our distinctive programmatic approach to research is by organizing as multidisciplinary centers and institutes around specific challenges. Led by visionaries and staffed by experts, these entities enable us to more quickly move discovery to translation and application; and they are excellent environments for training colleagues and students to address the practical challenges the world presents.

Architects Of A Sustainable Hemp Industry

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

For centuries, the hemp plant has been recognized as a robust and renewable source of raw material for a host of purposes. However, for decades United States law conflated hemp with marijuana, and it fell out of use. Now, with such restrictions lifted, hemp has a bright future as a sustainable, high-value raw material for consumer and industrial products.

“Realizing that potential will require a lot of fundamental planning and development work, conceiving and establishing systems and platforms essential for building robust agricultural- and manufacturing-focused hemp industries,” says Ronald Kander, PhD, associate provost for applied research and dean of Kanbar …