Jefferson Italy Center
The Jefferson Italy Center is the culmination of decades of collaborations between Jefferson and Italy, providing a formal centralized system to identify, organize, coordinate, and promote strategic partnerships between Jefferson and Italian institutions that maximize our collective impact on individual and population health. The Center is also a catalyst for a new era in academic medicine, boosting partnerships with Italian colleges and universities, and opening doors to new possibilities such as joint research, clinical trials and grant applications for European funding agencies. Based within the cradle of the Renaissance, Italy also offers a delightful richness of art and architecture, making The Jefferson Italy Center an unparalleled destination for study away academic experiences in architecture, design and fashion.
Ignazio R. Marino, MD, ScD
Director of Jefferson Italy Center; Professor of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University; Executive Vice President for International Innovative Strategic Ventures, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health; former Italian Senator and Mayor of Rome
Highlights
- Launch of the world’s first international sequential MD degree
In 2018, an agreement was signed with the prestigious Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Gemelli University Hospital to offer students the first international sequential MD degree, recognized in both the U.S. and in Europe. - Exploring Global Sustainability, Technology, and Entrepreneurship in the MS International Fashion Design Management Program.
Working in partnership with the Jefferson Rome Center, students explore fashion design through the lens of industry importance and learn about how it drives economic and social transformation. With an emphasis on Global Fashion, students study international fashion regions alongside influential industry leaders. Industry engagements and partnerships with top brands create exclusive networking connections, and help students develop a clear understanding of generating and developing a wide variety of ideas that uphold a professional standard.
Academic Vision
By advancing the concept of distance learning and team innovation through bilateral faculty and student exchanges, the Jefferson Italy Center provides future leaders in medicine, fashion, architecture, design and business the global perspective necessary to thrive in an ever-changing healthcare landscape and global marketplace
Clinical Vision
Global healthcare needs are changing at a rapid clip. The Jefferson Italy Center provides the framework necessary to keep pace, empowering public-private partnerships that address the social determinants of health, health disparities, and access to care both in Italy and Philadelphia
Research Vision
The Jefferson Italy Center promotes entrepreneurial research opportunities and collaborations between Jefferson and our Italian partners that harness knowledge from basic sciences to rapidly produce new drugs, devices, and treatment options for patients worldwide
Partners
We are honored to collaborate with these world-recognized academic partners:
- Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Gemelli University Hospital
- Universitá di Bologna and Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute in Bologna
- Politecnico di Milano
- University of Arkansas Rome Center
Recognition
Thomas Jefferson University and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome were awarded Erasmus KA 107 grants supporting student and staff international mobility in the areas of Precision Medicine and Vascular Medicine, as well as Neuroscience.