Theresa Patten
Theresa Patten
Theresa is a graduate intern at The Franklin Institute and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. She conducts experiments in mice to investigate the effects of added flavors in e-cigarettes and enjoys good food, being outside, and teaching science to kids when she’s not in the lab.
Recent Blogs by Author
Keep Calm, and Let Your Immune System Carry on!
How many times in the past month have you opened an email or clicked on a headline, only to encounter the following phase, “these are stressful times” – or perhaps it was, “these are unprecedented and stressful times”? The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown so many of our financial, professional, and personal lives for a loop. But, did you know that added stress can also put your physical health at risk? To understand how, let’s think about how our stress response and immune systems work.