Theresa Patten

Theresa Patten

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.

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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.