Assistant Professor
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Jenna Hagerty received her Bachelor degrees from Slippery Rock University and Harrisburg University of Science in Technology (HU) where her studies focused in Chemistry, Forensic Science, and Medicolegal Death Investigation. She achieved her Master's degree in Forensic Medicine from Drexel University College of Medicine while teaching undergraduate students in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Case Study as an Adjunct Professor at HU. Hagerty finished her educational career at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine with a doctorate in Anatomy after defending her thesis titled Metabolic Alterations in Mice with Cancer Cachexia. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College where she teaches Anatomy, Histology, Imaging, and Neuroanatomy to medical and physician assistant students. Her educational research focuses in outreach programs that teach anatomy, human body donation, pedagogy related to the anatomical sciences, and flipped classroom approaches applied to teaching anatomy.
Hagerty is an active member of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA). She has joined her AAA colleagues Drs. Mary Piscura (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine at Auburn), Dana Peterson (Drexel University College of Medicine), and Norbert Myslinski (University of Maryland School of Dentistry) to create a high school outreach initiative known as the Anato-Bee. Anato-Bee is a spelling-bee inspired competition that awards top students to attend an anatomical sciences summer program of their choice. Anato-Bee has been funded by the 2023 AAA Innovations Program Award and will host its first inaugural Anato-Bee in spring of 2024. Additionally, Hagerty will be joining the AAA Committee for Early Career Anatomists in April of 2024.
