Jenna Hagerty, MS, PhD

• Presidential Special Award for the Enhancing STEM Access ($18,000): Summer Enrichment Experiences and Mentorship for Rural High School Students (Anato-Bee), Awarded by Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine at Auburn, Alabama - 2024
• Innovation Program Award ($50,000), American Association of Anatomy  - 2023
• Golden Apple Award, Drexel University College of Medicine - 2022
• Medical Educator Award, Drexel University College of Medicine  - 2021
• Graduate Student Leader Honoree, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine - 2020
• 2018 Mini Wellness Grant ($10,000), Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine - 2018

Educational research focusing in the areas of human body donation, pedagogy related to the anatomical sciences, DEI in STEMM, and STEMM outreach initiatives. 

Jenna Hagerty received her bachelor's degrees from Slippery Rock University and Harrisburg University of Science & Technology 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 Harrisburg University of Science & Technology. 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) and Dana Peterson (Drexel University College of Medicine) to create a high school outreach initiative known as the Anato-Bee. Anato-Bee is a competition in the anatomical sciences that awards top students to attend a STEMM focused summer program of their choice. Anato-Bee hosted its inaugural competition in the spring of 2024 and will host the national competition on a yearly basis.

Dr. Hagerty is current member of the Committee for Early Career Anatomists (CECA) with the American Association of Anatomy and Committee of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Sidney Kimmel Medical College.