UofL-led campaign for LGBTQ adolescents emphasizes parental support
In the United States, high school students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) are almost five times more likely to...
UofL partners with Dare to Care to improve on-campus food pantry
The Cardinal Cupboard, a campus food pantry for UofL students and employees, just got better thanks to a new partnership with Dare to Care,...
UofL focused on suicide prevention well beyond awareness month
Based on federal data, rates of suicidal thoughts and attempted suicides have more than doubled for Americans ages 12 to 25 between 2008 and...
UofL Hospital trauma team presented awards for life-saving efforts
Former gunshot wound patients and anti-violence advocate Christopher 2X visited UofL Hospital to express their gratitude to the nurses and trauma surgeons for saving...
UofL Alzheimer’s specialist to talk brain health at Beer with a Scientist
The search for effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease continues, as new cases are diagnosed at an ever-increasing rate. Unfortunately, every drug tested to treat...
UofL’s Center for Creative Placehealing focuses on positive workplace culture
In America, more than 80% of healthcare expenditure can be directly linked to preventable diseases like depression, but the University of Louisville’s Center for...
Research!Louisville 2019 Keynote Address focuses on environmental health
Cheryl Lyn Walker, PhD, director of the Center for Precision Environmental Health at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor in the Departments of Molecular...
First patient enrolled in UofL’s NanoKnife DIRECT study for pancreatic cancer treatment
The University of Louisville has enrolled the first patient in AngioDynamics’ NanoKnife Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) “Data IRE Cancer Treatment” clinical study (DIRECT). The DIRECT...
UofL’s Envirome Institute creates Louisville Data Commons to support community health research
An important mission of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville is to encourage citizens to participate in research to...
UofL researchers finding ways to improve lives of spinal cord injury patients
University of Louisville researchers are finding ways to help those who suffer catastrophic spinal cord injuries battle other health problems related to their injury.
One...