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...
Spike it to Cancer Volleyball Tournament to benefit patients at UofL Brown Cancer Center
Sand volleyball teams from around Kentuckiana are invited to the seventh annual Spike it to Cancer sand volleyball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 10, at...
Kentuckians with rare diseases gain support through new advisory council UofL doctors, rare disease advocates join with Gov. Matt Bevin for ceremonial bill signing
A new Kentucky Rare Disease Advisory Council will bring together the best minds in the Commonwealth to help raise awareness, secure funding and speed...