Tag: health disparities
UofL community project is changing lives for vulnerable populations
Residents of certain zip codes live fewer years than their neighbors. According to 2020 census data, life expectancy is 65 years for those who...
UofL medical student advocates for equitable health care
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines health disparities as聽preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health.聽Resulting...
Medical ethicist, author Harriet Washington to address racial disparities at R!L
Research!Louisville, a weeklong research symposium with a focus on health-sciences research at the Louisville Medical Center, kicked off its 28th year on Sept. 28....
Website tackling environmental health disparities debuts March 28
Members of the public soon will be able to access a new website aimed at improving environmental health equity in Louisville.
Supported by the University...
UofL鈥檚 Health Equity Innovation Hub leader unpacks more about the new...
The University of Louisville recently announced the creation of the Health Equity Innovation Hub, an integrated, multi-disciplinary collaboration among Humana, The Humana Foundation and...
UofL students aim to reduce health disparities, engage others in community...
Amid the turmoil of 2020, Onu Udoh, a second-year student in the University of Louisville School of Medicine, decided it was time to take...
UofL PhD candidate on path to affect the future of nursing
School of Nursing graduate research assistant and PhD candidate Jade Chatman has been selected as one of 12聽recipients of the 2020 National League for...
UofL doctoral student wins Academy Health’s op-ed contest
Carmen Mitchell, a doctoral student in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences' Department of Health Management & Systems Sciences, was selected as...
Graduating nursing student inspired to serve disadvantaged groups Karina Strange to...
Karina Strange has returned to her native Louisville to serve disadvantaged populations facing health care disparities.
Strange will graduate with a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the...






























