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Troy R. Henderson Sr., MSD water quality engineer (right) and Rick Strehl, field data technologist, University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute. Photo courtesy MSD.

MSD and UofL testing Louisville wastewater to track COVID-19 Co-Immunity Project receives $1 million...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville are working with Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) to determine if areas of COVID-19...

Psychiatry professor elected to American Telemedicine Association College of Fellows

The global pandemic has brought significant changes to most industries, including health care. Adoption of telemedicine is on the increase, an achievement recognized by...
Diagram showing levels of neutrophil immune cells (red dots) in a healthy donor, a patient with moderate COVID-19 and a patient with severe COVID-19. Data analysis by Corey T. Watson, Ph.D., David Tieri, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. student Anne Geller.

UofL immunologist discovers biomarker that predicts a crisis in COVID-19 patients

Dr. Jun Yan, professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Louisville, led a team of researchers in the discovery of...
Diagram showing levels of neutrophil immune cells (red dots) in a healthy donor, a patient with moderate COVID-19 and a patient with severe COVID-19. Data analysis by Corey T. Watson, Ph.D., David Tieri, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. student Anne Geller.

UofL immunologist discovers biomarker warning of cellular crisis that could cause death in COVID-19...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jun Yan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Louisville, led a team of researchers...
Joy Hart, Ph.D., professor in the UofL Department of Communication and member of the UofL Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute

UofL researchers included in nearly $17 million invested to fast-track studies on health impacts...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The American Heart Association is investing nearly $17 million to fund a two-year research initiative, ENACT (End Nicotine Addiction in Children...
Joe D’Ambrosio, director of behavioral health at the UofL Trager Institute/Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic

UofL Trager Institute poised to expand mental health support

A new classification as a Behavioral Health Service Organization will allow the UofL Trager Institute, home of the Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic,...
Joe D’Ambrosio, director of behavioral health at the UofL Trager Institute/Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic

UofL Trager Institute poised to expand mental health support

A new classification as a Behavioral Health Service Organization will allow the UofL Trager Institute, home of the Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic,...
COVID-19.

UofL coronavirus-fighting tech in development with California biomedical company

A promising University of Louisville technology believed to block the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells now has a commercial partner. The California biomedical...

Google’s trends: UofL researcher using internet searches to map the spread of COVID-19

When they’re feeling sick, many people turn to the Internet. They Google their symptoms — headache, chest pain, shortness of breath — hoping to...
COVID-19 testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster, via public domain)

COVID-19 antibody initiative receives $1.5 million to expand testing, launch ‘virus radar’ Gift from...

The Co-Immunity Project, a groundbreaking collaboration to track and curb COVID-19 in Kentucky, has received $1.5 million from the James Graham Brown Foundation, as...