Medicine

Medicine

Drs. Chi Li (left) and Kavitha Yaddanapudi (right), both researchers at the University of Louisville, are working to develop a vaccine against cancer.

UofL researchers developing cancer vaccine

Vaccinations protect us from all kinds of terrible diseases — polio, small pox, influenza. But what if a vaccine could protect you from cancer? Researchers...
Special jerseys worn by the Louisville Bats on cancer survivors night and replica lavender hats will be sold with proceeds going to the M. Krista Loyd Resource Center

Louisville Bats, UofL Brown Cancer Center and Kentucky Cancer Program team up to fight...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Baseball fans who want to support cancer survivors and the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center all while enjoying...
Older adults smiling together.

UofL Trager Institute, Kentucky Association for Gerontology host Optimal Aging Conference

With an emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of the aging field, the third annual Optimal Aging Conference will offer a unique education opportunity for health care...
At Harvard Medical School, front row, left to right: UofL eQuality presenters Rhiannon Ledgerwood, M.D., Susan Sawning, M.S.S.W., Amy Holthouser, M.D., and Adam Neff, M.D. Back Row: Harvard Medical School’s Jessica Halem, M.B.A., Jenny Potter, M.D., Alex S. Keuroghlian, M.D., M.P.H., and John L. Dalrymple, M.D.

Multiple honors for UofL LGBT health education UofL shares knowledge with Harvard, receives national...

The University of Louisville shared its pioneering work in educating health professionals to provide quality health care to LGBTQ patients with faculty at Harvard...
Older adults smiling together.

Experts on aging to discuss trends at local conference UofL Trager Institute, Kentucky Association...

With an emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of the aging field, the third annual Optimal Aging Conference will offer a unique education opportunity for health care...
At Harvard Medical School, front row, left to right: UofL eQuality presenters Rhiannon Ledgerwood, M.D., Susan Sawning, M.S.S.W., Amy Holthouser, M.D., and Adam Neff, M.D. Back Row: Harvard Medical School’s Jessica Halem, M.B.A., Jenny Potter, M.D., Alex S. Keuroghlian, M.D., M.P.H., and John L. Dalrymple, M.D.

Multiple honors for UofL LGBT health education UofL shares knowledge with Harvard, receives national...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville shared its pioneering work in educating  health professionals to provide quality health care to LGBTQ patients with...
Daniel Conklin, Ph.D.

Not your father’s tobacco: A scientist’s perspective on health risks of e-cigarettes Beer with...

What would you guess is the average age when someone starts smoking? Perhaps early 20s? Maybe even 16? “The average chronic smoker begins smoking at 13.7...
Daniel Conklin, Ph.D.

Not your father’s tobacco: A scientist’s perspective on health risks of e-cigarettes Beer with...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – What would you guess is the average age when someone starts smoking? Perhaps early 20’s? Maybe even 16? “The average chronic smoker begins...
Caregiver support

UofL’s Trager Institute launches support group for those who care for older adults

Just in time for the Kentucky Oaks, the University of Louisville Trager Institute has launched its own “OACS” – a new support group for...
V. Faye Jones, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Meeting the needs of newly adopted children Clinical report offers guidance on initial health...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The roughly 120,000 children adopted in the United States every year have high risk for physical, developmental and mental health issues,...