Medicine

Medicine

Amber Onorato, Ph.D., back row, center, with students in the 2018 summer research program

Facilities, feedback and funding: UofL-administered network supports emerging medical research throughout Kentucky KBRIN adding...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For nearly two decades, a program administered at the University of Louisville has been helping scientists at institutions throughout the state...
James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Hope Scarves gift will provide breast cancer patients with access to more clinical trials

For women undergoing treatment for cancer, a little encouragement can mean the world. Lara MacGregor, who lives with metastatic breast cancer, started Hope Scarves in...
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...
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...
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,...