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Oluwaferanmi Okanlami was the health equity keynote speaker at Research!Louisville.

Research!Louisville speaker emphasizes that disability does not mean inability Oluwaferanmi Okanlami spotlights need for...

What do we not know about what we are doing for individuals with a disability? Professor Oluwaferanmi Okanlami encouraged attendees to ask that question at...
UofL participants in the 2024 Kentuckiana Heart Walk

UofL boosts community engagement efforts through annual Heart Walk

Teams from the University of Louisville and UofL Health were part of a record-breaking turnout of 34 teams, 420 walkers, and more than $40,000 raised...
Ben Lovely looks through a fishtank with swimming zebrafish.

UofL researchers studying specific causes of fetal alcohol syndrome

University of Louisville researchers have secured $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how genetics may increase the risk of Fetal...
UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center

Gibbs Foundation invests $3 million with UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center

The University of Louisville, UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center and the Gibbs Foundation will continue their partnership in finding a cure for cancer...
Trees planted along Watterson Expressway/Interstate 264 in Louisville, KY for the Green Heart Louisville Project. Photo by Mike Wilkinson for The Nature Conservancy.

Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute awarded $11 million in new grants

Researchers in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute have secured $11.27 million in new grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department...
A residential area showing trees and shrubs added for the Green Heart Louisville Project. Photo credit: Mike Wilkinson for The Nature Conservancy.

UofL Green Heart Project: residents’ inflammation lower after trees added to neighborhoods Inflammation is...

The University of Louisville’s groundbreaking Green Heart Louisville Project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was...
Paul Brown (left), and Andrea Ballinger, second-year UofL medical students, represented UofL at the 2024 Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program in July. This summer, Brown and Ballinger conducted a study to help decrease health disparities in heart care.

UofL medical students address heart health disparities in summer research

UofL medical students Paul Brown and Andrea Ballinger conducted a study to decrease health disparities for Black patients by helping educate physicians about potential...
Wilson Wyatt Alumni Awards graphic

UofL names 2024 Alumnus of the Year GoTo Foods CEO Jim Holthouser leads 18...

Jim Holthouser ’81, ’83, ’85, chief executive officer of GoTo Foods and a three-time UofL graduate, is the University of Louisville 2024 Alumnus of...
UofL cardiologist Roberto Bolli, center, leads a new, multicenter clinical trial of an IV-delivered stem cell therapy for heart failure at the University of Louisville and UofL Health. UofL photo.

UofL cardiologist leading clinical trial for high potential new therapy for heart failure Multicenter...

A new stem cell therapy for heart failure is being tested in patients at the University of Louisville and UofL Health. The trial is the...
Rendering of new green space in downtown Louisville.

LOUMED Commons to feature new green spaces near UofL’s Health Sciences Center

The Louisville Medical & Education District (LOUMED) has announced plans for the creation of LOUMED Commons, an innovative urban park initiative designed to introduce much-needed...