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A strategy to engage primary care practitioners in meeting behavioral health needs for older adults is at the heart of a new, nearly $2 million federal grant awarded to the UofL Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging.

UofL Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging receives nearly $2 million from HRSA...

Older adults are often burdened with a variety of health conditions, sometimes coupled with loneliness, anxiety and depression. A strategy to engage primary care...
Barbara Polivka, Ph.D., R.N., Shirley B. Powers Endowed Chair and Professor, UofL School of Nursing.

UofL researchers find unhealthy levels of chemicals in homes of older adults Study examines...

Researchers at the University of Louisville have found high levels of several chemicals in the homes of local residents while examining the effects of...
Rachel Vickers Smith, Ph.D., M.P.H.

More awareness, research needed on abuse risk of non-opioid painkiller Gabapentin commonly mixed with...

Amid the opioid epidemic, abuse of a different prescription painkiller has widely gone unnoticed. Gabapentin, a nerve pain medication and anticonvulsant sold under the brand...
Students at the 2018 Minority Pre-Health Symposium

UofL’s Minority Pre-Health Symposium provides guidance for students interested in health professions

Kyle Castaneda knows the value of mentors and connections for applying to medical school. A University of Louisville senior majoring in biochemistry, he credits...
Barbara Polivka, Ph.D., R.N., Shirley B. Powers Endowed Chair and Professor, UofL School of Nursing.

Researchers find unhealthy levels of chemicals in homes of older adults Study examines effects...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville have found high levels of several chemicals in the homes of local residents while examining...
UofL Care Partners

Schools of Dentistry and Nursing collaborate to offer new clinical service

Breaking down barriers to care while offering better patient service are reasons the University of Louisville Schools of Dentistry and Nursing will launch UofL...
UofL Care Partners

New clinic gives dental patients immediate access to nurse practitioner managed care UofL Care...

Breaking down barriers to care while offering better patient service are reasons the University of Louisville Schools of Dentistry and Nursing will launch UofL...
UofL School of Nursing Assistant Professor Montray Smith, M.S.N., R.N., at the Federal Medical Station in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where she provided care in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria with a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

On call amid disaster: Nursing professor part of medical team deployed to Puerto Rico

As this year’s volatile Atlantic hurricane season progressed, Montray Smith knew it was a question of when – not if – she would be...
UofL School of Nursing Assistant Professor Montray Smith, M.S.N., R.N., at the Federal Medical Station in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where she provided care in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria with a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

On call amid disaster Nursing assistant professor part of federal medical team deployed to...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As this year’s volatile Atlantic hurricane season progressed, Montray Smith knew it was a question of when – not if –...
Counties served by the eight Kentucky AHEC offices

AHEC programs improve Kentuckians’ health by increasing supply of health-care providers Area Health Education...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky ranks among the worst states for access to quality health care, and 96 of its 120 counties are medically underserved....