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UofL dental school grads return home to serve rural Kentucky with a little help from some friends
May 2, 2016
As girls growing up in rural Kentucky, it was a an easy decision for Emily Knight and Jerrica Norvell to return to the communities they loved to work as health care professionals. Receiving money to make that happen sweetened the pot.
UofL research: Fireworks-related burns requiring hospital stays skyrocket among kids
April 30, 2016
As states relaxed laws related to fireworks sales during the past decade, emergency doctors saw an increase in both the number of fireworks-related injuries among children and the severity of those injuries, according to new research being present
Nursing professor receives statewide award for excellence
April 29, 2016
Marianne Hutti, PhD, APRN, an educator who relishes the small ways she has helped students succeed over the years, has received a major accolade: The State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the large