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UofL physician to participate in UN Day panel Saturday

October 29, 2015

Olivia Mittel, M.D., assistant dean for student affairs at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, will be among an expert panel discussing human trafficking Saturday, Oct. 31.

Women with HPV 16, 18 infections needed for trial of therapeutic vaccine

October 28, 2015

Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently occurring cancer in women. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is present in 99 percent of cervical cancers and is considered to be their cause.