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Gheens Foundation helps provide needed upgrades to UofL nursing classrooms

June 17, 2022

Additional improvements to second-floor classroom spaces at the UofL School of Nursing will be possible because of a $600,000 commitment from the Gheens Foundation.

UofL Health marks first of its kind double-transplant surgery in Kentucky

June 16, 2022

Michael Munday is recovering well after an innovative transplant surgery in March of 2022, becoming the first recipient of a combined heart and liver transplant in Kentucky at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital.

UofL receives $3.6 million to research health effects of vaping flavorings

June 14, 2022

The University of Louisville has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration to study the effects of flavorings like mango and bubblegum used in vapes and electronic cigarettes.   Researchers