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UofL surgeon J. David Richardson is American College of Surgeons president-elect
UofL's J. David Richardson, MD, professor and vice chair of surgery, Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD, department of surgery, was elected president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) last month during the college’s Annual Business Meeting that was held during its 2014 Clinical Congress in San Francisco.
Anti-racist activist, writer to speak at UofL
Tim Wise, an anti-racist activist and writer, will speak at the University of Louisville on Monday, Nov. 17.
UK, UofL part of lung cancer research project
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and Lung Cancer Alliance announced Nov. 12 the Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer. Education. Awareness. Detection. Survivorship) Collaborative, a project that will focus on reducing the burden of lung cancer in Kentucky. Kentucky has more cases of lung cancer than any other state and its lung cancer mortality rate is nearly 50 percent higher than the national average.