JCPS officials joined representatives from Norton Healthcare and Galen College of Nursing in the Health Sciences lab at Southern High School Wednesday morning to announce the program.
The new research institute will focus on all phases of research including investigating medications, devices, health outcomes, health disparities and developmental biology across a multitude of specialties.
Bailey Loosemore and Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal
Published
1:04 am UTC Jan. 23, 2021
Tom Owen sat in the Louisville home he’s owned for 42 years and discussed a topic that has plagued the city for much, much longer. He put his hands on his head, almost in defeat.
“I’m flailing,” the historian said, “because, by God, I don’t know.”
The topic was racism. The “oozing sore,” as Owen called it.
For generations, it s infiltrated every facet of Black residents lives.
About the series
Reporters Bailey Loosemore and Hayes Gardner have covered protests over the death of Breonna Taylor and racial injustice since they began in May. Over the last three months, they ve delved into the racist systems that have created long-standing disparities between Black and white residents - speaking to more than 60 people about what it will take for Louisville to become an equitable city.