University of Louisville Research Foundation

The University of Louisville Research Foundation houses financial activity related to services provided by the UofL Health Sciences Center and over 1,100 physician faculty within the University's School of Medicine. The faculty at the School of Medicine staff 250 clinics over a multi-state region and provided the following services during the fiscal year: - Added 9 service lines and locations to serve the local community and the Commonwealth; - Built a comprehensive access center to improve patient access into the University's healthcare system; - Treatment provided in over 830,000 separate patient visits; - Added more than 82,000 new patients to clinics; and - Added 43 new physicians and 20 advanced practice practitioners to the University's clinics throughout the region.

The University of Louisville Research Foundation provides funding for student scholarships at the University of Louisville. During the fiscal year, the organization provided almost $58 million in funds to over 16,000 students at the University.

The University of Louisville Research Foundation (ULRF) secured over $200 million in funding during the fiscal year to support new and continued groundbreaking research. It was the organization's most successful year in its history for securing such awards for competitively-funded research. This increase in funding totaled more than $30 million which was more than the record set in the previous year. Funding for ULRF's projects supported work to address some of the biggest global problems of our time, including: - Establishment of the Co-Immunity Project which included (1) identifying COVID-19 risks to hospital and frontline healthcare providers and their patients in order to assist healthcare systems with identifying potential resource stressors when making staffing decisions; (2) using a comprehensive wastewater-based epidemiology program to monitor the presence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 through and extensive analysis of community wastewater; (3) using a surface water study to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in surface water to provide tools for public leaders and waterway users to make informed decisions; and (4) conducting a community study to learn the rate of COVID-19 infection so that members of the community could make informed decisions about participation in local group activities. - Development of a pharmaceutical agent to prevent serious viral respiratory infections such as COVID-19 using Q-Griffithsin, a drug compound developed and co-owned by the organization. - Renovation of research facilities to provide a centralized vivarium to house rodent and aquatics species to support a broad range of research efforts. - Creation of a coalition of schools called "Pathways Coalition" to create a Cybersecurity Workforce Certificate program focusing on enhancing student knowledge in the realm of cybersecurity foundational courses while using healthcare data examples and use cases. - Using the University's Center for Integrative Environmental Health Science (CIEHS) to facilitate continued research and training focusing on exposure to industrial chemicals and lifestyle factors in the development of chronic adult diseases. - Facilitated increased access to oral health care services for people living with HIV, while providing education and clinical training for dental care providers, through the Ryan White Part B program. - Continued research on epidural stimulation improvement of neurogenic locomotoer, bladder, and bowel function for individuals with acute spinal cord injury.

The University of Louisville Research Foundation provides multiple opportunities for conferences, training, and continuing education activities for medical and other professionals established in their fields.