LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The University of Louisville landed a $24 million grant to train the next wave of medical researchers and save lives.
The funding includes $11.7 million from the National Institutes of Health and matched dollar-by-dollar by UofL.
With this funding, the university will work on scientific solutions to cardiac disease, stroke and cancer.
It's the university's largest single investment in clinical research history. UofL Interim Executive Vice President Jon Klein said its' impact will be far-reaching and serve the state's most rural areas.
"Ultimately, what we hope to do is bend that cure that the president mentioned, the epidemic of cancer and vascular disease, that's truly a plague on the commonwealth," he said.
The new funding will also double UofL's clinical trial staff. The team has been trying to secure clinical funding since 2008.
"UofL has a long-standing commitment to improving the lives of Kentuckians,"Â UofL President Kim Schatzel said in a news release Friday. "This grant represents significant progress toward that commitment, engaging researchers and community members in developing new treatments and training the next generation of experts who will improve lives for years to come."
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