View the story:  Ambitious Louisville study seeks to understand impact of trees on our health

Led by UofL SRC's Deputy Director and Research Translation Core leader Aruni Bhatnagar, The University of Louisville Superfund Research Center has launched a new Nature Conservancy- and NIEHS-funded project to study the effect of residential greenness on cardiometabolic health called the Green Heart Project.  As part of the project, Nature Conservancy and Trees Louisville will plant around 8,000 trees and shrubs in the University of Louisville Superfund Research Fund’s population based study area to examine the long term effect of residential greenness on decreasing the levels of VOCs and thereby improving cardiometabolic health. Air quality and noise levels of the site will be performed by the University of Louisville Superfund Research Center’s Environmental Science projects.  To learn more about the Green Heart Project read  the January 2019 NIEHS Environmental Factor article.