Professor Shavonnie Carthens awarded funds for health equity work

EHLC Partners. Photo Credit: D. Smith
EHLC Partners. Photo Credit: D. Smith

Shavonnie Carthens, assistant professor of law, and Megan Poole, assistant professor of English, were awarded funding through UofL’s Health Equity Innovation Hub for the project, “Getting the Listening” in Louisville: Environmental Health Literacy and Justice in and around Rubbertown. With the Hub’s support, Carthens, Poole and other Environmental Health Literacy Coalition partners will investigate community questions related to environmental law and environmental justice, with a particular focus on the disproportionate impact of air pollution on West Louisville’s Black community. Read more about the award in UofL News.