Inspire your students with the real-life heroes making science breakthroughs right here in Kentucky. The Breakthrough Gallery, located in The World Within Us, features scientists from three Kentucky labs who are making dramatic advances in their fields of medical research. Each area of research is accompanied by a hands-on experience.

The KY - H.E.R.O.S. program was created by the Louisville Science Center in partnership with local scientists from the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.         

Featured Kentucky H.E.R.O.S.:
2005-2007

• Denis Kinane, B.D.S., Ph.D., F.D.S., R.C.P.S, F.D.S., R.C.S.
  from the University of Louisville Dental School
  Research Area: Gum disease its relation to systemic disease
• Jody Clasey, Ph.D. of the University of Kentucky and Kent Adams, Ph.D. of the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Obesity
• Henry Kaplan, M.D.
  of the Kentucky Lions Eye Center at the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Macular degeneration 2001-2003

2003-2005

• Greg Gerhardt, Ph.D.
  of the Center for Sensor Technology at the University of Kentucky
  Research Area: Parkinson's Disease and Brain Mapping
• Scott Whittemore, Ph.D. and Christopher Shields, M.D.
  of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Spinal Cord Injury
• Donald Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
  of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Cancer

2001-2003

• Suzanne Ildstad, M.D.
  of the Institute for Cellular Therapeutics at the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Immunology
• Laman Gray, M.D. and Robert Dowling, M.D.
  of Jewish Hospital
  Research Area: Cardiovascular
• Adam Matheny, Ph.D.
  of the Louisville Twin Study at the University of Louisville
  Research Area: Genetics