Medicine

Medicine

Rendering of planned Brown Cancer Center at UofL Health South Hospital

Kentucky invests to improve rural cancer care UofL Health announces plans for cancer center...

UofL Health announced plans to expand the reach of its Brown Cancer Center, building a new $25-million regional cancer center and Center for Rural Cancer...
Caitlan Jones will graduate from UofL School of Medicine on May 11 and continue her training at the UofL Owensboro Family Medicine Residency Program. UofL photo.

Growing on her roots UofL School of Medicine graduate Caitlan Jones hopes to practice...

Muhlenberg County native Caitlan Jones is completing medical school in the hospital where she was born in Madisonville, Kentucky. Jones is part of the University...
Mass spectrometry image of a kidney showing changes characteristic of chronic kidney disease. (Photo by Dana Hammouri)

UofL researchers honored for groundbreaking study linking cancer and kidney disease

A team of researchers at the University of Louisville has been honored for their pioneering work in uncovering a new connection between cancer treatment...

A rising tide UofL expands health care footprint in rural communities

Somerlin Cheek was in treatment in a substance abuse rehab facility in a tiny eastern Kentucky community when a doctor there asked her a...
The University of Louisville 2024 Presidential Excellence Awards reception took place April 18. The awards recognize the employees whose exemplary performance impacts the entire university community.

UofL’s 2024 Presidential Excellence Awardees raise the bar for quality education

The time, effort and energy that University of Louisville faculty and staff commit to making UofL a great place to learn, discover, connect and...
Professor Jennifer Brueckner-Collins, center, is the recipient of the 2024 University of Louisville Trustees Award. Pictured with her are Uofl President Kim Schatzel (left) and Provost Gerry Bradley (right).

Jennifer Brueckner-Collins receives 2024 UofL Trustees Award

At nearly 4,000 strong, the University of Louisville faculty drives student success with renowned expertise in its fields of study as well as its...
UofL doctors Jeffrey Bumpous, interim dean of the UofL School of Medicine, Edward Miller and Tanya Franklin (back row, l. to r.) placed white coats on the shoulders of Central High School juniors participating in the Pre-Medical Magnet Program. UofL Health photo.

Central High School students in pre-medical magnet program receive white coats Students shadow UofL...

What’s normally a rite of passage for medical students has become a symbol of achievement for 30 Central High School juniors who are one...
UofL researchers are working to better understand how pollutants and other factors affect heart health. UofL illustration.

UofL scientists gain $11.6 million to learn how chemical exposures affect heart health Envirome...

Heart disease is the number one cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, but scientists still do not understand all the...
Spinal cord therapy research participant Jeff Marquis stands during therapy. Photo by Jessica Ebelhar.

UofL researchers win $1M to advance spinal cord injury technology

University of Louisville researchers and their collaborators have won a Phase 2 prize in a $9.8 million National Institutes of Health innovation competition aimed...
James Cripps, the head of manufacturing at the UofL Brown Cancer, travels across the state to raise awareness of occupational cancer in firefighters.

Q&A: UofL researcher raising awareness of occupational cancer to firefighters James Cripps is an...

Firefighters take risks everyday, and many of the risks they face are not visible. James Cripps, who was a firefighter for nearly a decade...