Medicine

Medicine

Alex Carll, assistant professor in the UofL Department of Physiology, front, with Matthew Nystoriak, associate professor of medicine

UofL researchers discover e-cigarettes cause cardiac arrhythmias

A new study from University of Louisville researchers in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause...
Christian Furman

UofL geriatrician hopes to influence policy, redefine aging experience

Christian Davis Furman recently was accepted into the Health and Aging Policy Fellows (HAPF) Program in Washington D.C. Furman, the medical director of the UofL Trager...
A UofL study is believed to be the first to use biological data to connect factors like stress, capacity, physical and social environment and whether work is meaningful with risk for chronic health conditions.

UofL research shows connection between work and health UofL study believed to be first...

With employee burnout high and the Great Resignation looming, pioneering new research from the University of Louisville shows some likely drivers in workplace culture...
Central High School student LaMya Hickman shadows Edward Miller, UofL assistant professor and director of maternal fetal medicine, at UofL Hospital

Central High School students experience life in the medical field by shadowing UofL doctors

The Central High School Pre-Medical Magnet Program is giving west Louisville students an up-close and personal experience with a career in medicine. Students are...
Research Louisville 2022

Research!Louisville highlights included renowned genomics expert John D. Carpten

The 27th annual Research!Louisville (R!L) symposium, sponsored by the University of Louisville and School of Medicine, the Office of the Executive Vice President for...
A bird’s-eye view of the Louisville Medical & Education District known as “LOUMED.” Image credit: Gamble Associates.

Louisville Medical & Education District, known as “LOUMED,” announces development strategy

The Louisville Medical and Education District (LOUMED) this week announced its development strategy, taking its first step towards revitalizing and shaping the vital district...
Jessica Miller, a UofL graduate student researcher, works on methods and cultures that could extend the shelf life of tissue for cardiotoxicity testing of new drug candidates. (UofL Photo)

UofL research extending usable life of heart tissue could help speed medical innovation

University of Louisville research could help spur new medicines by extending the usable life of test heart tissue from one day to 12. The...
Facility team in the of the UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center GMP Manufacturing Facility at the University of Louisville.

IN8bio partners with UofL’s Dunbar CAR T-Cell Program as the Manufacturing Center for INB-400

IN8bio Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative gamma-delta T-cell therapies that utilize its DeltEx platform, has selected the UofL Health -...
Aerial photo of the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Photo courtesy Argonne National Laboratory.

UofL cancer researchers develop new model to identify key points on genes to aid...

A research team at the University of Louisville and the UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center has developed a structural model allowing study of...
Chelsea Miceli, (center in blue), an employee of the UofL Trager Institute and Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic, with other relief workers who helped victims of the July flooding in Eastern Kentucky.

A heart for her people – UofL employee delivers flood relief in Eastern Kentucky

During the last week of July, extraordinarily intense rainfall led to flash floods across 13 counties in Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 39 deaths and...