Medicine

Medicine

Shorye Durrett, MD

UofL Women’s History: Shorye Durrett

A passion for ophthalmology began at a young age for the University of Louisville’s assistant dean for medical student affairs, Shorye Durrett. When she...
raiseRED participants holding up numbers to reveal the total raised, $551,954.66.

raiseRED brings in more than $550,000

To see and hear what raiseRED is all about, check out the video here. UofL’s largest student-run philanthropy once again hit it out of...
Central High School juniors in the Pre-Medical Magnet Program received white coats at the UofL School of Medicine on Feb. 26.

Central High School students in Pre-Medical Magnet Program receive white coats at UofL

What’s normally a rite of passage for medical students has become a symbol of achievement for 33 Central High School juniors who are one...
students dancing at raisered

raiseRED celebrates 10th anniversary Feb. 24-25

One ballroom. Eighteen hours. Hundreds of dancing students. These are the ingredients that make up raiseRED, the University of Louisville’s largest student-run philanthropy that has...
Laura Dixon at the summit of Mount Meru in Tanzania in February 2022. Dixon will tackle Mount Kilimanjaro in March.

Climbing Kilimanjaro to beat Huntington’s Disease

Laura Dixon is ready to climb a mountain to benefit people with a rare, inherited neurological disease. The University of Louisville staff member and alumna...
Heart slices in the physiological biomimetic culture system

UofL technology that could speed medical innovation finds commercial partner

A University of Louisville research-born invention that could spur new medicines by extending the usable life of heart tissue from one day to 12...
Health Sciences Center courtyard

UofL receives nearly $1.2 million from Humana Foundation to address community’s heart health Grants...

The University of Louisville joined The Humana Foundation to announce two grants for the School of Medicine that will support dietary interventions aimed at...
Older adults may be referred for behavioral health support through PeaceNow app to the Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic facilities at the UofL Trager Institute

UofL Health expands access to behavioral health support with PeaceNow

UofL Health – Peace Hospital and UofL Physicians are extending access to behavioral health services to the fingertips of those in need of help....
Clinical Professor Pat Murphy instructs first-year medical students at UofL in harm reduction and Narcan use. Photo by Kellen Murphy.

Future physicians equipped with Narcan and training to prevent overdose deaths

Students in the UofL School of Medicine are prepared to have a direct impact on their own communities and families years before they officially...
Wil Abshier, left, assistant professor of comprehensive dentistry at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, is a recent graduate of UofL’s new Master of Science in Health Professions Education program.

New degree helps educators in health professions bridge gap between the clinic and academia

Employment in the health care industry is booming, with an expected growth of 2.6 million jobs from 2020 to 2030 according to the U.S....