Medicine

Medicine

Susan Harkema and Yury Gerasimenko, recipient of the first Susan J. Harkema Pediatric NeuroRecovery Research Award. Photo courtesy CJ Levy.

Awards honor contributions to UofL’s pediatric neurorecovery program and children with spinal cord injury

UofL’s Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric NeuroRecovery has recognized individuals for their contributions to research and support for children with spinal cord injuries. The...
tiny pacemaker implant

In first in-human use, UofL and Norton physicians implant tiny pacemaker, saving infant’s life...

A multidisciplinary team within Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, worked together to save the life of an infant...
2019 Gold Standard of Optimal Aging Award recipient James Duggins, left, with Anna Faul, executive director of the UofL Trager Institute

Nominations open for Trager Institute’s Gold Standard of Optimal Aging Award

Nominations are open for the University of Louisville Trager Institute’s 11th annual Gold Standard of Optimal Aging Awards. “Being a model of optimal aging means...
Rendering of the UofL Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute - New Vision of Health Campus

UofL to create New Vision of Health Campus for pioneering work to increase health...

The University of Louisville is creating a new campus in downtown Louisville to be known as the UofL Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute - New Vision...
Leaders from UofL and UofL Health celebrated the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Brown Cancer Center

UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center celebrates 40 years

The UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center is celebrating 40 years of conducting groundbreaking research and providing care to hundreds of thousands of patients. The ultimate...
Dr. Latonia Craig was the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Celebration of Excellence in Graduate Diversity.

UofL Graduate School hosts Celebration of Excellence in Diversity ceremony

The 5th annual Celebration of Excellence in Graduate Diversity was held May 10 in the Student Activities Center, spotlighting the achievements of eight doctoral graduates,...
Tino Mkorombindo and family on Match Day 2022

UofL med school grad hopes to give back to his home country of Zimbabwe...

Tino Mkorombindo is a member of the UofL School of Medicine Class of 2022 and also holds an MBA from UofL. In 2020, Mkorombindo...
Felicia Wilkins, right, celebrates Match Day 2022 with classmates Sarah Clair Wessel and Rachel Murrin.

UofL medical school graduate trades New York City stage career for chance to treat...

When Felicia Wilkins was 13, she saw an issue of “People” magazine with Christopher and Dana Reeve on the cover. Christopher Reeve had died...
Seth Walsh, who received a Kentucky Derby Festival miniMartahon medal from med student David Means as part of the Medals4Mettle program.

UofL med students run Kentucky Derby Festival races for kids in a tougher race

For the first time in three years, University of Louisville medical, dental and other students who ran the Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon or Marathon...
Family Medicine ribbon cutting

UofL Health expands family medicine services in south Louisville

UofL Health and the University of Louisville are increasing access to family medicine in south Louisville on the Mary & Elizabeth Hospital campus. On April...