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Kerri Remmel, MD, PhD

UofL, UK and Kentucky Department for Public Health receive CDC grant to improve stroke...

The University of Louisville, UK HealthCare, the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (KHDSP) and other state partners have been awarded...
Craig McClain, M.D., right, with Matthew Cave, M.D., liver researcher and H&T COBRE core director, center, and Jamie Young, Ph.D., using equipment known as the NanoDrop instrument to analyze RNA and DNA samples.

UofL receives $11.3 million from NIH for liver research center

The University of Louisville Hepatobiology and Toxicology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) has received $11.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of...
Roberto Bolli lab

Clinical trial at UofL shows cell therapy improves outcomes in heart failure

A clinical trial conducted at the University of Louisville has shown for the first time that heart failure treatments using cells derived from the...
alumni board members

UofL Alumni board adds most diverse class to date

With five new members joining in July, the UofL Office of Alumni Relations now has its most diverse board of directors yet. The 2021 alumni...
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine vial

Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, to participate in...

The Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, will participate in a phase 2/3 clinical trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine vial

Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, to participate in...

The Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, will participate in a phase 2/3 clinical trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...
Wastewater samples taken by Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District. Photo courtesy MSD.

UofL wastewater testing identifies new COVID-19 strain before traditional testing

Attention news media: Download video and photos to accompany this story here. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville research that uses wastewater to monitor...
Louisville resident and podcaster A. Dale Josey is a participant in the UofL Post-COVID-19 Research Clinic

UofL’s Post COVID-19 Research Clinic documents long-term effects of infection

When Sophie Fritschner came down with COVID-19 on New Year’s Eve, she had a low-grade fever, cough and body aches. It took her a...
Louisville resident and podcaster A. Dale Josey is a participant in the UofL Post-COVID-19 Research Clinic

UofL Post COVID-19 Research Clinic documents long-term effects of infection Study adds to knowledge...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When Sophie Fritschner came down with COVID-19 on New Year’s Eve, she had a low-grade fever, cough and body aches. It...
Woman standing with dog

Launching the next generation of cancer-fighting weapons

When options for treating her cancer seemed to be exhausted and doctors said she did not have long to live, Valerie Snapp enrolled in...