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Medicine

Lifting barriers and finding voices: UofL Magazine features professor who aids refugees through music

Faculty pianist Anna Petrova and her musical partner, Molly Carr, took their show on the road to help elevate the arts and bring a...

Training for tragedy Madison Kommor began a first-of-its-kind program for future medical students to...

When the first explosions and gunshots echoed across UofL’s Health Sciences Center, fourth-year medical student Madison Kommor almost forgot they were simulated. The sounds...
Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D.

Beer with a Scientist: Immunotherapy is leading to longer life for more cancer patients

At a Beer with a Scientist event four years ago, cancer specialist Jason Chesney, MD, PhD, described clinical trials in immunotherapy being conducted at...
Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D.

Immunotherapy – using the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells – is leading...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – At a Beer with a Scientist event four years ago, cancer specialist Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D., described clinical trials in immunotherapy...
Jenny Sawyer, 2019 Alumna of the Year

Meet the 2019 Alumni Award winners

Whether it’s breaking the race barrier for future nursing students, helping thousands of students make the decision to attend UofL, or pioneering the first...
A patient is examined at the Novak Center for Children’s Health, which houses UofL Pediatrics – Downtown.

ULP general pediatrics clinics earn national certification as patient-centered medical home

The three UofL Physicians – General Pediatrics clinics have earned Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) designation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. PCMH recognizes primary...
Urooj Yazdani, MD, MEd

UofL psychiatry resident debuts a new film in Louisville

Urooj Yazdani, MD, MEd, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry, brings her research on the socioeconomic circumstances that prevent women from attaining higher...
The Power U campaign for University of Louisville Hospital received a gold award for Local TV Craft: Art Direction.

UofL Hospital’s Power of U campaign wins national recognition

"The Power of U" television commercial by University of Louisville Hospital was honored recently with two Telly Awards.  The Telly Awards annually showcase the best...
UofL Hospital

UofL Hospital receives Quality Achievement Award for stroke care

University of Louisville Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality...
Older adult with hands folded

UofL Trager Institute and Age-Friendly Louisville urge seniors, loved ones to look for signs...

With a growing older adult population, the potential for elder abuse is a problem that affects the health and human rights of seniors. Leaders...