Medicine

Medicine

Previous School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony

Special ceremonies mark student entry into health professions White Coat ceremonies hold meaning for...

Over the next month, 360 students in the health professions will take their first step in establishing the importance of the provider-patient relationship. The Schools...
Heart slices in the physiological biomimetic culture system

New method developed at UofL enables more extensive preclinical testing of heart drugs and...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville have developed an easily reproducible system that enables them to keep slices of human hearts...
World Hepatitis Day, designated by the World Health Organization, is Sunday, July 28.

UofL Hospital and community partners offer free hep C screening on World Hepatitis Day...

Amber Bow knew she was sick, but did not seek treatment for hepatitis C for more than two years. She did not realize just...
World Hepatitis Day, designated by the World Health Organization, is Sunday, July 28.

“You don’t know how bad it makes you feel until you are well again”...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Amber Bow knew she was sick, but did not seek treatment for hepatitis C for more than two years. She did...

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...