Medicine

Medicine

Phillip Sharp, Ph.D.

Native son, Nobel laureate, genetics pioneer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky native who won the Nobel Prize for research that advanced the understanding of gene structure, Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.,...
Commencement

Spring graduates savor success May 2017 was one of university's largest commencements

UofL’s May 13 commencement imparted the usual emotions of elation, pride, sense of accomplishment and optimism. Thousands of cap-and-gown-clad graduates converged at the KFC Yum!...
Barbara Head, Ph.D., and Mark Pfeifer, M.D.

UofL developing program to guide other universities in teaching palliative care

Faculty members at the University of Louisville School of Medicine have begun developing a national training program to instruct educators at universities across the...
Total eclipse on Mar. 20, 2015 at Svalbard, Norway. Photo by S. Habbal, M. Druckmüller and P. Aniol, courtesy NASA.

The greatest two minutes in astronomy: Find out why the 2017 solar eclipse is...

The sky darkens in the middle of the day. The birds stop singing. Insects get quiet. A pearly white corona emanates from the dark...
Meliha Hrustanovic-Kadic will receive her M.D. degree on May 13 from UofL School of Medicine

UofL graduate: From Bosnian refugee to physician

Meliha Hrustanovic-Kadic developed a passion for medicine while serving as a translator for her aging grandfather during hospital visits. On Saturday, she will graduate...
Barbara Head, Ph.D., and Mark Pfeifer, M.D.

UofL developing program to guide other universities in teaching palliative care UofL experience to...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Faculty members at the University of Louisville School of Medicine have begun developing a national training program to instruct educators at...
Julie Klensch and Audrey Nethery participating in 2017 Medals4Mettle

Health professional students tackle storms and heat to run for kids with cancer UofL...

Lightning and rain. Heat and humidity. Runners in this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon encountered a variety of weather challenges on Saturday....
Julie Klensch and Audrey Nethery participating in 2017 Medals4Mettle

Health professional students tackle storms and heat to run for kids with cancer UofL...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lightning and rain. Heat and humidity. Runners in this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon encountered a variety of weather...

UofL to host Nobel chemist known for bridging science, diplomacy

Biochemist Peter Agre won the Nobel Prize for work on what has been described as the plumbing system of cells but he also will...

Jason Chesney named director of UofL’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Jason Chesney, MD, PhD, will take the reins as director of the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center, pending approval by the...