Marina V. Malovichko, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine


502-852-9063 E-mail

Education and Training

Ph.D.: University of Louisville, Chemistry
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Louisville


Featured Publications

  • Amraotkar AR, Owolabi US, Malovichko MV, Majid S, Weisbrod RM, Benjamin EJ, Fetterman JL, Hirsch GA, Srivastava S, Poudel R, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A, Hamburg NM, Keith RJ. Association of electronic cigarette use with circulating angiogenic cell levels in healthy young adults: Evidence for chronic systemic injury. Vasc Med. 2023 Feb;28(1):18-27. doi: 10.1177/1358863X221126205. Epub 2022 Dec 11. PMID: 36503365.
  • Cui K, Gao X, Wang B, Wu H, Arulsamy K, Dong Y, Xiao Y, Jiang X, Malovichko MV, Li K, Peng Q, Lu YW, Zhu B, Zheng R, Wong S, Cowan DB, Linton M, Srivastava S, Shi J, Chen K, Chen H. Epsin Nanotherapy Regulates Cholesterol Transport to Fortify Atheroma Regression. Circ Res. 2023 Jan 6;132(1):e22-e42. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321723. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36444722; PMCID: PMC9822875.
  • Riggs DW, Malovichko MV, Gao H, McGraw KE, Taylor BS, Krivokhizhina T, Rai SN, Keith RJ, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S. Environmental exposure to volatile organic compounds is associated with endothelial injury. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2022 Feb 15;437:115877. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.115877. Epub 2022 Jan 16. PMID: 35045333; PMCID: PMC10045232.
  • Zelko IN, Taylor BS, Das TP, Watson WH, Sithu ID, Wahlang B, Malovichko MV, Cave MC, Srivastava S. Effect of vinyl chloride exposure on cardiometabolic toxicity. Environ Toxicol. 2022 Feb;37(2):245-255. doi: 10.1002/tox.23394. Epub 2021 Oct 30. PMID: 34717031; PMCID: PMC8724461.
  • Zelko IN, Dassanayaka S, Malovichko MV, Howard CM, Garrett LF, Uchida S, Brittian KR, Conklin DJ, Jones SP, Srivastava S. Chronic Benzene Exposure Aggravates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction. Toxicol Sci. 2021 Dec 28;185(1):64-76. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfab125. PMID: 34718823; PMCID: PMC8714365.
  • Malovichko MV, Abplanalp WT, McFall SA, Taylor BS, Wickramasinghe NS, Sithu ID, Zelko IN, Uchida S, Hill BG, Sutaria SR, Nantz MH, Bhatnagar A, Conklin DJ, O'Toole TE, Srivastava S. Subclinical markers of cardiovascular toxicity of benzene inhalation in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2021 Nov 15;431:115742. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115742. Epub 2021 Oct 5. PMID: 34624356; PMCID: PMC8647905.
  • Lynch J, Jin L, Richardson A, Jagatheesan G, Lorkiewicz P, Xie Z, Theis WS, Shirk G, Malovichko MV, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S, Conklin DJ. Acute and chronic vascular effects of inhaled crotonaldehyde in mice: Role of TRPA1. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2020 Sep 1;402:115120. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115120. Epub 2020 Jul 4. PMID: 32634517; PMCID: PMC7485374.
  • Orimoloye OA, Uddin SMI, Chen LC, Osei AD, Mirbolouk M, Malovichko MV, Sithu ID, Dzaye O, Conklin DJ, Srivastava S, Blaha MJ. Electronic cigarettes and insulin resistance in animals and humans: Results of a controlled animal study and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2013-2016). PLoS One. 2019 Dec 31;14(12):e0226744. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226744. PMID: 31891598; PMCID: PMC6938328.
  • Jin L, Lorkiewicz P, Malovichko MV, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S, Conklin DJ. Acetaldehyde Induces an Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation of Superior Mesenteric Artery: Potential Role in Postprandial Hyperemia. Front Physiol. 2019 Oct 22;10:1315. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01315. PMID: 31695624; PMCID: PMC6817488.
  • Zeller I, Malovichko MV, Hurst HE, Renaud DE, Scott DA. Cigarette smoke reduces short chain fatty acid production by a Porphyromonas gingivalis clinical isolate. J Periodontal Res. 2019 Oct;54(5):566-571. doi: 10.1111/jre.12660. Epub 2019 Apr 14. PMID: 30982987; PMCID: PMC6776670.