► Bolli, UofL receive $13.8 million grant to study new adult stem cell to treat heart failure

Award is one of university's largest-ever federal grants for medical research (9/29/17)

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July 17, 2018 - Dr. Steven P. Jones receives the Outstanding Investigator Award from the International Society for Heart Research -  Read More

June 19, 2018 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar and UofL receive $5 million gift to establish the Envirome Institute -  Read More

June 7, 2018 - Dr. Andrew DeFilippis and UofL team call for more accurate heart disease risk-prediction models in Annals of Internal Medicine editorial -  Read More

March 19, 2018 - Dr. Glenn Hirsch helps lead research showing epidural stimulation can normalize blood pressure following spinal cord injury - Read More

February 20, 2018 - Dr. Roberto Bolli continues his work of using stems cells to cure heart failure -  Read Story  |  Video

February 14, 2018 - Dr. Rachel Keith leads new UofL treatment program addressing why our relationship with tobacco is 'complicated'  -  Read Story

January 5, 2018 - Dr. Roberto Bolli receives highest honor from the Kentucky chapter of the American College of Cardiology -  Read Story

November 21, 2017 - A UofL study led by Dr. Lorrel Brown finds methods of CPR training vary among U.S. high schools -  Read More

November 9, 2017 - Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, UofL are awarded a $6.7 million NIH grant to become a Superfund Research Center -  Read More  |  Video

October 26, 2017 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar and his team launch the Green Heart Project to test the health benefits of planting trees -  Read More

October 24, 2017 - Dr. Lorrel Brown wins prestigious Stamler Award from Northwestern University for her research into CPR training of high school students and its effectiveness in saving lives -  Read More

August 21, 2017 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar is named a 'Research Exemplar' by the P.I. Program at Washington University in St. Louis - Read More

August 17, 2017 - Dr. Roberto Bolli continues to help raise the profile of the major medical journal Circulation Research as its impact factor climbs -  Read More

March 22, 2017 - Dr. Michael Flaherty leads new study finding the Abiomed Impella® Heart Pump reduces injury to kidneys during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention - Read More

February 9, 2017 - Dr. Lorrel Brown discusses reducing heart attack risk, and Hands-Only CPR - Read More

February 6, 2017 - Dr. Brad Sutton discusses how having business know-how opens up new career opportunities for physicians in AAMCNews - Read More

December 20, 2016 - Multi-center study of adult stem cells now open at seven sites in six states - New research expands on previous studies by Dr. Roberto Bolli at the University of Louisville - Read More

December 19, 2016 - Dr. Emma Birks talks about her study showing heart pump plus aggressive drugs could allow people with heart failure to regain full function - Watch Video

November 4, 2016 - Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health presented the 2016 Leonard Leight Lecture - Read More | Photos

October 24, 2016 - Drs. Rakesh Gopinathannair and Michael Flaherty lead newly approved WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Implant program at Jewish Hospital - Read More 

September 29, 2016 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar, other health experts make case against e-cigs, hookah - Read More

August 9, 2016 - Dr. Ali Marian tabbed to deliver the 2016 Leonard Leight Lecture - Read More

"Incredible!" That's how Mike Jones describes his life three and a half years after receiving stem cells as part of Dr. Roberto Bolli's groundbreaking SCIPIO trial. The study, in which twenty patients received their own cardiac stem cells, has transformed Mike Jones' life. Read more.

Dr. Roberto Bolli continues his work in finding a cure for heart failure

Dr. Roberto Bolli continues to lead studies using stem cells in the fight to cure heart disease

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July 10, 2018 - Dr. Lorrel Brown produces short film aimed at changing the way students are taught CPR - Read More

July 2, 2018 - Dr. Steven Jones begins his term as chairman of the Myocardial Ischemia and Metabolism Study Section of the NIH's Center for Scientific Review - Read More

May 9, 2018 - Dr. Bradford Hill is recognized as a University Scholar - faculty who enjoy a national reputation in their fields, are nominated by their deans, reviewed and recommended by a faculty committee appointed by the Executive Vice President for Research and approved by the President  - Read More

March 8, 2018 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar set to discuss the health effects of increasing green space at monthly "Beer with a Scientist" - Read More

February 13, 2018 - Dr. Lorrel Brown finds that strengthening relationships can help your heart  - Read More

November 29, 2017 - Dr. Andrew DeFilippis discusses new AHA guidelines for blood pressure -  Read More

November 19, 2017 - Dr. Henry Sadlo discusses preventive cardiology on KET's "Kentucky Health" -  Video

October 12, 2017 - Drs. Rachel Keith and Brad Sutton featured on WHAS-11 as part of new virtual reality system to aid in quitting smoking - Read More

September 7, 2017 - Dr. Brad Sutton part of UofL group picked to help lead health care innovation - Read More

May 5, 2017 - Dr. Brad Sutton is featured in a WKYT investigative report regarding his research into the working conditions of public AEDs - Read More

February 2, 2017 - Dr. Lorrel Brown and her team demonstrate "Hands Only" CPR to fans at the UofL men's basketball game vs. Syracuse in the KFC Yum! Center - See Photos

February 2, 2017 - Dr. Lorrel Brown and her team demonstrate "Hands Only" CPR to fans at the UofL women's basketball game vs. N.C.State in the KFC Yum! Center - See Photos

January 31, 2017 - Dr. Andrew DeFilippis, Alpha Phi Foundation's 2016 Heart to Heart Grant recipient and cardiologist at the University of Louisville, explains his innovative research and how the generosity of our donors made it possible - See Video

November 15, 2016 - Dr. Emma Birks presents evidence showing that an artificial heart assist device along with medications may actually help heal the heart - Read More

October 25, 2016 - UofL research team co-authors American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report on air pollution linked to blood vessel damage in healthy young adults - Read More

September 27, 2016 - Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar part of Mayor's forum on possible e-cigarette, hookah ban - Read More

August 12, 2016 - Participants sought by UofL for FACTT trial researching e-cigarette flavors. For more information, e-mail ATRAC@louisville.edu - Read More

May 18, 2016 - Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D., and the UofL Diabetes & Obesity Center are part of an air pollution reduction project - Read More

April 25, 2016 - Dr. Lorrel Brown earns American College of Cardiology award for CPR training at the Kentucky State Fair - Read More

April 12, 2016 - Dr. Andrew DeFilippis was recently honored with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Early Career Investigator Award - Read More

Oct. 29, 2015 - Roberto Bolli, M.D., FAHA, honored with the Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences from The Ohio State University - Read More