Notable Faculty
- Paul W. Ewald, notable evolutionary biologist credited as one scientist who devised the Trade-Off Hypothesis.
- Ronald M. Atlas, co-director of Center for Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism in the School of Public Health and Information, member of NASA’s Planetary Protection Board and the FBI Scientific Working Group on Bioforensics
- Arthur William Dakan, {Los Angeles, CA} nationally noted urban geographer, drew council districts when Louisville and Jefferson County merged
- Dr. Dewey Clayton, {Roxboro, NC} author and expert on African American politics
- Dr. Walter S.Coe, Cardiologist, in 1948 founded and directed the first cardiac catheterization laboratory in Kentucky. He served as President of the Kentucky Heart Association and Director of the American Heart Association. Dr. Coe also served as Governor for the Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Physicians for many years.
- Robert Dowling, perfected the surgical protocols and configuration for the AbioCor heart. Co-Kentuckian of the Year from Kentucky Monthly 2001 with Laman Gray.
- Laman Gray, performed AbioCor heart transplant. Co-Kentuckian of the Year from Kentucky Monthly 2001 with Robert Dowling.
- Shin-je Ghim, medical researcher, co-invented HPV vaccine Gardasil. Co-Kentuckian of the Year from Kentucky Monthly 2006 with Alfred Bennett Jenson.
- Arnold Grishwold, developed first emergency room, ambulance, and blood bank in the U.S.
- John LaBarbera, Jazz professor, nominated for 2005 Grammy award in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category for his CD "On the Wild Side"
- Robin Krimm, assistant professor of anatomical sciences and neurobiology, receiver of 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Alfred Bennett Jenson, medical researcher, co-invented HPV vaccine Gardasil. Co-Kentuckian of the Year from Kentucky Monthly 2006 with Shin-je Ghim.
- Sena Naslund, English professor & current Kentucky Poet Laureate. Wrote the 1999 best-selling novel "Ahab's Wife," the 2003 best-seller "Four Spirits," and the 2006 "Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette".
- Kerri Remmel, assistant professor of neurology and director of UofL Hospital’s Stroke Service, one of only four people to be named a 2005 McCann Scholar
- James Speed, lecturer, previously U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln
- Dr. James T. Summersgill, Director of Infectious Disease Laboratory. Was the first to uncover the link between Chlamydia (bacterium) and heart disease.
- Tom Owen, Professor of Libraries and Community Relations Associate, Louisville Metro Council representative
- Dr.Amanda Worthington, Assistant Professor, Grants and Research Infectious Disease Laboratory.(Louisville, KY)
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