Laboratory News

April 2025. Dr. Collins has been invited to join the AHA BCVS Melvin L. Marcus Early Career Award Committee. She will begin her two term July 2025.
April 2025. Dr. Collins invited to serve as Consulting Editor For AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
April 2025. Avery Kendall completes their final Bioengineering Co-op in the Collins lab and will begin their master's thesis research in the Collins lab in May 2025.
April 2025. Avery Kendall receives Bioengineering Co-op Student of the Year Award. Well done!
April 2025. Emily Schulman-Geltzer leaves the Collins lab. Emily, the longest serving Collins lab member, starts her MD/PhD career at UofL in May 2025. Proud of you!
April 2025. Zaynab Pervez (summer student from Ballard High School) placed first in her category at the Muslim Interscholastic Tournament at Vanderbilt.
April 2025. The Collins lab will welcome Nathan Simpson to the lab in the Fall. Nathan will be the second Bioengineering Co-op student in the Collins lab.
March 2025. Iona Palmer receives Deans Research Scholar Award to conduct a research year in the Collins lab. Iona enters the Collins lab in July 2025.
January 2025. Dr. Collins published a call-to-action perspective paper in AJP-Heart. Maternal cardiovascular research and education should be prioritized in the United States | American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology | American Physiological Society
December 2024. Collaborative work with Drs. Bradford Hill and Matthew Nystoriak labs was published in ATVB. Myocardial Hyperemia via Cardiomyocyte Catabolism of β-Hydroxybutyrate | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
November 2024. Dr. Collins invited to be part of the organizing committee for the APS 2025 New Trends in Sex Differences and Women's Health Research Conference to be held at Tulane University in October 2025. She will also chair the session on Sex Differences and Women's Health: Interorgan Communication.
November 2024. Dr. Collins was interviewed regarding research investigating pregnancy on women's health for the The Physiologist Magazine. How Pregnancy Affects a Lifetime of Health | American Physiological Society
November 2024. Dr. Collins participated in a podcast interview for Inside Scientist as part of the APS Women's Health Initiative. Talking Real Science with Helen Collins - InsideScientific
October 2024. Dr. Annalara Fischer leaves the Collins lab to pursue a Clinical Chemistry Fellowship. All the best!
October 2024. Dr. Collins delivers presentation for the APS Women's health Initiative Webinar Series. Metabolic Mechanisms that Contribute to Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Growth and its Reversal - InsideScientific
September 2024. Sydney Calvin presented her research project at the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium in Nashville.
September 2024. Grace Roth was accepted in the Distinction in Research Track to continue research in the Collins lab in 2025/26.
August 2024. Drs. Fischer and Collins publish an Editorial in Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus. Female cardioprotection in ischemia/reperfusion: Isn't a SUR thing anymore? - PMC
July 2024. Emily Schulman-Geltzer presented a poster at AHA BCVS Conference in Chicago.
July 2024. Dr. Collins graduated from the Early Career Editorial Board Member position for Circulation Research and now has been invited to serve as a Regular Editorial Board Member.
May 2024. Zaynab Pervez (summer student from Ballard High School) was accepted into the Kentucky Governors Scholar Program.
May 2024. Collaborative work with Dr. Bradford Hill's lab was published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Exercise-induced changes in myocardial glucose utilization during periods of active cardiac growth - PubMed (nih.gov)
May 2024. Emily Schulman-Geltzer's recently accepted first-authored paper in AJP-Heart was selected to be the Journal's Cover Page for May 2024. (see the above picture and the following webpage for American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology).
March 2024. Emily Schulman-Geltzer has first authored paper accepted for publication in AJP-Heart. (see Cardiac mitochondrial metabolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period - PubMed (nih.gov)) Congratulations!
March 2024. Zaynab Pervez (summer student from Ballard High School) placed third in her category at the Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair.
March 2024. Zaynab Pervez (summer student from Ballard High School) won first place and a Yale Science and Engineering Award at the Louisville Regional Science and Engineering Fair (see 2024 LRSEF Award Winners - Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair). She moves on to the state competition at the end of the month. We are proud of you!
February 2024. Dr. Collins was awarded the 2024 AHA Live Fierce Award at the 2024 AHA Kentuckiana Heart Ball.
February 2024. The Collins lab welcomes Sydney Calvin back to continue her studies from her 2023 AHA-funded undergraduate research time during her spring semester internship in the lab.
November 2023. The Collins lab masters student, Nick Matteo, will be leaving to pursue a career in industry.
September 2023. Dr. Collins has been chosen to be a member of Circulation Research's Early Career Editorial Board. Her term starts October 2nd.
September 2023. The Collins lab welcomes our newest lab member, Gabriella Farris, who joins the lab as a Research Technician.
September 2023. Collins lab members Emily Schulman-Geltzer, Sydney Calvin, and David Parr have had their abstracts accepted for presentation at Research! Louisville in October.
August 2023. Coordinated metabolic responses facilitate cardiac growth in pregnancy and exercise" has been published and can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11897-023-00622-0
July 2023. The Collins lab had a strong showing at BCVS in Boston, with both Emily Schulman-Geltzer and Sydney Calvin presenting posters and Dr. Collins receiving her FAHA.
July 2023. Emily Schulman-Geltzer (current lab member; first author) and Dr. Kyle Fulghum (previous lab member; senior author) had the following publication accepted for publication " Coordinated metabolic responses facilitate cardiac growth in pregnancy and exercise".
May 2023. The Collins lab will welcome Avery Kendall to join the lab for their Bioengineering Co-op in August 2023.
May 2023. Emily Schulman's abstract entitled "What is the Nature of the Hypertrophic Response Contributing to Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Growth and its Reversal?" was accepted for poster presentation at the AHA BCVS conference in July 2023, in Boston. Well done, Emily!
May 2023. The Collins lab has published a review on sex differences in the heart and the implications for female cardiovascular health and resilience https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37216702/
April 2023. Dr. Collins alongside Drs. Goulopoulou, Warrington, and Alexander are leading a special call for papers on cardiovascular complications during pregnancy for AJP-Heart https://journals.physiology.org/ajpheart/cardiovascular-complications-of-pregnancy
April 2023. Dr. Collins was elected fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
March 2023. Nick Matteo of the Dept. of Physiology joined the Collins lab as a Ph.D. student, who will work on understanding the mechanisms contributing to female cardiovascular resilience in post-infarction remodeling.
March 2023. Dr. Collins gave the UofL Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation on 3/2/23 (UofL Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Helen Collins - YouTube) and was featured in the cardinal minute (The Cardinal Minute: Dr. Helen Collins - YouTube).
February 2023. Dr. Collins was named as the awardee of the American Physiological Society (APS) Cardiovascular Section New Investigator Award. She will receive this award in-person at the inaugural APS Summit conference in April 2023.
January 2023. Collins lab abstract was accepted for presentation at the Inaugural American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, Ca., in April 2023.
December 2022. The Collins lab received a 5-year NIH NHLBI funded R01 to study the "Mechanisms Contributing to Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Growth".
December 2022. Dr. Collins received the division of Environmental Medicine "Faculty of the Year" award at the divisional holiday party
October 2022. Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Graduate Student, Leanne Price, completed her six-week rotation in the Collins lab.
September 2022. Emily Schulman presented a poster at Research!Louisville 2022 entitled "Do Changes in Metabolism or Lactation Mediate the Reversal of Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Growth?".
September 2022. Dr. Collins named "Star reviewer for 2021" by AJP-Heart. Peer Review Week (physiology.org)
July 2022. Collaborative studies with Dr. Bradford Hills' laboratory were published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science Influence of biological sex and exercise on murine cardiac metabolism - PubMed (nih.gov).
May 2022. The Collins Laboratory has published "Metabolic signatures of pregnancy-induced cardiac growth" in AJP-Heart.
May 2022. Emily Schulman's BCVS 2022 abstract was accepted for a poster presentation.
April 2022. Dr. Collins was invited to speak at Experimental Biology 2022 at the AJP-Heart Editors Symposium.
December 2021. Dr. Collins was invited to join the Editorial Board of AJP-Heart.