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. 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.
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 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.
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?".