Hill Lab
Research Team
Dr. Bradford G. Hill, Ph.D, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Bradford G. Hill, Ph.D., is a Professor and University Scholar in the Envirome Institute and the Associate Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Science within the School of Medicine at the University of Louisville. His research focuses on the metabolic underpinnings of cardiometabolic health and disease. This involves critical examinations of glycolysis, mitochondria, and biosynthetic pathways of metabolism and development of causal relationships between metabolic changes and (patho)physiology. In particular, his studies focus on how glucose metabolism and mitochondrial activity influence pathological cardiac remodeling as well as how changes in metabolism underlie adaptations to physiological stressors such as exercise. Recent work from Dr. Hill's laboratory demonstrate how metabolism influences exercise-induced cardiac growth and how cardiomyocyte metabolism influences myocardial blood flow. His group is also examining how metabolism influences fibroblast biology and tissue repair and remodeling.
Dr. Hill serves or has served as a peer reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDRMP) / Department of Defense (DoD), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the American Heart Association (AHA); he has also served as a peer reviewer for numerous international funding agencies. Dr. Hill is currently a member of the Editorial Boards of Circulation Research, American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, and Redox Biology, among others. He has authored or coauthored over 120 peer-reviewed articles.
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Laboratory Alumni
PhD Trainees
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2009–2012 - Joshua K. Salabei, PhD, University of Louisville, Department of Biochemistry
Current Position: Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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2010–2014 - Brian E. Sansbury, PhD, University of Louisville, Department of Physiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Cardiometabolic Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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2011–2014 - Candice R. (Holden) Finnila, PhD, University of Louisville, Department of Physiology
Current Position: Clinical Project Manager, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL
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2013–2017 - Andrew A. Gibb, PhD, University of Louisville, Department of Physiology, Recipient of AHA predoctoral fellowship
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Cardiometabolic Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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2018–2022 - Kyle Fulghum, PhD, University of Louisville, Department of Physiology, Recipient of F31 predoctoral fellowship
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Post-doctoral mentor: Peter Crawford, MD).
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2020–present - Collin Wells, BS, MS, University of Louisville, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Recipient of F31 predoctoral fellowship
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2025– Lianay Gutierrez Luque, BS, University of Louisville, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
MD/PhD Trainees
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2018, 2020 - Mallory Zaino, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine (Summer Student; Winter Rotation)
Current Position: Resident Physician, Division of Dermatology, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
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2021–2025 - Daniel Nguyen, PhD, University of Louisville School of Medicine (MD/PhD student in Department of Physiology), Recipient of F30 predoctoral fellowship
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2023–2025 - Kara Gouwens, BS, University of Louisville School of Medicine (MD/PhD student in the Department of Physiology), Recipient of AHA predoctoral fellowship
Postdoctoral Trainees
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2011–2013 - Timothy D. Cummins, PhD, University of Louisville, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
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2012–2015 - Joshua K. Salabei, PhD, MD, University of Louisville, Diabetes and Obesity Center
Current Position: Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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2015–2018 - Parul Mehra, PhD, University of Louisville, Diabetes and Obesity Center
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Philadelphia, PA
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2019–2020 - Tariq Altamimi, PhD, University of Louisville, Diabetes and Obesity Center
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2019–2023 - Riham Abouleisa, PhD, University of Louisville, Center for Cardiometabolic Science and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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2021–2023 - Zimple Kurlawala, PhD, University of Louisville, Center for Cardiometabolic Science
Current Position: Senior Scientific Portfolio Manager, Michael J. Fox Foundation
MS Trainees
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2018–2019 - Mike Udoh, BA, MBA, MS. University of Louisville, Department of Physiology
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2019–2020 - Benjamin Rood, BS, MS, University of Louisville, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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2024 - Jada Okhiria, BS, MS, University of Louisville, Department of Physiology (Thesis Masters)
Undergraduate Research Mentoring
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2011–2014 - Matthew A. Harbeson, University of Louisville
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2016 - Ernesto Calderin Pena, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Undergraduate Cardiovascular Summer Research Program)
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2017 - Edie A. Osuma, Wesleyan College, Cottondale, AL (Undergraduate Cardiovascular Summer Research Program)
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2018 - Obadiah Issachar Kirk, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (Undergraduate Cardiovascular Summer Research Program)
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2021 - Jack Bozik, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY (Center for Cardiometabolic Science Summer Internship in Biomedical Sciences)
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2023 - Abigail Joyce, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (AHA-funded undergraduate research intern)
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2023 - Rebecca Pierre, University of Louisville undergraduate research intern (Undergraduate Cardiovascular Summer Research Program)
High School Student Mentoring
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2019–2020 - Gita Jaikumar, Manual High School, Louisville, KY
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2024–2025 - Adarsh Kannappan, Manual High School, Louisville, KY