Research!Louisville is the annual exposition of health-related research in the Louisville Medical Center. The 2016 event will include showcases of scientific research, lectures and activities for scientists of all ages from Oct. 11-14.

Investigators from high school through professional faculty will present their research in five poster sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building (KCCTRB). Awards for top research presentations will be announced on Friday following the keynote address by Birnbaum.

Other events during the week include:

• InNet – The new online matchmaking tool
  to help UofL investigators match their skills with potential collaborators in industry and research will host a launch party, Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. in room 101 of KCCTRB.
• Kentucky Science Center – S.T.E.M. careers – More than 200 high school students will be introduced to science careers through interactive sessions in which they will take a patient history, engage in patient-interaction role-play with standardized patients, and practice suturing in a workshop courtesy of the UofL School of Medicine Standardized Patient Program and the Paris Simulation Center. Students also will have the opportunity to interact with the operating room at KentuckyOne Health in “Pulse in Surgery,” in which students observe a live-streamed open-heart surgery while asking questions of the operating room staff in real time. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m at the Kentucky Science Center.
• Beer with a Scientist – The leading-edge ways researchers and clinicians are diagnosing and curing cancer right here in Louisville. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m. at Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St.
• Science and Innovation in the Public Interest – Karen Kashmanian Oates, PhD, professor of biochemistry and dean of Arts & Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will discuss science and innovation in the public interest.ĚýShe will explore the role of educators in not only imparting knowledge to students, but helping them understand how to use that knowledge to benefit society. Thursday, Oct. 13, at 10:30 a.m. in room 124 of KCCTRB.
  

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Health – Health inequities among children result in poorer quality of life for individuals in our nation. Glenn Flores, MD, Distinguished Chair of Health Policy Research at the Medica Research Institute, a Research Affiliate in the Department of Health Sciences Research at the Mayo Clinic, will speak on “Racial and ethnic disparities in children’s health and health care and their successful elimination.” Thursday, Oct. 13, noon to 2 p.m. in room 101 of the KCCTRB.
  
• Clinical/Translational Research Summit – A dozen areas of clinical and translational research will be highlighted, each with 10-minute presentations. Areas include cancer, cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, biomarkers, personalized medicine, gastro-intestinal metabolism, dentistry, infectious diseases, public health, nursing, neurosciences/spinal cord injury and transplant. The event is sponsored by UofL, KentuckyOne Health, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and the Chi Institute for Research and Innovation (CIRI). Friday, Oct. 14, 8 a.m.Ěýto noon in room 101 of KCCTRB.

More information about the 21st annual Research!Louisville is .Ěý

The UofL Investigator Network, InNet, is the result of a collaboration among research-related entities at UofL. They are working to assemble profiles of researchers related to their areas of exploration across the university under a single umbrella. InNet also will help students identify potential mentors conducting research in an area they would like to work, as well as provide marketing and networking opportunities on campus.

“There is a huge need for a repository of investigators,” said Lale Akca, MBA, executive director of the UofL Clinical Trials Unit. “Companies often contact us seeking investigators for their projects. We hope to take advantage of these opportunities as an institution by making this resource available for individuals and groups around the world to identify potential partners at UofL.”

In addition to compiling an online database of investigators, InNet will work to promote their research via social media, direct opportunities to researchers, advertise expertise to the industry and create social and networking opportunities for the researchers.

Investigators throughout UofL are invited to be among the charter members of the InNet community by attending the launch party during . Stop by room 101 in the Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building any time between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11 to submit your information to InNet and enjoy networking with representatives from the research offices, refreshments, gifts and door prizes.

For more information, contact InNet.