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Save the Date: Lawson Impact Awards 2019

Mark your calendars and join us in celebration of our scientists, staff and partners at the sixth annual Lawson Impact Awards! Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019 Time: Reception 5:00 p.m., Dinner & Awards 6:00 p.m. Location: London Convention Centre Every day, hospital-based research in London changes...

Season's Greetings

On behalf of everyone at Lawson Health Research Institute, we wish you a safe, healthy and happy holiday.

Prevention and Awareness: Delirium

You are invited to the first in a series of Research Bites,. These informative and interactive talks will focus on specific illnesses, their prevention and related research being conducted by researchers in London, Ontario. Topic: Prevention and Awareness: Delirium Speaker: Dr. Niamh O’Regan, Lawson...

A year in review: Lawson research highlights from 2018

New clinical protocol after general surgery cuts opioid prescribing in half Recognizing the role that opioid prescribing plays in the national opioid crisis, a team of researchers at Lawson and Western University have developed a new clinical protocol called STOP Narcotics. The protocol includes a...

Last Words

Dr. Rahel Eynan is a researcher with Lawson Health Research Institute who has dedicated her life to studying the nature of suicide and those affected. She is the lead author on a study recently published in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior by The American Association of Suicidology. A first of...

Taking your life back

Most days, Donna Watson has a shower, eats breakfast and gets ready for her day. Along with these morning habits, she also does one important activity for both her mental and physical health – she meditates. “It helps me to stay in tune with my body and my mind. And with myself. I now feel more...

Dr. J Don Richardson

Dr. Richardson is consultant psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Parkwood Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic in London, Ontario. He is also the Scientific Director of the MacDonald Franklin OSI research Centre at the Parkwood Institute and a fellow with the Canadian Institute for Military...

Sharing the gift of hope through research

Community members and those in the field of health research attended a special open house and interactive tour by research groups at Lawson Health Research Institute – celebrating the holiday spirit and the gift of hope that is made possible through hospital-based research. A part of St. Joseph’s...

Are you passionate about population health?

Applications are being accepted for the ICES Faculty Scholars Program’s fourth training cycle, 2019-2021. It is a two-year, part-time learning opportunity for Ontario-based academic faculty who wish to develop their skills in population health research. The program provides access to linkable health...

Provincial grant supports innovations in mental health care for youth

On Friday, November 23, 2018, the Mental Health INcubator for Disruptive Solutions (MINDS) of London-Middlesex welcomed community members and stakeholders at Innovation Works for an update on the work of the MINDS team and announced the generous contributions of the Ontario Trillium Foundation...