Study to help inform treatment of glioblastoma
New research from Lawson and LHSC receives funding from Brain Cancer Canada
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London Health Research Day 2024 highlights innovation and spotlights the future of AI in health care
Over 400 learners, faculty and researchers from across London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) and Western University gathered for London Health Research Day (LHRD) on May 7, 2024.
Two Lawson researchers each receive $400K CIHR grants to improve kidney care
Two researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have each been awarded $400,000 as part of the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s (CIHR) new Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Awards. The funding will see the researchers apply their skills to find and implement solutions...
Celebrating Clinical Trials Day
New and better treatments rely on clinical trials
Hospital data shows longer, costlier stays for patients experiencing homelessness
National numbers show too many patients are living without housing before and after hospital care, leading to increased health-care needs
Hospital data shows longer, costlier stays for patients experiencing homelessness
National numbers show too many patients are living without housing before and after hospital care, leading to increased health-care needs
World Labyrinth Days highlight how this form of ‘walking meditation’ can benefit everyone
Following a labyrinth is a spiritual practice that’s good for body, mind and spirit. It leads to increased calm, reduced blood pressure and stress, and improved mental health and well-being, say researchers and patient care experts at St. Joseph’s Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care...
Transforming care for transplant patients
New clinician-scientist position at Western and LHSC honours legacy of Dr. Andrew Lazarovits
Dr. Roberta Berard
Dr. Berard is an Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences. She completed medical school at the University of Toronto followed by paediatric residency (Western), fellowship (McGill) and a Master’s in Science in Clinical...
Fecal transplants show promise in improving melanoma treatment
In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has found fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy donors are safe and show promise in improving response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma.
London Health Research Day 2024
The 2024 London Health Research Day will take place on Tuesday, May 7 at the Mustang Lounge on Western University Campus. If you are a learner or trainee doing research at Lawson Health Research Institute, Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry or the Faculty of Health Sciences, please...
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ICES Faculty Scholars Program
ICES Western Home “The Faculty Scholars Program is extremely well structured and run. The program provides a positive and open learning environment for scholars to ask questions and learn about the administrative and practical aspects pertaining to conducting research at ICES.” - Dr. James Crispo
New study sheds light on the connection between the microbiome and kidney stones
A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University published in the journal Microbiome has found changes in the microbiome in multiple locations in the body are linked to the formation of kidney stones. The human microbiome comprises trillions of microorganisms, including...
An innovative year: Top 12 research stories of 2023
It’s been another year of transformational research at Lawson Health Research Institute. Our teams have published groundbreaking findings and launched new studies that will have a profound impact on patient care. The following are 12 highlights of research and innovation from across London Health...
New study sheds light on the connection between the microbiome and kidney stones
A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University published in the journal Microbiome has found changes in the microbiome in multiple locations in the body are linked to the formation of kidney stones. The human microbiome comprises trillions of microorganisms, including...
$7.55 million in funding to take LHSC-developed technology global
New artificial intelligence-led technology can diagnose rare genetic diseases with a blood test
$7.55 million grant to take LHSC-developed technology global
On average it takes five to seven years to diagnose a rare disease. But, for growing numbers of rare diseases, that is all about to change with new artificial intelligence-led technology developed by researchers at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Lawson Health Research Institute that will...
Lawson ranks in top ten among Canada's research hospitals
Lawson Health Research Institute – the research institute of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London – is ranked seventh in the country in Re$earch Infosource’s 2023 list of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals. This is the 13th year in a row that Lawson has ranked top...
CHRI Scientist & Deb Comuzzi Trainee of the Year: Dr. Emma Duerden and Kendrick Lee
The Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI), a program of Lawson Health Research Institute, has a long and proud history of discovering ways to prevent and treat diseases affecting infants, children and youth, and of determining ways to promote happy, healthy lives. Each year, CHRI awards a...