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The Lawson Impact Awards recognize excellence in academics, leadership, training, operations, industry and innovation. Scientist of the Year Award The Lawson Scientist of the Year Award (formerly named the Lawson Scientist Career Award) was established to recognize excellence in research at Lawson...

Past Winners

Awards Overview 2020 Full list of winners Feature: Dr. Chris McIntyre recognized as Scientist of the Year 2019 Full list of winners Feature: Lawson Impact Awards honours research excellence and innovation 2018 Full list of winners Feature: Fifth annual Lawson Impact Awards honours research...

2022 Impact Award Winners

Strategic Research Fund Awards: Dr. Matthew Teeter & Dr. Jonathan Thiessen and Dr. Luciano Sposato & Dr. Frank Prato Staff Award Of Excellence: Dr. Jeff Weiler Leadership Award for Fellows & Students: Karnig Kazazian Children's Health Foundation Community Partner Of The Year Award: Dr. Paul and Mrs...

What is ICES Western? Q&A with Dr. Amit Garg

As ICES Western recruits a new Site Director, Dr. Amit Garg, who currently holds the position, sat down to talk about the importance of the work being done. Dr. Garg is also a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, Nephrologist at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Professor at Western...

Team players: FMT and microbiome research could have widespread impact

There is still much to learn about the human microbiome and its role in fighting disease, but ongoing studies at Lawson Health Research Institute, including a focus on fecal microbial transplants (FMT), are making strides in harnessing this complex system. FMT is being studied in connection with...

Dr. Saman Maleki recognized with an OICR Early-Career Investigator Award

Dr. Saman Maleki, a Translational Immuno-Oncology Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute and the London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), has recently been awarded the Early-Career Investigator Award from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). He will...

New study testing whether virtual groups can improve well-being in older adults

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on social connections, emotional health and well-being, especially for older adults. A new study through Lawson Health Research Institute will examine whether online/virtual ‘meaning-centered’ groups can help promote social connections and reduce risk for...

New study testing whether virtual groups can improve well-being in older adults

LONDON, ON- The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on social connections, emotional health and well-being, especially for older adults. A new study through Lawson Health Research Institute will examine whether online/virtual ‘meaning-centered’ groups can help promote social connections and reduce...

Leveraging virtual reality to manage pain in paediatric patients

London - A new study underway through Lawson Health Research Institute and Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), using virtual reality (VR) to help pediatric patients during painful and distressing procedures. “Technology holds immense potential for improving the experience of...

Leveraging virtual reality to manage pain in paediatric patients

A new study underway through Lawson Health Research Institute and Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), using virtual reality (VR) to help pediatric patients during painful and distressing procedures. {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg...

New biomarker speeds identification of lung disease

A new diagnostic method could help identify one of the deadliest types of interstitial lung disease (ILD) sooner, allowing for faster treatment and improved patient outcomes.

New biomarker speeds identification of lung disease

A new diagnostic method could help identify one of the deadliest types of interstitial lung disease (ILD) sooner, allowing for faster treatment and improved patient outcomes.

Prostate cancer imaging research could bring big benefits

LONDON, ON – With newly announced studies, Lawson Health Research Institute continues to lead the way in advancing prostate cancer imaging. Scientists at Lawson are at the forefront of research that uses imaging agents that bind to a protein on the surface of prostate cancer cells called prostate...

Database funding could improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer

A $125,000 grant from the Canadian Cancer Society will help create a database of PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) and PET/MR (magnetic resonance) images of prostate cancer. The hope is that this database will be used to help improve diagnosis and treatment of men with...

Lawson cyclotron to produce new imaging agent that may better locate prostate cancer

Lawson Health Research Institute is the first in Canada to enter a sublicense agreement with The Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) to produce PSMA-1007, a new imaging agent that could help improve the detection of prostate cancer. The radiopharmaceutical tracer can locate and...

Growing evidence PSMA imaging improves prostate cancer detection

Scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute are leading the way in using specialized imaging to detect prostate cancer – the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men around the world.

London researchers adapt MRI technology to image salt within the kidneys

In a newly published study, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute have adapted PET/MRI technology to accurately image salt within the kidneys of patients with kidney disease.

London researchers adapt MRI technology to image salt within the kidneys

LONDON, ON – In a newly published study, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute have adapted PET/MRI technology to accurately image salt within the kidneys of patients with kidney disease. “Salt is very difficult to image in an MRI because the signal is much weaker than water,” explains Dr...

London researchers collaborating on national dementia prevention program

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are collaborating with Canada’s largest dementia research initiative, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), to study an innovative online program that offers older adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge of dementia...