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Orthopaedics

Orthopaedic research at Lawson aims to ensure that patients will receive the best possible care for musculoskeletal health disorders. We are an active group of surgeons, scientists, and engineers that collaborates broadly, working closely with the Western Bone and Joint Institute. Major areas of...

Ophthalmology

Many treatments for eye problems have been pioneered in Canada. Ophthalmology has been practiced, researched and taught in London, Ontario for over a century, producing graduates for communities across the continent. Ivey Eye Institute Committed to excellence in patient care, education and research...

Cool Science

Does your morning cup of coffee interfere with medication for high blood pressure? A research team from Lawson and Western University led by Dr. David Bailey measured how occasional coffee consumption reduces the action of a commonly prescribed class of blood-pressure lowering medication. Calcium...

Neurological Disorders

Our research into diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system strives to uncover mechanisms and interventions in such disorders and diseases as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, brain and spinal cord injury, and neuromuscular disorders. The Department of Clinical...

Nephrology

Research in nephrology strives to find new ways to improve the health of renal patients, and better methods by which to deliver care. This work includes both basic biological research and clinical research. Many of the Lawson scientists conducting nephrology research also provide medical care for...

Microbiome & Probiotics

If there are more microbial cells in us than human cells, are we man or microbe? With 150 times more genetic power, it surely isn’t surprising the extent to which microbes influence our life, health and even decision-making. The collective microbiome is essential for maintaining health and survival...

Health care as unique as DNA

How personalized medicine revolutionizes care with treatments tailored to the individual Imagine you are diagnosed with a disease or other health condition. You need to take medication to manage the illness, or maybe even to stay alive. Testing and analysis is done to study your unique DNA and other...

Mental Health

Mental Health research at Lawson strives to develop and evaluate proven interventions earlier and more effectively in the lives of those we serve. We recognize and study the importance of community integration across the continuum of mental health and illness, and work to integrate solutions at...

Infectious Diseases

The Infectious Disease division at Lawson focuses on finding innovative solutions to the challenges of infectious pathogens – disorders caused by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Partnering with both London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London, our most...

Imaging

Lawson Imaging is a recognized leader in non-invasive biomedical imaging with new developments in hybrid imaging platforms such as MR/PET, PET/CT and SPECT/CT currently being applied to the areas of cardiology, neurology (including mental health), metabolic disease and cancer. Cyclotron and...

The good side of bacteria

An evolution of probiotic research Lawson scientist Dr. Gregor Reid was once ridiculed for claiming that healthy bacteria inhabit our bodies. The idea that we could consume bacteria to improve health was even more ludicrous. Today, probiotics is a multimillion dollar industry and research is rapidly...

Beyond the lab

How early-stage academic research becomes a commercialized treatment available to patients You could say that the story of Novare Pharmaceuticals begins with a discovery Dr. Eva Turley made during her postdoctoral training. She found a protein called RHAMM (Recepter for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility)...

Targeting cancer at every stage

“You have cancer.” It’s one of the most feared sentences. A cancer diagnosis can send a person – and their family – on a long and difficult journey. At Lawson Health Research Institute, researchers are committed to improving every stage. Discoveries are happening in the lab, in the clinic and in...

Solving the mysteries of PTSD

Do patients have the power to reorganize their own brain activity? After spending 13 years in and out of hospitals, Teresa Kinney had given up hope. She did not expect to get well. Teresa experienced extended trauma at a young age in the form of repeated sexual assaults. In the years that followed...

Diabetes & Endocrinology

Diabetes researchers at Lawson focus on innovation and discovery. Through translational research studies, their important findings are applied by an interdisciplinary team of care providers and educators who work to support patients’ goals and health care needs. Lawson scientists also conduct basic...

Believing in a cure

Patients, researchers and clinicians unite to fight rare disorders Jennie Ogden remembers the first time she heard ‘Spinal Muscular Atrophy.’ “I didn’t know what it was, but I knew the word atrophy was serious.” Jennie’s daughter, Sophie Blair, was in hospital with a lung infection. Previously, they...

Smart tech, smart treatment

How two Lawson researchers are taking a digital approach to improving patient care At first glance, it may not seem like the studies of Lawson researchers Drs. Mandar Jog and Cheryl Forchuk have much in common. A neurologist at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Dr. Jog works on treatments for...

Expertise

Lawson Health Research Institute is known worldwide for its innovative medical research. We are closely integrated with collaborative groups across Canada, North America and in more than 40 countries around the world – we know how to work as a team. This collaboration allows us to offer a wide range...

Cool Science

Personalizing dialysis Dr. Amit Garg Heart attacks and strokes are the leading cause of death among dialysis patients. Lawson scientists Dr. Chris McIntyre, director of the Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), and Dr. Amit Garg, nephrologist and...