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Study examining moral injury in health care workers is focusing on functional brain changes

LONDON, ON – For many health care workers, the past year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on their mental health. Recognizing this is a growing concern, a London research team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry...

Introducing The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity at Parkwood Institute

Join us Thursday October 21 from 12 pm – 1 pm for a virtual introduction to some of the exciting research and clinical innovations from mobility experts at The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity. Hear presentations from: Siobhan Schabrun, PhD – Harnessing the Brain to Reduce Pain and Improve...

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Vision: Lawson will be pivotal in preventing the onset and reducing the burden of disease through the acquisition, evaluation and translation of new scientific knowledge Year Established: 2000 Number of Research Personnel: Over 2,060 principal investigators, support staff, volunteers, students and

London Health Research Day

Driving Innovation Through Collaboration London Health Research Day (LHRD) is a partnership between Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. It is the region’s premier research showcase event, highlighting outstanding research

ISBER 2021 Virtual Symposium

A partnership with UHN Biospecimen Services part of the University Health Network which is the largest health research organization in North America. After a very successful virtual symposium in 2020, ISBER and UHN Biospecimen Services, Canada have partnered once again to provide a two-day virtual...

Scientists

Lawson has over 1,500 people including principal investigators, researchers, technicians, support staff and trainees working at ten sites across London, Ontario. Our scientists undertake more than 500 new clinical trials and partner on over 600 research projects annually. Each year, they publish

Dr. Douglas Fraser named Innovator of the Year

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Dr. Doug Fraser, Pediatric Critical Care Physician at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, quickly sprang into action to begin researching the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As patients started being admitted to LHSC due to COVID...

Biotech Support Group & Lawson Health Research Institute Enter Collaborative Research Agreement to Monitor Protease Inhibitor Function During COVID-19 Infections

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ USA and LONDON, ON, CANADA – Biotech Support Group and Lawson Health Research Institute announce a collaborative research agreement. The agreement supports further research to monitor protease inhibitor function acquired from blood collected from hospitalized patients with the...

‘I felt better’- New type of expanded dialysis is improving quality of life for patients

Finding out he had chronic kidney disease came as a surprise to 80-year-old Robert Wahby. “I didn’t feel or have any symptoms so it was kind of a shock, especially when it got to the point that I needed dialysis.” Wahby, who is a retired family doctors, had been undergoing dialysis at London Health...

New form of expanded dialysis improves quality of life, study finds

LONDON, ON – In a published study, a hospital research team from Lawson Health Research Institute has found that expanded dialysis, a new method that removes a broader range of toxins from the body, can improve quality of life in chronic kidney disease patients who struggle with the side effects of...

Research

Our research expands the continuum of life - from birth to death - and this is reflected in the main research themes. Research at Lawson mirrors the clinical areas of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London.

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XV Gait and Brain Seminar

You are invited to the 14th Annual Gait and Brain Seminar on Tuesday, October 26, 2020 at 2:45pm, which will be held virtually via ZOOM. The lecture this year will be given by Professor Sylvie Belleville, entitled “Remote and Digital Interventions Improving Cognition and Brain Health in Older Adults...

Regulation of AI in Healthcare

In this lecture, Michaela Shaw will discuss the regulation of digital technologies and software as a medical device (SaMDs). In today's digital world, e-health interventions and software play a significant role in healthcare management and delivery. The regulation of these technologies differs...

Addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued for a year and a half, many people from all walks of life are feeling the impacts especially when it comes to their mental health and wellbeing. Hospital researchers through Lawson Health Research Institute, along with its hospital partners, have been studying...

Researching treatments for COVID-19

As we continue to live with a COVID-19 pandemic, patients will need good treatment options. Hospital researchers in London, Ontario, through Lawson Health Research Institute, are testing treatment options for patients who have been hospitalized from a COVID-19 infection, often for severe symptoms...

Understanding the COVID-19 virus through health research

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was little known about the virus that was causing the COVID-19 illness. Hospital researchers in London, Ontario, through Lawson Health Research Institute, quickly got to work to study and better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Lawson is the...

Responding to the call for action during the COVID-19 pandemic

Quickly after the COVID-19 pandemic began to grip the world, Lawson Health Research Institute responded with action. Lawson is the research arm of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. With hospitals focused on providing excellent patient care in the face of an...

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