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View St. Joseph’s Health Care London's 2016-2017 Annual Report

St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s 2016-2017 Annual Report features stories of care, recovery, discovery, teaching and resiliency – of care teams, patients, residents, and their families. Included in the 2016-2017 Annual Report are the following research stories: New imaging research chairs make...

2017 SRF Spotlight: Drs. Stewart Gaede and Gerald Wisenberg

Announced at the 2017 Lawson Impact Awards, Drs. Stewart Gaede and Gerald Wisenberg were recipients of Lawson’s annual Strategic Research Fund (SRF) competition. With their project, “Assessing acute cardiac inflammation after left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy with hybrid PET/MRI,” the Lawson...

Probiotics could improve survival rates in honey bees exposed to pesticide

In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and Western University, researchers have shown that probiotics can potentially protect honey bees from the toxic effects of pesticides. Honey bees are critical to agriculture as they pollinate approximately 35 per cent of the global food...

Probiotics could improve survival rates in honey bees exposed to pesticide, study finds

London, Ontario – In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and Western University, researchers have shown that probiotics can potentially protect honey bees from the toxic effects of pesticides. Honey bees are critical to agriculture as they pollinate approximately 35 per cent...

Preventing infertility in men who undergo lymph node removal surgery for testicular cancer

When patients with testicular cancer undergo lymph node removal surgery there is a risk that their fertility will be affected if proper nerve sparing techniques are not used. Up to 75 per cent of men will not be able to father children if they receive the surgery without these techniques. Lawson’s...

Department of Psychiatry Academic Research Day

Please join us at the annual Department of Psychiatry Academic Research Day on June 22, 2017 at Parkwood Institute, Mental Health Care Building (Auditorium and Gymnasium). Learn more about research being carried out in the Department of Psychiatry concerning mental health service delivery, diagnosis...

Spinal cord stimulation treatment improves mobility in patients with Parkinson’s disease

After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2002, Larry Walleyn developed gait freezing. He had a hard time getting around, sometimes he couldn’t move at all and falls were frequent. His symptoms caused him to lose much of his independence. Gait freezing is a symptom of Parkinson’s disease. It...

insideLHSC: Diagnosing concussion

With a drop of blood, Dr. Douglas Fraser and a team of Lawson and Western University researchers are changing the way we diagnose concussion. In the past decade, rates of reported head injury have increased by more than 40 per cent in children and youth playing football, soccer and hockey. In that...

Study will use 3D bio-artificial tissue model to improve understanding of wound healing after glaucoma surgery

James Armstrong, an MD/PhD student at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry conducting research at Lawson Health Research Institute, is creating a 3D bio-artificial tissue model to study wound healing following glaucoma surgery. There are currently no curative treatments for...

An image of the future: Innovations in imaging research

Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) has long been a leader in biomedical imaging. The first Canadian magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a human occurred at St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s). The country’s first positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and...

2017 SRF Spotlight: Drs. Muriel Brackstone & Gregor Reid

Announced at the 2017 Lawson Impact Awards, Drs. Muriel Brackstone and Gregor Reid were recipients of Lawson’s annual Strategic Research Fund (SRF) competition. Their project, “Re-setting the breast microbiome to lower inflammation and risk of cancer,” will examine whether taking an oral probiotic...

Wide range of research showcased at Parkwood Institute Research's 2017 Spring Update

Lawson researchers at Parkwood Institute, part of the St. Joseph’s Health Care London family, work to improve both physical and mental health care based on the understanding that conditions of the body and mind are integrally linked. From studies on mobility after brain and spinal cord injury to...

CIHR funding is enabling Lawson research

16 Lawson researchers with primary hospital appointments and affiliated scientists working through Western University are the recipients of project and bridge funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Lawson researchers are being aided in their efforts to explore some of the...

Lawson and Western researchers suggest walking and talking can be an early predictor of dementia

In a new study, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are demonstrating that gait, or motion testing, while simultaneously performing a cognitively demanding task can be an effective predictor of progression to dementia and eventually help with earlier diagnosis. To...

Lawson and Western researchers suggest walking and talking can be an early predictor of dementia

London, Ontario – In a new study, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are demonstrating that gait, or motion testing, while simultaneously performing a cognitively demanding task can be an effective predictor of progression to dementia and eventually help with...

Dr. Lena Palaniyappan recognized for research using brain imaging to develop treatments for mental illness

Lawson associate scientist Dr. Lena Palaniyappan has won the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP)’s 2017 Young Investigator Award for outstanding contributions to the field of neuropsychopharmacology. The Young Investigator Award is given for basic research or clinical research in...

London Imaging Discovery Day 2017

Tuesday June 27, 2017 will mark the 12th annual London Imaging Discovery Day, an event showcasing the best and brightest residents, fellows, and scientists Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Medical Imaging has to offer. This year, the venue will be at The Sumner Auditorium, London Health Sciences...

Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias

Ontario’s stroke prevention strategy appears to be having an unexpected, beneficial side effect: a reduction also in the incidence of dementia among older seniors. A new paper by researchers at Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences...

Neurofeedback brain training may help reduce symptoms of psychiatric illness

In a new study at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and the University of Geneva, researchers showed that a technique called brain training can be used to restore patterns of brain activity and reduce symptoms of hyperarousal in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Brain training may help reduce symptoms of psychiatric illness

London, Ontario – In a new study at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and the University of Geneva, researchers showed that a technique called brain training can be used to restore patterns of brain activity and reduce symptoms of hyperarousal in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder...