St. Joseph’s: Parkwood Institute
You’re invited to the Parkwood Institute Research Open House Parkwood Institute Research is hosting its 2nd annual Open House with an opportunity to meet research teams working in the areas of Cognitive Vitality and Brain Health, Mobility and Activity, and Mental Health. Date: Friday, November 30...
Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso’s research demonstrates that gait testing, such as walking while performing a cognitively demanding task like counting backwards (dual-task gait),can be an effective predictor of progression to dementia. In a new study, a team at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western...
Parkwood Institute Research (PIR) invites you to attend a screening of the eye-opening documentary “Us and Them.” This documentary looks at the issue of homelessness through the eyes of four people living on the streets in Victoria, BC. The screening will take place at the Parkwood Institute Mental...
More than 100 researchers, staff and trainees attended the third annual Parkwood Institute Research (PIR) Spring Update Half Day on April 27, 2018 to share their innovative research and learn about work from across PIR through interactive workshops and poster presentations. A program of Lawson...
Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University, City of London, and Mission Services of London, Ontario, partnered on the Prevention of Homelessness Among Families (PHAF) project to assess the effectiveness of a shelter diversion pilot-program at Rotholme Women’s and Family Shelter (Mission...
Canadian researchers working to improve military and Veteran health met at St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s (St. Joseph’s) Parkwood Institute on December 4, 2017 for their fifth Research Consortium meeting. The Research Consortium group, established in 2015, is led by Lawson researcher Dr. Don...
Parkwood Institute Research (PIR) hosted an interactive and festive open house for research teams, partners, patients and families, and members of the public on Friday, Dec. 1. A program of Lawson Health Research Institute, and located within both buildings of St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s...
Over 130 hospital-based clinical, administrative and research staff members, persons with lived experience of mental illness, family caregivers, peer and community supporters, and staff from local community mental health agencies attended the 18th Annual Mental Health Research & Innovation Half Day...
Feeling emotions based on the interactions we have with other people is a common part of daily life, yet we know very little about how these emotions are experienced in the body. Chloe Stewart, a PhD candidate at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and Western University’s Schulich School of...
11th Gait and Brain Seminar Series With international guest speaker Dr. Ervin Sejdic, PhD from The University of Pittsburgh’s Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biomedical Informatics Departments. Date: Tuesday October 17, 2017 Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Parkwood Institute...
