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Forecasting tool can help make informed patient transfer decisions

April 23, 2024 In 2021, during the peak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health-care system’s capacity was stretched and hospitals across Canada relied on each other to share resources and provide care. To help in decision-making, team

Transforming care for transplant patients

April 10, 2024 At 15, Peter Lanis learned his kidneys were failing. The once vivacious teen was gaunt, tired and unable to eat. Every other day, for about three hours, he was connected to a dialysis machine that cleaned his blood and removed excess

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Research awards supporting impactful projects like mixed reality in interventional radiology

Innovative projects like using mixed reality in the operating room are once again being supported by London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF) and Children’s Health Foundation through LHSC’s Academic Realignment

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$6.5 million grant awarded to build consortium for improving the lives of Crohn's patients

Patients with Crohn’s disease may require difficult surgeries in their lifetimes that typically involve the removal of diseased bowel. Some patients may end up with a permanent ileostomy – a surgical procedure to divert stool from the intestine after

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Growing the future of midwifery research through Limited Term Chair appointment

January 10, 2024 Dr. Beth Murray-Davis – a renowned researcher in midwifery – is beginning a new collaboration with London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) through her appointment as Limited Term Chair in Midwifery Research. Through the Limited Term

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$7.55 million in funding to take LHSC-developed technology global

December 12, 2023 On average it takes five to seven years to diagnose a rare disease. But, for growing numbers of rare diseases, that is all about to change with new artificial intelligence-led technology developed by researchers at London Health

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Celebrating health research excellence with the 2023 Lawson Impact Awards

December 6, 2023 For the first time since 2019, Lawson Health Research Institute hosted its annual Lawson Impact Awards in-person on November 28 at RBC Place London. Approximately 130 people gathered to celebrate scientists, staff members, learners

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Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer helps integrate innovative research with patient care at LHSC

Image: From left to right - Drs. Stewart Gaede and Daniel Breadner November 29, 2023 The Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) opened in 2019 as part of the vision of Rick and Shelley Baker . They generously

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Strengthening global partnerships

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a leading research-intensive acute care teaching hospital that attracts some of the brightest minds from around the world. As a system leader with a duty to support international best practices, research and

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London’s hospitals are leading the way in clinical microbiology with a world-first installation of state-of-the-art automated laboratory technology

November 2, 2023 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Heath Care London (St. Joseph’s) are celebrating the installation of a Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) system within the clinical microbiology laboratory. The innovative and