Research & Innovation

November 3, 2022 Pancreatic cancer is one of the more challenging cancers to diagnose and treat. Even though medicine has come a long way regarding the treatment of pancreatic cancer, it is still difficult and progress in the diagnosis and treatment

November 2, 2022 Dr. Daniel Hardy has won the 2022 Dr. Joseph Gilbert Research Contribution of the Year Award for his team’s study published in Scientific Reports , which examined the effects of THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis, and its

November 1, 2022 Advancements in research have always been important for the late Dr. Paul Harding, who is known in the medical community as the ‘father’ of neonatal research in Canada. He is now being recognized with a 2022 Lawson Community Partner

October 24, 2022 Home to the largest Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) in Canada, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has added new state-of-the-art Electroencephalogram (EEG) machines that will advance epilepsy research and diagnosis. It will provide

October 14, 2022 Published this week in Molecular Medicine , researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have found that patients with post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) have unique biomarkers in their blood. The team is now working on

October 7, 2022 Researchers are using advanced imaging in the areas of hip replacement surgeries and stroke. Scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute are being recognized for their advanced imaging work by winning two Strategic Research Funds

September 20, 2022 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is the first in the region to introduce a non-invasive advanced aneurysm repair method that reduces a patient’s hospital stay by 80 per cent, improving recovery time by 11 months. Like all

September 14, 2022 There is still much to learn about the human microbiome and its role in fighting disease, but ongoing studies at Lawson Health Research Institute, including a focus on fecal microbial transplants (FMT), are making strides in

August 17, 2022 A patient at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is the world’s first to benefit from a new medical device developed to treat stroke by rapidly removing the offending blood clot in 10 minutes, ultimately reversing the symptoms of

April 22, 2022 Spotlight: Research Chair in Paediatric Neurosurgery and Neuroscience The human brain is critical to a child’s development. Within a few years of life, the brain enables us to sit, walk, talk and eventually make independent decisions