As one of the leading health research institutes in Canada, Lawson has many stories to tell. Search through our Latest News to find out about important medical breakthroughs, major announcements and research publications, new clinical trials, industry partnerships, commercialization developments and more.
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Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation is an opportunity to celebrate the impact of health research over the last 150 years. In recognition, Lawson has launched a Canada 150 website (www.lawsonresearch.ca/canada150) to celebrate our past, our present and to look forward to how Lawson research can shape the future of health care.
Lawson researchers are the first in the world testing a triple intervention aimed at treating mild cognitive impairment and delaying the onset of dementia. The clinical trial is one of the research stories featured in St. Joseph’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:
Dr. Stewart Gaede (left) and Dr. Gerald Wisenberg (right) are recipients of Lawson’s 2017 Strategic Research Fund (SRF).
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 researchers will explore the cardiovascular effects of radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer.