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Dr. Emma Duerden
Emma Duerden, PhD is a Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Learning Disorders. She is an Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology in the Faculty of Education and a member of the Brain & Mind Institute at Western University, Canada. She is also a Scientist in the Maternal, Fetal and Newborn...
Genetic testing could personalize care for patients with Crohn’s disease, particularly women
In a study involving 542 Crohn’s disease patients, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute examined whether a patient’s DNA can be used to identify their risk of severe disease. They found that patients with a genetic variant in a gene called FXR (farnesoid X-receptor) are much more likely...
Dr. Cheryl Forchuk recognized for health care innovation
Dr. Cheryl Forchuk is the recipient of the 2020 Innovation Award for her work to prevent discharges from hospital to homelessness. Throughout her career, Dr. Forchuk has been investigating potential best practice approaches to prevent homelessness in our community for a wide range of people...
Happy Holidays from Lawson Health Research Institute
As the research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Lawson Health Research Institute excels in rapid response research. We are uniquely positioned to tackle health challenges from within hospital walls. With the COVID-19 pandemic proving to be one of the...
Lawson's Top 12 Research Stories from 2020
3D imaging technology could improve outcomes for patients with breast cancer During a conventional digital 2D mammogram, two x-ray images are taken of the breast, one from top-to-bottom and another from side-to-side at an angle. This technology is limited by the overlapping breast tissue that occurs...
Stephanie Marrocco recognized for exceptional student leadership
Stephanie Marrocco is the 2020 recipient of the Leadership Award for Fellows and Students. She is a PhD candidate working with Dr. Dalton Wolfe, at Parkwood Institute, a part of St. Joseph’s Health Care London. Her doctoral research focuses on practice patterns of physiotherapists to determine which...
London holds 8th place ranking in Canada's Top 40 for hospital-based research
Lawson Health Research Institute is again ranked eighth in the country according to the 2020 edition of “Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List” by Re$earch Infosource. This strong national position has been maintained by Lawson for the past seven consecutive years and keeps the Institute within...
Dr. Janice DeMoor recognized for her outstanding contributions to health research
Dr. Janice DeMoor is the 2020 recipient of the Staff Award of Excellence. Dr. DeMoor began working with Lawson in 2007 as a Scientific Writer on Dr. Frank Prato’s research team, helping to develop grant applications. Although funding for this role eventually ran out, it was obvious that Dr. DeMoor...
Dr. Jaron Chong
2018 – Masters of Health Informatics (M.H.I.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 2016 - Diagnostic Radiology Clinical Fellowship, Body (Cross-Sectional) Imaging, Yale-New Haven, Connecticut, USA 2015 - Diagnostic Radiology Residency...
Dr. Chris McIntyre recognized as Scientist of the Year
Dr. Chris McIntyre is the 2020 recipient of the Lawson Impact Awards Scientist of the Year award. He is a world expert and leader in the fields of nephrology and applied imaging, with focus on cardiac injury due to dialysis. Cardiac stunning, one of the major causes for the development of...
Calming the cytokine storm
In severe cases, COVID-19 causes a patient’s immune system to go into overdrive. Termed the ‘cytokine storm,’ this creates hyperinflammation which wreaks havoc on the body. While therapies are currently limited, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are exploring novel treatments that...
Dr. Qingping Feng named Innovator of the Year for potential sepsis treatment
WORLDiscoveries, the technology transfer and business development office for Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute and Robarts Research Institute, recently announced the recipients of the 2020 Vanguard Awards. Vanguard Awards recognize local researchers who, through partnership with...
Study identifies biomarkers that could be used in a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 blood screening tool
A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University and University of Alberta suggests that COVID-19 affects the human body’s blood concentration levels of specific metabolites – small molecules broken down in the human body through the process of metabolism. Three specific...
Study may help explain why breast cancer often spreads to the lungs
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute has shown that triple-negative breast cancer cells can facilitate changes to the lung that both attract cancerous cells and allow them to grow, leading to lung metastasis. Metastasis is the spread of cancer cells from a primary tumour to different organs...
Assessing the pandemic's impact on Canadian Veterans and their spouses
Multiple studies are reporting the pandemic’s impact on the mental health of Canadians, but what effect is it having on our nation’s Veterans and their spouses? “With concerns about COVID-19 infection and drastic changes to everyday life, the pandemic is taking a toll on the health of Canadians,”...
A golden age in microbiome research
According to Dr. Jeremy Burton, we’re in a golden age of microbiome and probiotics research. “Thanks to advancements in next-generation sequencing, we’re learning more and more every day about the impacts of the microbiome on the human body,” states Dr. Burton. Effective September 1, 2020, Dr...
Exploring innovative remote monitoring solutions
One challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the coordination of monitoring visits with clinical research study sponsors. Research institutes and sponsors across the province have had to explore alternate means for monitoring in alignment with public health directives. Normally performed in...
‘Inside-the-box’ technology solves organ and vaccine transportation problem
Following a fatal car crash, a registered organ donor could save the lives of many patients critically awaiting heart, kidney, liver, lung or pancreas transplantation. Once doctors successfully remove vital organs, they are carefully placed in what are essentially beverage coolers in an attempt to...