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Special Update
To our readers, This edition of Lawson Link was written in early 2020, before COVID-19 began to impact our community. The stories in our magazine showcase the innovation and impact of Lawson research across many different areas. Normally released in the spring, we chose to hold distribution as our...
Welcome to Our Newest Division Chairs, Dr. Dean Betts and Dr. Naveen Poonai
Dr. Dean H. Betts Chair, Genetics & Development Division Dr. Dean H. Betts is internationally recognized for his research contributions to early embryo development, pluripotent stem cells and telomere/telomerase biology. His lab derived some of the first stem cell populations from dogs and horses as...
Our Partners
Children’s Health Research Institute is proud to partner with organizations that share our goals of improving health outcomes for children. Lawson Health Research Institute Children’s Health Research Institute is part of Lawson Health Research Institute, which is the research institute of London...
Branding
The new Children's Health Research Institute brand leverages the strong identity of the CHRI acronym that was first developed in the former brand of the four blocks with each letter. CHRI is positioned first to further strengthen and reinforce that name recognition. Bold, bright colours with a...
Our Facility
Our close proximity to patient care at Children’s Hospital creates unique collaborative opportunities for our basic and clinical researchers to translate knowledge acquired in the lab into better and new treatments of children’s diseases and injuries. Children’s Health Research Institute is located...
Strategic Plan
The 2018-2023 CHRI Strategic Plan is now available. CHILDREN’S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE Strategic Plan 2018-2023 OUR VISION Life-long health for children OUR MISSION To conduct innovative research to optimize the life-long health of children OUR VALUES Compassion for children, youth, and their...
Message from the Director
Our shared vision is to be a major global contributor to the creation of knowledge that leads to improved child health. To achieve this, we have reorganized our programs and identified three areas of excellence in which we wish to develop our leadership and focus our efforts: Genetics and...
About Us
Children’s Health Research Institute discovers ways to prevent and treat diseases affecting babies, children and youth, helping them lead happy, healthy lives. Children’s Health Research Institute is the third largest, hospital-based child health research institute in Canada. Our basic, clinical and...
New Research Personnel
Welcome to our new research personnel! Dr. Anurag Thatipalli MBBS MD is an International Medical Graduate from India. He graduated from Medical School in the year 2008 and subsequently pursued a three-year residency program in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology from the prestigious Osmania Government...
Grant & Research Funding
Principle Investigators: Akshya Vasudev and Cindy Hutnik Study Title: Health Education versus Meditation in Age Related Vision Loss pations and their caregivers, a pilot randomized controlled trial Funding Agency: AMOSO innovation Year: 2020-2021 Amount: $140,000
Publications
Akshya Vasudev interviewed by Richard Young. LHSC’s geriatric psychiatry program. In:Village Publications, Lambeth Station, London, editor(s). Boomers and Beyond. 2019 Nov 1, November: p.10-11 Richard Young, Principal Author, Available from: https://www.villagerpublications.com/boomers-and-beyond...
Presentations / Invited Lectures
SEPTEMBER 2019 Co-Author, The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Based Therapy (MBCT) on Cognition in Late-Life Depression & Anxiety: A Pilot RCT, National Conference on Frailty: Innovation and Collaboration for Impact, Presenters: Joyce Wu, Michael Lifshitz, Marouane Nassim, Elena Dikaios...
Presentations & Publications
This section focus on the academic activity of PIR researchers, including: Presentations and invited lectures Published articles
In the Media
Promoting the 3rd Annual PIR Open House Featuring: Dr. Cheryl Forchuk, Jonathan Serrato and members of the Gait and Brain lab engaging with a study participant CTV London, Celine Zadorsky November 26, 2019 Story by Lawson: Embracing health research this holiday season Study considers whether yoga...
Conferences & Events
Events Recap Visiting Scientist in the Gait and Brain Lab Dr. Negahban, Peer Reviewed Published Work Outside of the Lab Shahbazi Moheb Seraj, M., Sarrafzadeh, J., Maroufi, N., Ebrahimi Takamjani, I., Ahmadi, A., & Negahban, H. (2019). Comparison of postural balance between subgroups of nonspecific...
Community Outreach
One of the strategic priorities of Parkwood Institute Research is increased outreach to our community through activities like events, conferences, media and more. We are committed to sharing more about the impactful research being conducted by PIR teams and quickly translated into care to improve...
Notable Accomplishments
Congratulations on these notable accomplishments! School of Physical Therapy 2019 Clinical Instructor Award At the October 24th 2019 Master of Physical Therapy Program Graduate Awards Ceremony at Western University (School of Physical Therapy) Stephanie Cornell was awarded the 2019 Clinical...
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The Children's Health Foundation Best Care. Most Hope. Because of You. About CHF Children’s Health Foundation believes that children and their families in Western Ontario deserve the best possible care and the most possible hope when faced with a serious health issue. That is why we are calling on...
PRIME: Parkwood's Program for Rehabilitation Innovations in Mobility Enhancement
The PRIME initiative has just wrapped up its first phase – a perfect time to summarize accomplishments to date and share next steps. PRIME is a flagship project of the R2P team and is a great example of what can happen when research, clinical and educational activities are integrated. This project...