The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tangible impact on the mental health and wellbeing of Canadian health care workers, who have faced challenges that include increased workloads, resource constraints and fears of exposure to COVID-19. Announced today, researchers out of Lawson Health Research Institute...
CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH GRANT 2022 The Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI) is pleased to announce the CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH GRANT Competition for 2022 with funds generously provided by the Children’s Health Foundation (CHF). All CHRI Scientists and Associate Scientists conducting...
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), including concussions, may come with lasting effects that can alter a person’s life. Although a person with a mTBI may appear fine on the outside, many have to pace their day-to-day activities in order to allow the time needed for the brain to properly heal. For...
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Introduction This report is an overview of the activities and accomplishments of Parkwood Institute Research (and their affiliates) for 2021-2022. Information included in the annual report consists of information about each of our research themes, funding and awards received, publications and other...
A team at Lawson Health Research Institute are testing a new form of artificial intelligence (AI), paired with portable ultrasound machines, to image and identify lung concerns in real time, right at the beside of critically ill patients.
Strokes affect approximately 400,000 Canadians each year and can be debilitating. They can negatively affect a person’s cognition and mobility, and severely impact mental health and wellbeing. A team at Lawson Health Research Institute are looking to improve mental health treatments and resources for patients who have experienced a stroke.
LONDON,ON - Five high-dose radiation treatments targeting uterine cancer rather than the current standard 25 treatments are safe and well-tolerated by patients, a new study published in JAMA Oncology has found. SPARTACUS (Stereotactic Pelvic Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Cancers of the Uterus) — a...
LONDON, ON - In a world first, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute, together with Scientists from Defence Research and Development Canada, have developed a breath test that could be used to diagnose repetitive blast injury – a mild traumatic brain injury resulting from pressure changes...