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Dr. Giovanni Pellegrino
Dr. Giovanni Pellegrino was trained as Medical Doctor and Neurologist at Campus Biomedico University of Rome (Italy). He developed an interest in multimodal neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation, as well as their application to neurological conditions, with a particular focus on epilepsy...
Dr. Aditya Murgai
Dr. Murgai completed his neurology residency in India and then pursued a clinical fellowship in movement disorders at Western University in Canada. He currently holds a position as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Western University, with a specialization in movement disorders. Dr. Murgai is...
Dr. Deepa Dash
Dr. Deepa Dash completed her neurology residency at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and was an academic faculty in the same institute up till 2019. She subsequently completed a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Ottawa. She has expertise in diagnosis and...
Researchers investigate a new method of sedation for paediatric patients
Inhaled sedation could potentially improve long-term outcomes for paediatric patients
Maternal diabetes impacts oxygen flow in umbilical cord, study suggests
Largest single-centre study focuses on effects of maternal diabetes on fetal development
Improving palliative cancer treatment with existing diagnostic scans: Study reveals promising results
A recent study from London Health Sciences Centre and Lawson Health Research Institute suggests that using existing diagnostic CT scans in planning simple palliative radiation treatments can significantly cut down the waiting time for urgent treatment, resulting in a better experience for cancer...
Dr. Flory T Muanda
Dr. Flory Tsobo Muanda is an adjunct scientist in the Kidney, Dialysis, and Transplantation (KDT) Program. He is a pharmacoepidemiologist and assistant professor at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Dr. Muanda's research program...
Dr. Roberta Berard
Dr. Berard is an Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences. She completed medical school at the University of Toronto followed by paediatric residency (Western), fellowship (McGill) and a Master’s in Science in Clinical...
Fecal transplants show promise in improving melanoma treatment
In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has found fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy donors are safe and show promise in improving response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma.
New study suggests blood plasma proteins hold answers to better understanding long COVID
LONDON - Recently published in The Journal of Translational Medicine, a team at Lawson Health Research Institute has discovered unique patterns of blood plasma proteins in patients with suspected long COVID that could act as a potential drug target to improve patient outcomes. Currently...
St. Joseph’s in partnership with Lawson will become Canada’s first centre of excellence in molecular imaging and theranostics
London, Ontario – In a Canadian first, St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) and Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson), in partnership with GE HealthCare, will become a centre of excellence in personalized treatment of cancer and other diseases by advancing the powerful blend of...
New study using nuclear medicine and rare isotopes in the fight against cancer
London - In a national multicentre study, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are working to create rare isotopes that will be used as an important tool to help treat cancer. Currently, radiation therapy is a staple in cancer treatment, with approximately 50 per...
A new study is examining if probiotics can improve outcomes in knee replacement surgeries
LONDON, ON - Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are examining whether the use of a daily probiotic can improve outcomes in patients who undergo a total knee replacement surgery. There are more than 70,000 knee replacement surgeries in Canada each year, and up to 10 per cent of patients...
Dr. Jesus Chavarria
Dr. Chavarria is the director of the Research on Addiction and Disparities (RoAD) Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Western University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Florida State University, completed his pre-doctoral internship/residency at the...