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Cafe Scientifique

Join Lawson Health Research Institute on Thursday, September 28th at Goodwill Industries for a special Café Scientifique event, “Uncovering Trauma: A Conversation about PTSD and Moral Injury.”

Western Heads East

Western Heads East is founded on the cultivation of ‘Fiti’ probiotic yogurt, which has been shown to provide a range of health and nutritional benefits. Over the course of twenty years, the program has expanded with partners in Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda, economically empowering women and their...

Communicating in Neuroscience Day

The BrainsCAN Trainee and Research Staff Committee is pleased to announce its Communication in Neuroscience Day, scheduled for Friday, June 10. The event will be a mix of interactive sessions and panel discussions on various aspects of communicating your research, communicating your achievements...

Parkwood Institute Research Day

Parkwood Institute Research will be holding its Annual Parkwood Institute Research Day virtually. Research Day is a forum for highlighting research conducted by healthcare professionals, scientists, students, patients, and families at Parkwood Institute Research and affiliated research units working...

London Health Research Day

London Health Research Day is an annual research event featuring the outstanding work from labs at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Faculty of Health Sciences. Throughout the full-day event, participants can engage in a variety of...

Children's Health Research Institute

Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI) discovers ways to prevent and treat diseases affecting babies, children and youth, helping them lead happy, healthy lives. It is the third largest, hospital-based child health research institute in Canada and is part of Lawson Health Research Institute and...

Children's Health Leadership Collaborative (CHLC)

A partnership involving Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI), a part of Lawson Health Research Institute, and Thames Valley Children’s Centre (TVCC) if focused on a shared vision of advancing children’s health through a tripartite...

Roth | McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC)

HULC provides quality specialized orthopedic and plastic medical and surgical care for the community and region with a focus on disorders of the upper extremities. They train future medical professionals, including orthopedic and plastic surgeons, emergency room and other physicians, nurses...

The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity

Part of St. Joseph’s Health Care London, in partnership with the Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity is the first centre of its kind in Canada. A team of researchers...

MacDonald Franklin OSI Research Centre

The MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Research Centre is a national and international leader in research on military and veteran mental health. The Centre’s primary mission is to improve the mental health and well-being of veterans with OSIs through clinical and neuroscience...

Vivarium Services and Animal Care

Lawson Health Research Institute’s Vivarium facilities support animal research on a fee-for-service basis. Services The service offers scientist access to animal research facilities at three sites and includes the provision of a wide spectrum of animal species and specialized equipment. This...

Transgenic and Gene Targeting

The London Regional Transgenic and Gene Targeting Facility (LRTGT) is a collaborative endeavor between Lawson Health Research Institute, the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Robarts Research Institute, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and...

Training & Education

Lawson Health Research Institute is pleased to offer a wide range of quality training and education programs for health research students and research personnel. Students Research at Lawson provides undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with opportunities to train in a...

Research Quality and Compliance

Lawson Health Research Institute’s experienced and skilled administration team assists principal investigators and other research partners in preparing, conducting and completing research to ensure each study meets both internal and external standards and regulations. Research Approvals Lawson has...

Prevention & Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP) Research

PEPP Research is one of the world’s leading research programs in early phases of psychoses, especially in relation to early detection and outcome. Research Streams Psychotic disorders are amongst the most serious of psychiatric illnesses and usually have their onset in late adolescence or early...

PET/MR Imaging

This is a state-of-the-art dedicated research facility featuring Canada’s first simultaneous PET/MRI. We are strategically located adjacent to the PET/CT and clinical 1.5T MRI systems within the Nuclear Medicine department at St. Joseph’s Hospital, a part of St. Joseph’s Health Care London in London...

Ontario Tumour Bank (OTB)

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is home to one of four Ontario Tumour Bank (OTB) sites across the province. OTB is one of the largest cancer biorepositories in Canada, focusing on providing researchers with high-quality tumour-related biospecimens and derivatives, comprehensively annotated with...

London Tumour Biobank

The London Tumour Biobank is a biorepository with tumour tissue, blood, and urine samples from breast and prostate biopsy patients. It offers researchers access to these samples, complete with comprehensive clinical data, to facilitate cancer research across London. Located at St. Joseph’s Health...