St. Joseph’s: Parkwood Institute

Study aiming to slow cognitive decline in older adults gets $1.5M

Led by Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso and his team at Lawson Health Research Institute, the first large-scale Canadian clinical trial using personalized lifestyle intervention delivered at home to help older adults with mild cognitive impairment is getting underway with support from a Weston Foundation...

Assessing neurofeedback in stroke survivors

A new study aims to assess the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a type of imaging, to provide neurofeedback during stroke rehabilitation with a goal of eventually improving patient outcomes. fNIRS is used to detect changes in brain oxygen levels using light. More recently it has...

Global initiative aims to prevent falls in older adults

Chaired by Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, a group of experts have come together to develop the “World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative.”

Getting the data on homelessness

A team at Lawson Health Research Institute is hosting forums for communities across the country to better understand homelessness in Canada, including the number of people experiencing it. The first six forums have been scheduled in communities across Ontario, including Thunder Bay, North Bay...

London researchers collaborating on national dementia prevention program

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are collaborating with Canada’s largest dementia research initiative, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), to study an innovative online program that offers older adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge of dementia...

Improving mental health treatments for stroke patients is the focus of a new study

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.