A new study from Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and collaborators from West China Hospital in Chengdu, is challenging long-held notions about brain deterioration in patients with psychotic disorders, and may help improve treatment pr …
Robarts Research Institute scientists Marco and Vania Prado will never forget the day they shared the good news with colleague John MacDonald - at a time when the former Robarts Scientific Director, and pre-eminent neurophysiologist, was in palliative care battling...
How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.
Marlys Koschinsky has an action plan at the ready as she begins a career-defining role at Robarts Research Institute. As the new Scientific and Executive Director, her approach is focused on what she considers to be the most integral factor for success: people. “I...
With the use of cellular imaging, Paula Foster plays a sophisticated game of ‘I Spy’ by tracking the movement of cancer cells and treatments in the body.
It’s the year 2100. As you go about your morning routine, the implanted device inside your upper arm initiates its daily blood test. Your smart watch checks your heart and breathing rates. And the screen on your toilet signals your sample is clear. This is not a scene...
Western researchers Cheryl Forchuk and Ravi Menon were recognized last week by their peers as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS 2015 Forum and Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. The CAHS Fellowship recognizes the pair’s international...
Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...
Martin Short, celebrated Canadian actor and comedy legend, has been named keynote speaker for the 2015 Leaders in Innovation Dinner, hosted by Western’s Robarts Research Institute on Nov. 18, at the Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre in London....
Western announced today that the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) is making a challenge gift of $500,000 to support concussion research at Western.
Decades ago, if you suffered a sports-related concussion, you were likely advised to ‘walk it off.’ But that’s no longer the case, as research continues to reveal the seriousness of the injury. “It’s a mild brain injury. But there’s probably nothing true about saying...
Western researchers look to take metastatic melanoma survival rates from a gloomy 5 per cent five years after diagnosis to almost 100 per cent, by simply looking where others haven’t. “We decided to do something weird. We focused on the things nobody knew anything...
Four Western researchers received grants totaling $9.9 million over seven years from the inaugural Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Foundation Grant. Each is studying factors which may lead to improved health outcomes for people living with...
Robarts Research Institute scientists Marco and Vania Prado will never forget the day they shared the good news with colleague John MacDonald - at a time when the former Robarts Scientific Director, and pre-eminent neurophysiologist, was in palliative care battling...
How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.
Marlys Koschinsky has an action plan at the ready as she begins a career-defining role at Robarts Research Institute. As the new Scientific and Executive Director, her approach is focused on what she considers to be the most integral factor for success: people. “I...
With the use of cellular imaging, Paula Foster plays a sophisticated game of ‘I Spy’ by tracking the movement of cancer cells and treatments in the body.
It’s the year 2100. As you go about your morning routine, the implanted device inside your upper arm initiates its daily blood test. Your smart watch checks your heart and breathing rates. And the screen on your toilet signals your sample is clear. This is not a scene...
Western researchers Cheryl Forchuk and Ravi Menon were recognized last week by their peers as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS 2015 Forum and Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. The CAHS Fellowship recognizes the pair’s international...
Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...
Martin Short, celebrated Canadian actor and comedy legend, has been named keynote speaker for the 2015 Leaders in Innovation Dinner, hosted by Western’s Robarts Research Institute on Nov. 18, at the Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre in London....
Western announced today that the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) is making a challenge gift of $500,000 to support concussion research at Western.
Decades ago, if you suffered a sports-related concussion, you were likely advised to ‘walk it off.’ But that’s no longer the case, as research continues to reveal the seriousness of the injury. “It’s a mild brain injury. But there’s probably nothing true about saying...
Western researchers look to take metastatic melanoma survival rates from a gloomy 5 per cent five years after diagnosis to almost 100 per cent, by simply looking where others haven’t. “We decided to do something weird. We focused on the things nobody knew anything...
Four Western researchers received grants totaling $9.9 million over seven years from the inaugural Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Foundation Grant. Each is studying factors which may lead to improved health outcomes for people living with...