Western professor Ian Cunningham is working to help people in Uganda have better access to life-saving testing and early diagnosis of malaria. Ian Cunningham Cunningham, a Schuli …
Robarts Research Institute
Research targets brain region affected by Parkinson’s disease
University of Western Ontario researchers have unlocked a secret inside the brain which could potentially improve the long-term outlook of those impacted by Parkinson’s disease.
Michael J. Fox to speak in London
Actor Michael J. Fox will be the guest speaker at the Leaders in Innovation Dinner which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Robarts Research Institute at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
WORLDiscoveries expands into China
WORLDiscoveries is open for business in China. The organization, a partnership between The University of Western Ontario, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, will open an office in the Jiangsu province in southern China in November.
Stem cell scientist awarded Taylor Prize
Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch, a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named this year’s recipient of the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine.
CIHR boosts health research in London
Scientists at The University of Western Ontario and the Lawson
Health Research Institute jointly received more than $13-million
from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) this week in
support of an array of medical research.