London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute
@lhscri.bsky.social
The research institute of @lhsccanada.bsky.social
Bringing together some of the most brilliant minds to transform patient care through research.
Bringing together some of the most brilliant minds to transform patient care through research.
More than $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) will support four research initiatives at LHSRI, advancing studies in kidney failure, stroke, orthopaedics, and improved distress management for children.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
More than $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) will support four research initiatives at LHSRI, advancing studies in kidney failure, stroke, orthopaedics, and improved distress management for children.
Visit our website: www.lhscri.ca/news/lhscri-...
Visit our website: www.lhscri.ca/news/lhscri-...
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It all started with one.
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
It all started with one.
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
💩 ‘Poop pills’ could be part of cancer therapy one day. Learn more about how research is showing promise in treating kidney cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma.
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@crchum.bsky.social @stjosephslondon.bsky.social #CancerResearch
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@crchum.bsky.social @stjosephslondon.bsky.social #CancerResearch
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
💩 ‘Poop pills’ could be part of cancer therapy one day. Learn more about how research is showing promise in treating kidney cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma.
Visit our website: www.lhscri.ca/news/innovat...
@crchum.bsky.social @stjosephslondon.bsky.social #CancerResearch
Visit our website: www.lhscri.ca/news/innovat...
@crchum.bsky.social @stjosephslondon.bsky.social #CancerResearch
LHSCRI researcher, Dr. Michael Chu, is driving innovation through a world-first approach to treating complex cardiac conditions.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Thanks to the expertise of LHSC’s cardiac surgery team, Angela received a world-first, lifesaving dual procedure that rebuilt most of her aorta in a single operation.
Learn how this innovative surgery is offering new hope to patients with complex aortic disease: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/lhsc-fi...
Learn how this innovative surgery is offering new hope to patients with complex aortic disease: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/lhsc-fi...
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
LHSCRI researcher, Dr. Michael Chu, is driving innovation through a world-first approach to treating complex cardiac conditions.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Through research, Dr. Rishi Ganesan is improving care for children by studying how neurological conditions, critical illness, and long hospitalizations affect the brain.
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Through research, Dr. Rishi Ganesan is improving care for children by studying how neurological conditions, critical illness, and long hospitalizations affect the brain.
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
Discover how this research is shaping care for critically ill children: www.lhscri.ca/news/through...
2025 was a year of discovery, innovation, and improving care through research at LHSCRI! As we close out the year, we’re reflecting on our top 12 research stories, from debunking social media trends to improving cancer care: www.lhscri.ca/news/top-12-...
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2025 was a year of discovery, innovation, and improving care through research at LHSCRI! As we close out the year, we’re reflecting on our top 12 research stories, from debunking social media trends to improving cancer care: www.lhscri.ca/news/top-12-...
Did you know LHSCRI is home to an innovative centre that is driving forward medicine through genomics – the study of the body’s entire genetic makeup?
Learn how LHSCRI’s Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre is helping patients with cancer, as well as genetic and rare diseases: vcgc.lhscri.ca
Learn how LHSCRI’s Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre is helping patients with cancer, as well as genetic and rare diseases: vcgc.lhscri.ca
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Did you know LHSCRI is home to an innovative centre that is driving forward medicine through genomics – the study of the body’s entire genetic makeup?
Learn how LHSCRI’s Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre is helping patients with cancer, as well as genetic and rare diseases: vcgc.lhscri.ca
Learn how LHSCRI’s Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre is helping patients with cancer, as well as genetic and rare diseases: vcgc.lhscri.ca
As @lhsccanada.bsky.social's 150th anniversary comes to an end, we’re reflecting on the work of our scientists and research staff who are reshaping health care at home and around the world.
Discover how today’s work at LHSCRI is advancing modern medicine: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/a...
Discover how today’s work at LHSCRI is advancing modern medicine: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/a...
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As @lhsccanada.bsky.social's 150th anniversary comes to an end, we’re reflecting on the work of our scientists and research staff who are reshaping health care at home and around the world.
Discover how today’s work at LHSCRI is advancing modern medicine: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/a...
Discover how today’s work at LHSCRI is advancing modern medicine: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/a...
Research at LHSCRI and @westernu.ca is getting a major boost! Newly funded research chairs will drive life-changing advancements in neurosurgery, cardiovascular medicine, kidney health and orthopaedics while offering new research opportunities for patients across our region.
Four new research chairs will transform patient care thanks to a $16.5M investment. The head-to-toe research spans neurology, cardiovascular care, kidney care & orthopaedic surgery @schulichmeddent.bsky.social & @lhscri.bsky.social #AllinWesternU
Four new Western research chairs will cover 'head to toe' - Western News
Four new Western research chairs will target health advancements 'head to toe', in neurosurgery, cardiovascular and kidney care and orthopaedic surgery.
news.westernu.ca
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Research at LHSCRI and @westernu.ca is getting a major boost! Newly funded research chairs will drive life-changing advancements in neurosurgery, cardiovascular medicine, kidney health and orthopaedics while offering new research opportunities for patients across our region.
Happy holidays from LHSCRI!
As LHSC's 150th year comes to an end, we reflect on the research breakthroughs that have shaped health care in Canada and around the world. Together, across generations, our team has pushed the boundaries of science, advanced medicine, and brought new hope to patients.
As LHSC's 150th year comes to an end, we reflect on the research breakthroughs that have shaped health care in Canada and around the world. Together, across generations, our team has pushed the boundaries of science, advanced medicine, and brought new hope to patients.
From all of us at LHSC, happy holidays!
This year, we reflect on the people and moments that have shaped LHSC over the past 150 years. Across generations, through times of change, challenge, and progress, we’ve stood together through every season to care for each other and advance medicine.
This year, we reflect on the people and moments that have shaped LHSC over the past 150 years. Across generations, through times of change, challenge, and progress, we’ve stood together through every season to care for each other and advance medicine.
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy holidays from LHSCRI!
As LHSC's 150th year comes to an end, we reflect on the research breakthroughs that have shaped health care in Canada and around the world. Together, across generations, our team has pushed the boundaries of science, advanced medicine, and brought new hope to patients.
As LHSC's 150th year comes to an end, we reflect on the research breakthroughs that have shaped health care in Canada and around the world. Together, across generations, our team has pushed the boundaries of science, advanced medicine, and brought new hope to patients.
It’s incredible to see non-invasive radiation therapy, typically used for cancer treatment, helping patients with this heart condition. It marks a major milestone for the new cardiac treatment and research program at LHSCRI and @westernu.ca.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
George Westerik has become the first patient at LHSC to receive an innovative radiation treatment for his heart condition, ventricular tachycardia.
LHSC is one of only a few hospitals in Canada to offer this treatment & begin important research. @westernu.ca
www.lhsc.on.ca/news/lhsc-on...
LHSC is one of only a few hospitals in Canada to offer this treatment & begin important research. @westernu.ca
www.lhsc.on.ca/news/lhsc-on...
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s incredible to see non-invasive radiation therapy, typically used for cancer treatment, helping patients with this heart condition. It marks a major milestone for the new cardiac treatment and research program at LHSCRI and @westernu.ca.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
We’ve ranked 13th in the list of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals by Research Infosource and first in research intensity among large institutes!
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/lhscri-...
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LHSCRI ranks 13th among Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) ranks 13th in the country in the 2025 edition of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List by Research Infosource. The top 40 list analyzes…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We’ve ranked 13th in the list of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals by Research Infosource and first in research intensity among large institutes!
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/lhscri-...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/lhscri-...
Research on rare childhood bone disorders is expanding thanks to a joint, pan-Canadian initiative between Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada and Children’s hospital at @lhsccanada.bsky.social.
Discover more: www.lhscri.ca/news/shriner...
Discover more: www.lhscri.ca/news/shriner...
Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada and Children’s Hospital at LHSC launch landmark research program to advance care in rare childhood bone disorders
Montreal, QC / London, ON November 28, 2025 – One year after announcing a groundbreaking affiliation agreement, Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada and Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Research on rare childhood bone disorders is expanding thanks to a joint, pan-Canadian initiative between Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada and Children’s hospital at @lhsccanada.bsky.social.
Discover more: www.lhscri.ca/news/shriner...
Discover more: www.lhscri.ca/news/shriner...
How can we improve treatments for children with cancer?
That’s the question Paediatric Oncologist & LHSCRI researcher Dr. Alexandra Zorzi is answering through research.
Learn more in our latest ‘Research Minute’ video.
That’s the question Paediatric Oncologist & LHSCRI researcher Dr. Alexandra Zorzi is answering through research.
Learn more in our latest ‘Research Minute’ video.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How can we improve treatments for children with cancer?
That’s the question Paediatric Oncologist & LHSCRI researcher Dr. Alexandra Zorzi is answering through research.
Learn more in our latest ‘Research Minute’ video.
That’s the question Paediatric Oncologist & LHSCRI researcher Dr. Alexandra Zorzi is answering through research.
Learn more in our latest ‘Research Minute’ video.
Our researchers are always working to improve care. In a recent study, they’ve identified a possible link between living male kidney donors and a treatable scrotal condition.
Learn how we’re using these findings to further enhance surgical techniques and patient care: www.lhscri.ca/news/male-ki...
Learn how we’re using these findings to further enhance surgical techniques and patient care: www.lhscri.ca/news/male-ki...
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our researchers are always working to improve care. In a recent study, they’ve identified a possible link between living male kidney donors and a treatable scrotal condition.
Learn how we’re using these findings to further enhance surgical techniques and patient care: www.lhscri.ca/news/male-ki...
Learn how we’re using these findings to further enhance surgical techniques and patient care: www.lhscri.ca/news/male-ki...
For 25 years, @lhsccanada.bsky.social has been advancing robot-assisted surgery research and cutting-edge innovations, and we haven’t stopped.
Learn more: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/m...
Learn more: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/m...
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For 25 years, @lhsccanada.bsky.social has been advancing robot-assisted surgery research and cutting-edge innovations, and we haven’t stopped.
Learn more: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/m...
Learn more: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/m...
Congratulations to LHSC’s Clinical Research Library on receiving this award! Clinical Librarians are essential research partners at LHSC and LHSCRI.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
We’re proud to share that LHSC’s Clinical Research Library has been recognized with the @medlibassn.bsky.social’s 2025 Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award!
Learn more: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/lhscs-c...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations to LHSC’s Clinical Research Library on receiving this award! Clinical Librarians are essential research partners at LHSC and LHSCRI.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
Learn more from @lhsccanada.bsky.social below.
This is incredible news for cancer research at LHSCRI and @schulichmeddent.bsky.social.
Learn more from @westernu.ca below.
Learn more from @westernu.ca below.
A $10M partnership between @schulichmeddent.bsky.social and
@lhscri.bsky.social is creating two new research chairs in cancer care. From precision medicine to new therapies, this collaboration - with support from LHSF - is advancing discoveries that bring hope.
@lhscri.bsky.social is creating two new research chairs in cancer care. From precision medicine to new therapies, this collaboration - with support from LHSF - is advancing discoveries that bring hope.
LHSF donation creates two Verspeeten chairs at Western - Western News
London Health Sciences Foundation donation, matched by Western, creates Verspeeten Chair in Translational Cancer Research and Verspeeten Chair in Oncology.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is incredible news for cancer research at LHSCRI and @schulichmeddent.bsky.social.
Learn more from @westernu.ca below.
Learn more from @westernu.ca below.
Happy one-year anniversary to LHSCRI! 🍰🎉
We’ve accomplished a lot this year. As we look to the future, we’re proud to continue building on our 150-year legacy of advancing care through research.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/celebra...
We’ve accomplished a lot this year. As we look to the future, we’re proud to continue building on our 150-year legacy of advancing care through research.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/celebra...
October 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy one-year anniversary to LHSCRI! 🍰🎉
We’ve accomplished a lot this year. As we look to the future, we’re proud to continue building on our 150-year legacy of advancing care through research.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/celebra...
We’ve accomplished a lot this year. As we look to the future, we’re proud to continue building on our 150-year legacy of advancing care through research.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/celebra...
Researchers at LHSCRI, St. Joseph's Health Care London, and @uhnresearch.ca have found that a new imaging technique can detect the recurrence of prostate cancer earlier and more effectively, which could improve treatment and survival for patients.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/psma-pe...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/psma-pe...
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Researchers at LHSCRI, St. Joseph's Health Care London, and @uhnresearch.ca have found that a new imaging technique can detect the recurrence of prostate cancer earlier and more effectively, which could improve treatment and survival for patients.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/psma-pe...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/psma-pe...
In a new clinical trial, we’re exploring how radiation beads may target kidney cancer after being placed directly inside a patient’s body.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In a new clinical trial, we’re exploring how radiation beads may target kidney cancer after being placed directly inside a patient’s body.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Wondering about the use of Tylenol during pregnancy?
We spoke with Dr. Janine Hutson, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and OBGYN about what the latest research says, what to consider and what LHSC is doing to better understand medication safety and pregnancy: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/everyth...
We spoke with Dr. Janine Hutson, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and OBGYN about what the latest research says, what to consider and what LHSC is doing to better understand medication safety and pregnancy: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/everyth...
September 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wondering about the use of Tylenol during pregnancy?
We spoke with Dr. Janine Hutson, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and OBGYN about what the latest research says, what to consider and what LHSC is doing to better understand medication safety and pregnancy: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/everyth...
We spoke with Dr. Janine Hutson, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and OBGYN about what the latest research says, what to consider and what LHSC is doing to better understand medication safety and pregnancy: www.lhsc.on.ca/news/everyth...
A new clinical trial from LHSCRI and @schulichmeddent.bsky.social could help extend the lives of patients with kidney failure through a dialysis filter designed to remove more waste from the blood.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A new clinical trial from LHSCRI and @schulichmeddent.bsky.social could help extend the lives of patients with kidney failure through a dialysis filter designed to remove more waste from the blood.
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Learn more: www.lhscri.ca/news/clinica...
Why can’t you take many medications with grapefruit?
In 1989, Dr. David Bailey made a surprising discovery at @lhsccanada.bsky.social's that changed prescription safety worldwide.
Read the fascinating story: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/c...
In 1989, Dr. David Bailey made a surprising discovery at @lhsccanada.bsky.social's that changed prescription safety worldwide.
Read the fascinating story: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/c...
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why can’t you take many medications with grapefruit?
In 1989, Dr. David Bailey made a surprising discovery at @lhsccanada.bsky.social's that changed prescription safety worldwide.
Read the fascinating story: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/c...
In 1989, Dr. David Bailey made a surprising discovery at @lhsccanada.bsky.social's that changed prescription safety worldwide.
Read the fascinating story: www.lhsc.on.ca/150/moment/c...