Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day

Bridging Mind and Body: Innovations in Mental Health Research

Date and Time: Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre 591 Wellington Rd, London, ON N6C 4R3

About this Event:

Please join us for the Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day (JMHRID), held in-person at the Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre in London, Ontario on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 between 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day is co-hosted by the Department of Psychiatry (Western University), St. Joseph’s Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre. This day is dedicated to highlighting new and novel mental health research being conducted by the many renowned healthcare professionals, academics, students, and trainees across London and surrounding region. This year’s theme is “Bridging Mind and Body: Innovations in Mental Health Research” and will feature a keynote speaker, oral and poster presentations and awards.

Event Objectives:

At the end of the Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day, participants will be able to:

• Identify and discuss innovative basic, clinical, and population-level mental health care and substance misuse research being conducted locally;
• Demonstrate enhanced familiarity with research being conducted locally on the etiology, pathophysiology, prevention, intervention, service delivery, recovery and rehabilitation of mental disorders;
• Reflect upon diverse methodological approaches to conducting innovative and impactful research in mental health care;
• Consider the potential value inherent in academic, healthcare, community, advocacy, and policy partnerships in enhancing mental health care, research, and service delivery;
• Explore the interconnectedness of physical health and mental health.

Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day is co-hosted by the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University; Lawson Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Care London; and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute.

Registration will open in September.

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