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A lasting commitment to blood donation

Every year, St. Joseph’s Health Care London supports Canadian Blood Services as a participant in the Partners for Life program – a nationwide program that engages corporate companies and community organizations in donating blood. As a participant, St. Joseph’s sets an annual blood donation target...
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Shining brightly among us

Each recipient of the 2025 Sisters of St. Joseph Awards for Excellence is the kind of colleague anyone would be fortunate to have on their team. In various roles, they make a profound difference in the lives of patients, residents and peers by showing up fully in the work that they do. With a...
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Unlocking boundless potential

Ashmeet Gill had her first PET/CT scan shortly after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the body’s germ-fighting immune system. She was nervous. Claustrophobia is an issue for the young Stratford resident and the scan, necessary to determine if the cancer had spread beyond the...
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Lori Nicholson

Feeding the good wolf

Lori Nicolson has experienced homelessness four times. But In 2019, after years in and out of hospital due to a persistent mental illness, Lori’s discharge from St. Joseph’s aligned with the opening of Indwell’s Woodfield Gate Apartments; a supportive housing residence in London. Learn how Lori’s mental health outpatient team, combined with Indwell’s programming, have helped keep Lori living well in her own apartment.
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Revolutionizing rehab

St. Joseph’s is setting a long-time vision into motion. “Five years ago, we had a vision of leveraging our long history and expertise in providing innovative rehabilitation treatments to improve the lives of people with mobility needs on a larger scale,” says Roy Butler, President and CEO of St...
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A powerhouse combination

In a Canadian first, St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) and Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson), in partnership with GE HealthCare, will become a centre of excellence in personalized treatment of cancer and other diseases by advancing the powerful blend of precision diagnostic...
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Dr. Fraser

London researchers discover novel method to diagnose long COVID

Published this week in Molecular Medicine, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have found that patients with post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) have unique biomarkers in their blood. The team is now working on developing a first of its kind blood test that could be used to diagnose...
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portrait of Lori Higgs with text: Innovation, collaboration and generosity of spirit

A leader of distinction

Congratulations to Lori Higgs, St. Joseph's Vice President of Clinical Support and Chief Financial Officer, for being selected as a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (FCPA) – the profession’s highest mark of distinction. The designation of Fellow formally recognizes CPAs...
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