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Every patient who has visited the renowned Roth|McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre at St. Joseph’s has benefited from research performed at Lawson Research Institute.

Each sight-saving consultation and surgical procedure at the Ivey Eye Institute has been informed by rigorous inquiry and discovery.

Behind the scenes of every breast-care and urology procedure is a team of researchers whose curiosity, innovation and robust trials are setting global standards of excellence.

While the surgical research specialties at St. Joseph’s span a range of human health conditions, they hold in common a drive to translate their findings to better patient health.

They examine new surgical procedures, techniques, devices and medications. They initiate and evaluate clinical trials that inform surgical education and improve surgical practices around the world.

Lawson leads the way in specialty surgical research. Learn more:

From holograph-assisted shoulder surgery to cutting-edge glaucoma treatments, Lawson research is visionary.

Lawson leads the way in specialty surgical research. Read on to discover where it will lead you.

Researchers at Lawson are propelled by the people who will benefit from the best in complex rehabilitative science.

One in 10 Canadians has a mobility disability – and we’re laser-focused on discovering how to help people whose lives have been upended by spinal cord injuries, stroke, brain injuries, chronic pain, accidents, falls, trauma or degenerative disease.

Situated at the Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity within St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Parkwood Institute, the region’s largest provider of rehabilitation and recovery health, we bring our research into practice using all the resources a health institute and teaching hospital can offer together.

We share our innovations with the world – and we share the world’s research too, as we’ve created and curated the biggest database of international research on stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries.

Lawson mobility researchers comprise one of the largest and most accomplished teams in the country: including a research chair, established world-class scientists, emerging researchers, dozens of trainees and more than 100 students.

Our work helps people around the world lead active and healthy lives. Read on to discover where it will lead you. 

Lawson leads mobility and activity research: