Simulated study finds new robotic ultrasound system can optimize liver cancer ablation therapy
Schulich Medicine & Dentisry
Experts available to comment on Beijing Olympics and possible First Nations-led bid for 2030 Games
Canada announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Experts from Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies are available to media for comment.
Western medical and health experts available to speak about COVID-19 pandemic
As the world continues to fight coronavirus 2, which causes the COVID-19 disease, experts from Western University are available to speak with media to comment on this global event. *** Eric Arts Canada Research Chair in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control and Chair and...
Trans and non-binary Canadians report having unmet health care needs
Nearly half of transgender and non-binary Canadians who responded to a national survey say they faced one or more unmet health care needs in the past year – with about 1-in-10 saying they avoided an emergency room visit completely, according to a Western...
New study advances quest to better understand consciousness
In his landmark 2006 study, Western University’s renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his collaborators showed for the first time ever that functional neuroimaging can reveal conscious awareness in some patients who appear to be entirely vegetative and can even...
New BrainsCAN study rules out major potential target for Alzheimer’s disease drugs
An unexpected result discovered by neuroscientists at Western University won’t prevent the formation and growth of Alzheimer’s disease but it potentially rules out a major potential treatment focus that drug manufacturers – and researchers around the world – have been...
London Health Research Day answers emerging questions in human health
Can implantable technology help deliver targeted therapies for brain cancer? Can exercise during pregnancy for diabetic mothers reduce the instances of congenital heart defects? These questions, along with hundreds more that may have impacts on human health,...
Sharing Smiles Day highlights need for access to oral health care for special-needs community
Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry will host the 8th annual Sharing Smiles Day on March 5, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Great Hall, Somerville House, Western University. Sharing Smiles Day aims to remove barriers and improve access to...
Western University joins global Brainhack movement
Western University’s BrainsCAN initiative and Robarts Research Institute will be hosting the inaugural Brainhack Western from March 2 – 4, 2017. The event will bring together dozens of researchers, students and faculty members from departments ranging from engineering...
A new secure smartphone app may replace the iconic doctor pager
It was an idea born out of necessity; a smart-phone app that allows healthcare providers to message each other about patient care in a secure and confidential way. PageMe is a first-of-its-kind app, developed in partnership with a researcher at Western University. Dr....
WHO Collaborating Centre at Western University to address international access to surgical care and anesthesia
Researchers at Western University have been tapped by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the first official Collaborating Centre to study access to safe surgical and perioperative care on the global stage. In 2016, the 68th World Health Assembly passed...