Inspiring Stories

Cause
Category
Type

News

Archie Verspeeten transformational gift

Gift Creates Genome Centre

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF) is pleased to announce the creation of the Archie and Irene Verspeeten Clinical Genome Centre at London Health Sciences Centre

News

Dream Lottery dream home

Dream Lottery returns with lots of choices

With a history of early sellouts, it’s clear that Dream Lottery is the region’s lottery of choice. That’s not the only reason Dream can claim that title. This Fall’s Dream Lottery Ultimate Grand Prize

Story

Lynn and her dog

Lynn Danby

Lynn Danby was enjoying retirement life with her husband of 40 years and her grandchildren when a chronic runny nose prompted a visit to her doctor. It was the fall of 2013 when Lynn noticed that her

News

Dr. Doug Fraser

Researchers Unravel COVID-19 Mysteries

Published studies provide evidence for predicting how severe a patient’s illness will become and why patients develop life-threatening blood clots. A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and

News

Inhaled Sedation

Largest trial of its kind boosted by donor dollars and prestigious grants

Thanks to donors to LHSF's COVID-19 Response Fund, along with grants through the provincial government and the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), a new trial based out of Lawson Health

Story

Candace

Candace Miller

A chance visit to the Emergency Department (ED) led to life-changing news for patient Candace Miller. In September of 2019, Candace woke up in the middle of the night with a very strange and

News

Dr. Claudio Martin

Studying a human protein in the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients

Thanks to the help of donors, a local team is the first in the world to study a protein called annexin A5 as a potential therapy for patients with COVID-19. “In the most severe cases, COVID-19 is

News

Clinical Trials

Thinking outside the box for cancer patients: trials research

Your IMPACT Clinical trials have the potential to save and extend lives. LHSC clinicians and Lawson scientists are leading the charge in discovering ingenious new ways of treating patients with cancer

News

Non-invasive ventilation mask

A non-invasive mask for ventilation

Your IMPACT A new device that comfortably delivers oxygen to the lungs without the need for intubation could relieve the demand for traditional ventilators and glidescopes. COVID-19 is spread